Zirconium dioxide
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$55M
Top SourceBelgium 20%
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 282560 · narrow
These shares come from HS customs code 282560, which covers 2 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).
BE 20%BelgiumCA 19%CanadaCN 18%ChinaIT 12%ItalyGB 11%United Kingdom
- Malaysia
- Austria
- India
- Taiwan
- Liechtenstein
- Netherlands
EPA-registered manufacturers (12)
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
Shell · GB United Kingdom
Ati Albany Operations
Basf
Show all 12
Clariant
Louisiana Pigment
O'Brien Industrial Holdings
Saint Gobain
Saint Gobain Ceramic Materials
Shell Catalysts & Technologies
Westinghouse
EPA-registered importers (26)
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
Mitsui Mining & Smelting · JP Japan
Rhi Magnesita N V · AT Austria
Tosoh · JP Japan
Venator Materials Plc · GB United Kingdom
Show all 26
Akebono Brake
Basf
Cataler North America
Coorstek
Corhart Refractories
Federal Mogul
Ferro
Harbisonwalker International
Johnson Matthey
Kronos (Us)
Magnesita Refractories
Mitsui Kinzoku Catalysts America
Praxair Surface Technologies
Robert Bosch
Saint Gobain Ceramic Materials
Saint-Gobain
The Sherwin Williams
Tosoh America
Tronox Us Holdings
Umicore Usa
Venator Materials
Why It Matters
Sectors
Plastics & RubberPaints & CoatingsElectronicsTransportationPaper & PrintingCore ChemicalsHealthEnergyConsumer ProductsMetals & MiningTextilesConstruction
Downstream Uses
Appears in 1 drug and cosmetic product listings (FDA).
- •Zirconium Oxydatum
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 22 sectors as 14 functional roles.
- •Intermediate in All Other Basic Inorganic Chemical ManufacturingProcessing as a reactant
- •Filler in Transportation Equipment Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into article
- •Alloys in All Other Chemical Product and Preparation Manufacturing (0%)Processing as a reactant
- •Intermediate in Primary Metal Manufacturing (100%)Processing as a reactant
- •Catalyst in Petrochemical ManufacturingProcessing—incorporation into article
- •Paint additives and coating additives not described by other categories in Paint and Coating Manufacturing (0%)Processing—incorporation into article
- •Pigment in Transportation Equipment Manufacturing (0%)Processing—incorporation into article
- •Pigment in Paint and Coating Manufacturing (0%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Pigment in Printing Ink Manufacturing (0%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Catalyst in Transportation Equipment Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Pigment in All Other Basic Inorganic Chemical ManufacturingProcessing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Abrasives in Miscellaneous ManufacturingProcessing—repackaging
- •Catalyst in All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing (100%)Use—non-incorporative activities
- •Abrasives in All Other Basic Inorganic Chemical ManufacturingProcessing as a reactant
- •Adsorbent in All Other Basic Inorganic Chemical ManufacturingProcessing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Adsorbent in Miscellaneous ManufacturingUse—non-incorporative activities
- •Abrasives in Transportation Equipment ManufacturingProcessing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Adsorbents and absorbents in Miscellaneous Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Pigment in Custom Compounding of Purchased Resins (1%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Pigment in Plastics Product Manufacturing (2%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Process regulators in Non-metallic Mineral Product Manufacturing (includes clay, glass, cement, concrete, lime, gypsum, and other non-metallic mineral product manufacturing) (30%)Processing—incorporation into article
- •Process regulators in Primary Metal Manufacturing (70%)Processing—incorporation into article
- •Abrasives 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
- •Plating agents and surface treating agents in Other (100%)Processing—incorporation into article
- •Heat transferring agent in Paint and Coating Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into article
- •Abrasives in Oil and Gas Drilling, Extraction, and Support activities (1%)Processing—incorporation into article
- •Abrasives in Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing (3%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Abrasives in Wholesale and Retail Trade (12%)Processing—repackaging
- •Pigment in Synthetic Dye and Pigment ManufacturingProcessing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Intermediate in Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component ManufacturingProcessing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Process regulators in Machinery Manufacturing (100%)Processing as a reactant
- •Pigment in Furniture and Related Product ManufacturingProcessing—incorporation into article
- •Surface modifier in Furniture and Related Product ManufacturingProcessing—incorporation into article
- •Pigment in ConstructionProcessing—incorporation into article
- •Surface modifier in ConstructionProcessing—incorporation into article
- •Pigment in Not Known or Reasonably AscertainableProcessing—incorporation into article
- •Opacifer in Miscellaneous Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Intermediate in Transportation Equipment Manufacturing (3%)Processing as a reactant
Vendor Pricing
$0.16/gA2B Chem LLC
CountryUnited States
Pack$81.00 / 500 g
Purity99%
Vendors7 available
Prices reflect listed pack sizes. Small research packs run far above bulk rates.
6 more vendors
| Vendor | Country Supplier country. Where available, shows shipping origin. When the supplier ships from a different country than where they are registered, both are shown. Most suppliers show registration country only. | $/g | Pack | Purity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AA BLOCKS | United States | $0.21 | 500 g | 99% |
| Sigma-Aldrich (Rush Stock) | Germany | $0.31 | 2 kg | 99% |
| Sigma-Aldrich | Germany | $0.31 | 2 kg | 99% |
| AK Scientific Specialized | United States | $0.60 | 100 g | 98% |
| AK Scientific, Inc. | United States | $0.84 | 100 g | 99% |
| Labotest KG | Germany | $453.00 | 1000 mg | 90% |
Chemical Identity
CAS1314-23-4
PubChem CID62395
DTXSIDDTXSID1042520
FormulaO2Zr
Mol. Weight123.22 g/mol
SMILESO=[Zr]=O
Data Sources
DTXSID10425202026-04-06
https://doi.org/10.23645/epacomptox.5588566
Archive: data/sources/comptox/dsstox_identifiers.csv
623952026-04-06
https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/rest/pug/compound/cid/62395/property/MolecularFormula,MolecularWeight,CanonicalSMILES,InChIKey/JSON
Archive: data/sources/pubchem_properties/62395.json
1314-23-42026-04-24
https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting
Archive: data/sources/epa_cdr/2020_cdr.csv
CAS 1314-23-42026-04-25
https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting
Archive: data/sources/epa_cdr/2020_cdr_industrial.csv