Hydrogen
CAS 1333-74-0
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, 2024$67M
Top sourceCanada 99%
At least one company claimed its 2023 production or import volume for this chemical as confidential, so EPA withholds it.
Why supply is unknownProduction is reported production, not a complete census of factories. US production volume is confidential. Production reporting year: 2023.
Where It Comes From
Customs basis: HS 280410 · exact
EPA reports by year
- 2023
- US production Confidential · Imports Confidential
- 2019
- US production Confidential · Imports Confidential
Source Countries
Country of origin for US imports, from Census customs data (2024).
CA 99%Canada
- Italy
- South Korea
- Taiwan
- Hong Kong
EPA-registered manufacturers (46)
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
Bayer Ag · DE Germany
L'Air Liquide S A · FR France
Linde Plc · GB United Kingdom
Nippon Sanso Holdings · JP Japan
Show all 46
Sasol · ZA South Africa
Saudi Arabian Oil · SA Saudi Arabia
Shell Plc · GB United Kingdom
Totalenergies Se · FR France
Air Liquide Usa
Air Products And Chemicals
Angus Chemical
Archer Daniels Midland
Ascend Performance Materials
Aux Sable Liquid Products
Basf
Bayer Us Holding
Bayport Polymers
Calumet
Calumet Refining
Calumet Specialty Products Partners
Chs
Cvr Energy
Dakota Gasification
Dow Chemical
Hep Javelina
Koch Industries
Linde
Lyondell Chemical
Marathon Petroleum
Matheson Tri-Gas
Minerals Technologies
Motiva Enterprises
Occidental Petroleum
Olin
Oneok
Oq Chemicals
Par Hawaii Refining
Par Pacific Holdings
Phillips 66
Sasol Chemicals (Usa)
Shell Petroleum
Totalenergies Holdings Usa
Vertex Energy- Mobile Refinery
Westlake
Wrb Refining
Domestic parents -- activity not disclosed (6)
EPA records name a US company for this chemical but do not disclose whether the company made it here or imported it.
Eastman Chemical
Evonik
Linde North America
Shell
Shell Chemical Appalachia
Show all 6
Valero Energy
EPA-registered importers (3)
Companies that report making or importing this chemical to the EPA. Registration is US-centric and does not indicate import origin.
Glencore Plc · CH Switzerland
Dte Energy
Glencore
Why It Matters
Sectors
EnergyMetals & MiningConsumer ProductsCore Chemicals
Downstream UsesNot recorded
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 8 sectors as 7 functional roles.
- •Intermediate in All Other Basic Organic Chemical ManufacturingProcessing as a reactant
- •Fuel in Petrochemical Manufacturing (100%)Processing as a reactant
- •Intermediate in Industrial Gas Manufacturing (100%)Processing as a reactant
- •Intermediate in Petrochemical Manufacturing (100%)Processing as a reactant
- •Reducing agent in Petroleum Refineries (100%)Processing as a reactant
- •Intermediate in Petroleum Refineries (100%)Processing as a reactant
- •Fuel in Petroleum Refineries (100%)Processing as a reactant
- •Fuel agents in Petroleum Refineries (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Processing aids, specific to petroleum production in Petroleum RefineriesProcessing as a reactant
- •Reducing agent in Miscellaneous Manufacturing (100%)Processing as a reactant
- •Processing aids, specific to petroleum production in All other Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Fuel in Miscellaneous ManufacturingUse—non-incorporative activities
- •Intermediate in All Other Basic Inorganic Chemical ManufacturingProcessing as a reactant
- •Intermediate in Wholesale and Retail TradeProcessing—repackaging
- •Fuel in All Other Basic Organic Chemical ManufacturingUse—non-incorporative activities
- •Insulators in All Other Basic Organic Chemical ManufacturingUse—non-incorporative activities
- •Catalyst in Petroleum Refineries (100%)Processing as a reactant
- •Fuel in Industrial Gas Manufacturing (100%)Processing—repackaging
- •Fuel agents in Petrochemical Manufacturing (50%)Processing as a reactant
Chemical Identity
CAS1333-74-0
PubChem CID783
DTXSIDDTXSID9029643
FormulaH2
Mol. Weight2.016 g/mol
SMILES[HH]
Data Sources
- EPA CompTox (DSSTox) · DTXSID9029643Retrieved 2026-04-06
- PubChem · compound 783Retrieved 2026-04-06
- EPA Chemical Data ReportingReporting year: 2023 · Retrieved 2026-10-04
- FDA National Drug Code directoryRetrieved 2026-04-07
- US Census international tradeReporting year: 2024 · Retrieved 2026-10-04
Brief citations
Hydrogen (CAS 1333-74-0) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/1333-74-0/ EPA CompTox (DSSTox): DTXSID9029643. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://comptox.epa.gov/dashboard/chemical/details/DTXSID9029643 PubChem: 783. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/783 EPA Chemical Data Reporting: 1333-74-0. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting FDA National Drug Code directory: CAS 1333-74-0. Retrieved 2026-04-07. https://open.fda.gov/data/ndc/ US Census international trade: HS 280410 for CAS 1333-74-0. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/