Iron oxide (Fe2O3)
U.S. production volumes are classified 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$542M
Top SourceGermany 26%
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 282110, 320649 · basket
These shares come from HS customs code 282110, 320649, which covers 45 chemicals in total. They estimate the bucket's origin mix, not this chemical specifically.
Source Countries
Country of origin for US imports, from Census customs data (2023).
DE 26%GermanyCN 19%ChinaCA 17%CanadaMX 8%MexicoIN 5%India
- Colombia
- Sweden
- Taiwan
- Czech Republic
- Romania
- Egypt
- Israel
- Slovakia
- Turkey
- Norway
- Ireland
- Malaysia
- Poland
- South Africa
- Switzerland
- Finland
- Denmark
- United Arab Emirates
- Cyprus
- Greece
- Singapore
- Moldova
- Slovenia
- New Zealand
- Indonesia
- Hungary
- Australia
- Peru
- Pakistan
- Portugal
- Honduras
- Tunisia
EPA-registered manufacturers (15)
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
Clariant International · CH Switzerland
Umicore Sa · BE Belgium
Advanced Micronutrient Products
Am/Ns Calvert
Show all 15
Basf
Clariant
Cleveland-Cliffs
Hibbing Taconite
Johnson Matthey
Marathon Petroleum
Nucor Steel
Standard Steel
Steel Dust Recycling
Umicore Usa
EPA-registered importers (45)
Companies that report making or importing this chemical to the EPA. Registration is US-centric and does not indicate import origin.
Azelis S A · LU Luxembourg
Basf Se · DE Germany
Brenntag · DE Germany
Clariant International · CH Switzerland
Toyota Tsusho · JP Japan
Show all 45
Upl · IN India
Venator Materials Plc · GB United Kingdom
3M
Aalborz Chemical
Azelis Us Holdings
Basf
Brenntag Southwest, Inc., Lanc
Certainteed Rpg
Clariant
Ferro
G2O Technologies Intermediate
H.I.G. Colors
Haldor Topsoe
Harbisonwalker International
Hilti
Itochu International
Johnson Matthey Holdings
Konica Minolta Holdings Usa
Lanxess
M-I
National Plastics Color
Nucor Steel Louisiana
Omya
Pavestone
Pht International
Quadra Chemicals
Revelli Chemicals
Royale Pigments And Chemicals
Rpm International
Target
The Dow Chemical
The Lincoln Electric
The Sherwin Williams
Toyota Tsusho America
Trinseo
Trust Chem Usa Llc.
Upl Na
Valudor Products
Venator Materials
Yara North America
Why It Matters
Sectors
HealthAgricultureEnergyTransportationConstructionMetals & MiningPlastics & RubberTextilesConsumer ProductsPaints & CoatingsPaper & PrintingCore Chemicals
Downstream UsesNo data available
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 33 sectors as 19 functional roles.
