Copper sulfide (CuS)

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

Molecular structure of 1317-40-4
US ProductionCBI
Import Value$347M
Import VolumeZero
Top SourceCanada 24%

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 283090, 320649 · basket

These shares come from HS customs code 283090, 320649, which covers 57 chemicals in total. They estimate the bucket's origin mix, not this chemical specifically.

Source Countries
CA 24%CanadaDE 20%GermanyMX 13%MexicoJP 6%JapanCN 6%China
EPA-registered manufacturers (3)
Chem32
Kennecott Utah Copper
Marathon Petroleum

Why It Matters

Sectors
EnergyMetals & MiningCore Chemicals
Downstream UsesNo data available
FDA Shortage Status
No FDA shortage records

Industrial Uses

Used in 5 sectors as 2 functional roles.

  • Absorbent in Oil and Gas Drilling, Extraction, and Support activities (100%)Use—non-incorporative activities
  • Intermediate in Mining (except Oil and Gas) and support activities (100%)Processing as a reactant
  • Intermediate in Other (100%)Use—non-incorporative activities
  • Intermediate in Primary Metal Manufacturing (90%)Processing as a reactant
  • Intermediate in All Other Basic Inorganic Chemical Manufacturing (10%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product

Chemical Identity

CAS1317-40-4
PubChem CID165914
DTXSIDDTXSID0061666
FormulaCuS
Mol. Weight95.61 g/mol
SMILES[S-2].[Cu+2]

Data Sources

DTXSID00616662026-04-06

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

Archive: data/sources/comptox/dsstox_identifiers.csv

1659142026-04-06

https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/rest/pug/compound/cid/165914/property/MolecularFormula,MolecularWeight,CanonicalSMILES,InChIKey/JSON

Archive: data/sources/pubchem_properties/165914.json

1317-40-42026-04-24

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

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

CAS 1317-40-42026-04-25

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

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