Niobium oxide (Nb2O5)

U.S. production volumes are classified as confidential business information.

US ProductionCBI

Import Value$123M

Top SourceBrazil 32%

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 282590 · basket

These shares come from HS customs code 282590, which covers 26 chemicals in total. They estimate the bucket's origin mix, not this chemical specifically.

Source Countries

BR 32%BrazilTR 15%TurkeyCN 9%ChinaVN 8%VietnamKR 8%South Korea

EPA-registered importers (3)

Ati Albany Operations

Ferro

Global Advanced Metals Usa

Why It Matters

Sectors

Metals & MiningTextiles

Downstream UsesNo data available

FDA Shortage Status

No FDA shortage records

Industrial Uses

Used in 2 sectors as 3 functional roles.

•Alloys in Primary Metal Manufacturing (100%)Processing as a reactant
•Monomers in Synthetic Dye and Pigment ManufacturingProcessing as a reactant
•Intermediate in Primary Metal Manufacturing (100%)Processing as a reactant

Chemical Identity

CAS1313-96-8

PubChem CID9903420

DTXSIDDTXSID20893850

FormulaNb2O5

Mol. Weight265.81 g/mol

SMILES[O-2].[O-2].[O-2].[O-2].[O-2].[Nb+5].[Nb+5]

Data Sources

DTXSID208938502026-04-06

https://doi.org/10.23645/epacomptox.5588566

Archive: data/sources/comptox/dsstox_identifiers.csv

99034202026-04-06

https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/rest/pug/compound/cid/9903420/property/MolecularFormula,MolecularWeight,CanonicalSMILES,InChIKey/JSON

Archive: data/sources/pubchem_properties/9903420.json

1313-96-82026-04-24

https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting

Archive: data/sources/epa_cdr/2020_cdr.csv

CAS 1313-96-82026-04-25

https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting

Archive: data/sources/epa_cdr/2020_cdr_industrial.csv

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