- •Pigment in Oil and Gas Drilling, Extraction, and Support activities (40%)Processing—incorporation into article
- •Pigment in Miscellaneous Manufacturing (0%)Processing—incorporation into article
- •Agricultural chemicals (non-pesticidal) in Pesticide, Fertilizer, and Other Agricultural Chemical Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Alloys in Primary Metal Manufacturing (100%)Processing as a reactant
- •Filler in Wholesale and Retail TradeNot Known or Reasonably Ascertainable
- •Catalyst in Plastics Material and Resin ManufacturingUse—non-incorporative activities
- •Pigment in Plastics Material and Resin ManufacturingProcessing—incorporation into article
- •Pigment in Paint and Coating ManufacturingProcessing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Surface modifier in Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing (0%)Processing—incorporation into article
- •Pigment in Transportation Equipment Manufacturing (0%)Processing—incorporation into article
- •Catalyst in All Other Chemical Product and Preparation Manufacturing (0%)Processing as a reactant
- •Catalyst in Petrochemical Manufacturing (0%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Catalyst in All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing (13%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Paint additives and coating additives not described by other categories in Paint and Coating Manufacturing (0%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Coalescing agent in All Other Chemical Product and Preparation ManufacturingProcessing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Pigment in Custom Compounding of Purchased Resins (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Pigment in Synthetic Dye and Pigment ManufacturingProcessing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Pigment in Printing Ink ManufacturingProcessing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Pigment in Plastics Product ManufacturingProcessing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Flame retardants in Plastics Material and Resin ManufacturingProcessing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Dye in Synthetic Dye and Pigment ManufacturingProcessing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Soil amendments (fertilizers) in Pesticide, Fertilizer, and Other Agricultural Chemical ManufacturingProcessing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Pigment in Asphalt Paving, Roofing, and Coating Materials Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into article
- •Catalyst in Pesticide, Fertilizer, and Other Agricultural Chemical Manufacturing (100%)Use—non-incorporative activities
- •Catalyst in All Other Basic Inorganic Chemical Manufacturing (73%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Pigment in Construction (67%)Processing—incorporation into article
- •Pigment in Wholesale and Retail Trade (17%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Pigment in Adhesive Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Solids separation agents in All Other Basic Inorganic Chemical Manufacturing (100%)Processing as a reactant
- •Filler in Transportation Equipment ManufacturingProcessing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Catalyst in Petroleum Refineries (2%)Use—non-incorporative activities
- •Catalyst in Industrial Gas Manufacturing (46%)Use—non-incorporative activities
- •Processing aids, specific to petroleum production in Petroleum Refineries (100%)Use—non-incorporative activities
- •Photosensitive agent in Photographic Film, Paper, Plate, and Chemical ManufacturingProcessing—incorporation into article
- •Intermediate in Other (100%)Use—non-incorporative activities
- •Adsorbent 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 (100%)Processing as a reactant
- •Fillers in Primary Metal Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Dye in Non-metallic Mineral Product Manufacturing (includes clay, glass, cement, concrete, lime, gypsum, and other non-metallic mineral product manufacturing) (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Intermediate in Synthetic Dye and Pigment Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Abrasives in Mining (except Oil and Gas) and support activities (100%)Use—non-incorporative activities
- •Pigment in Non-metallic Mineral Product Manufacturing (includes clay, glass, cement, concrete, lime, gypsum, and other non-metallic mineral product manufacturing) (50%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Agricultural chemicals (non-pesticidal) in Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting (12%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Pigment in Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting (34%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Filler in Non-metallic Mineral Product Manufacturing (includes clay, glass, cement, concrete, lime, gypsum, and other non-metallic mineral product manufacturing) (96%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Intermediate in Primary Metal Manufacturing (1%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Pigment in All Other Chemical Product and Preparation Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Pigment in Rubber Product Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into article
- •Fillers in Machinery ManufacturingProcessing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Pigment in Furniture and Related Product ManufacturingProcessing—incorporation into article
- •Pigment in Not Known or Reasonably Ascertainable (10%)Processing—incorporation into article
- •Pigment in Pharmaceutical and Medicine Manufacturing (3%)Processing—incorporation into article
- •Dyes in Wood Product Manufacturing (80%)Use—non-incorporative activities
Chemical Identity
CAS1309-37-1
PubChem CID518696
DTXSIDDTXSID0029632
FormulaFe2O3
Mol. Weight159.69 g/mol
SMILESO=[Fe]O[Fe]=O
Data Sources
DTXSID00296322026-04-06
https://doi.org/10.23645/epacomptox.5588566
Archive: data/sources/comptox/dsstox_identifiers.csv
5186962026-04-06
https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/rest/pug/compound/cid/518696/property/MolecularFormula,MolecularWeight,CanonicalSMILES,InChIKey/JSON
Archive: data/sources/pubchem_properties/518696.json
1309-37-12026-04-24
https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting
Archive: data/sources/epa_cdr/2020_cdr.csv
CAS 1309-37-12026-04-25
https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting
Archive: data/sources/epa_cdr/2020_cdr_industrial.csv