Ammonium chloride
Drug ingredientThis drug ingredient has classified U.S. production volumes. EPA withholds the number as confidential business information.
US ProductionCBI
Confidential Business Information. The EPA withholds this volume because publishing it could reveal the reporting company's trade secrets.
Import Value$4M
Top SourceChina 55%
The EPA did not publish how much of this chemical companies made or imported, or marked that amount confidential. Without that volume, ACID cannot calculate import dependency.
Where It Comes From
Customs basis: HS 282710 · exact
Source Countries
Country of origin for US imports, from Census customs data (2023).
CN 55%ChinaDE 24%GermanyTR 5%TurkeyIN 5%IndiaKR 4%South Korea
- Italy
- Canada
- Singapore
EPA-registered manufacturers (11)
Companies that report making or importing this chemical to the EPA. Registration is US-centric and does not indicate import origin.
Basf Se · DE Germany
Bayer Ag · DE Germany
American Pacific
Ati Albany Operations
Basf
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Bayer Us Holding
Lamberti Usa
Lanxess
Phibro Animal Health
The Andersons
The Dallas Group Of America
EPA-registered importers (13)
Companies that report making or importing this chemical to the EPA. Registration is US-centric and does not indicate import origin.
Basf Se · DE Germany
Amphenol Apc, 91 Northeastern
Basf
Brenntag
Calfrac Well Services
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Global Chemical Resources
Schlumberger Technology
Suez Treatment Solutions
Valudor Products
Vivion
Wilbur-Ellis
Wintersun International
Yara North America
17 FDA-registered drug labelers
Apex Energetics Inc.
Bestmade Natural Products
BioActive Nutritional
BioActive Nutritional, Inc.
Boiron
Deseret Biologicals, Inc.
Dr. Donna Restivo DC
Energetix Corporation
Energique, Inc.
Guangzhou Renuma Medical Systems Co., Ltd
Hahnemann Laboratories, INC.
King Bio Inc.
MediNatura Inc
Natural Creations, Inc.
Nutritional Specialties, Inc.
The Wellness Center for Research and Education
Yep Strength
Why It Matters
Sectors
ElectronicsPaper & PrintingCore ChemicalsHealthEnergyConsumer ProductsMetals & MiningPaints & CoatingsAgricultureConstruction
Downstream Uses
Appears in 31 drug and cosmetic product listings (FDA).
- •Spinalmax
- •Ammonium muriaticum
- •Pneumo HP
- •Sciatic Nerve Formula
- •Respiro-Pro T016
- •Arthritis Joints
- •Petrochemical Detox
- •Resentment
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- •BHI Back
- •Thyro-Chord
- •Dental-Chord
- •Sciatic Formula
- •Congestion HP
- •Pneumotox
- •Household Antigens
- •SLIM
- •G03 TEST-MET
- •Enviroclenz
- •G11 Pineal-MET
- •Intestine Formula
- •Occuloplex I
- •Adrenal Homeopathic
- •Bestmade Natural Products BM86
- •Yep wake the faith up Ammonia inhalant
- •G12 Hepar MET
- •Bestmade Natural Products Ammonium Mur
- •Breath HP
- •R18 Ovagen
- •Envirotox
- •NS Support
- •R08 Lymphatics
FDA Shortage Status
Whether any manufacturer currently reports this drug as in shortage on the FDA Drug Shortages database. "Active Shortage" means at least one presentation has status "current."
No FDA shortage records
Industrial Uses
Used in 10 sectors as 15 functional roles.
- •Ion exchange agents in All Other Basic Inorganic Chemical Manufacturing (100%)Processing as a reactant
- •Etching agent in Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing (100%)Use—non-incorporative activities
- •Intermediate in Primary Metal Manufacturing (100%)Processing as a reactant
- •Intermediate in All Other Chemical Product and Preparation ManufacturingProcessing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Processing aids, specific to petroleum production in Oil and Gas Drilling, Extraction, and Support activities (3%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Corrosion inhibitors and anti-scaling agents in Oil and Gas Drilling, Extraction, and Support activities (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Intermediate in All Other Basic Inorganic Chemical Manufacturing (50%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Solids separation agents in All Other Chemical Product and Preparation Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Soil amendments (fertilizers) in Pesticide, Fertilizer, and Other Agricultural Chemical Manufacturing (50%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Soil amendments (fertilizers) in Wholesale and Retail Trade (60%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Plating agents and surface treating agents in Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing (40%)Use—non-incorporative activities
- •Agricultural chemicals (non-pesticidal) in All Other Basic Inorganic Chemical Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Flux agent in Primary Metal Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Soil amendments (fertilizers) in All Other Chemical Product and Preparation Manufacturing (45%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Finishing agents in Primary Metal Manufacturing (55%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Cleaning agent in Asphalt Paving, Roofing, and Coating Materials Manufacturing (5%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Fire extinguishing agent in All Other Basic Inorganic Chemical Manufacturing (10%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •pH regulating agent in Pesticide, Fertilizer, and Other Agricultural Chemical Manufacturing (5%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Corrosion inhibitor in Paint and Coating Manufacturing (10%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Corrosion inhibitor in Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing (70%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
Chemical Identity
CAS12125-02-9
PubChem CID25517
DTXSIDDTXSID0020078
FormulaClH4N
Mol. Weight53.49 g/mol
SMILES[NH4+].[Cl-]
Data Sources
DTXSID00200782026-04-06
https://doi.org/10.23645/epacomptox.5588566
Archive: data/sources/comptox/dsstox_identifiers.csv
255172026-04-06
https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/rest/pug/compound/cid/25517/property/MolecularFormula,MolecularWeight,CanonicalSMILES,InChIKey/JSON
Archive: data/sources/pubchem_properties/25517.json
12125-02-92026-04-24
https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting
Archive: data/sources/epa_cdr/2020_cdr.csv
CAS 12125-02-92026-04-07
https://open.fda.gov/data/ndc/
Archive: data/sources/fda/ndc/ndc.json