Tantalum oxide (Ta2O5)

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 manufacturers (1)

Telex Metals

EPA-registered importers (1)

Global Advanced Metals Usa

Why It Matters

Sectors

ElectronicsMetals & Mining

Downstream UsesNo data available

FDA Shortage Status

No FDA shortage records

Industrial Uses

Used in 1 sector as 1 functional role.

•Intermediate in Primary Metal Manufacturing (100%)Processing as a reactant

Chemical Identity

CAS1314-61-0

PubChem CID62157

DTXSIDDTXSID10893849

FormulaO5Ta2

Mol. Weight441.89 g/mol

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

Data Sources

DTXSID108938492026-04-06

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

Archive: data/sources/comptox/dsstox_identifiers.csv

621572026-04-06

https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/rest/pug/compound/cid/62157/property/MolecularFormula,MolecularWeight,CanonicalSMILES,InChIKey/JSON

Archive: data/sources/pubchem_properties/62157.json

1314-61-02026-04-24

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

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

CAS 1314-61-02026-04-25

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

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

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