Chromium trioxide
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$11M
Top SourceKazakhstan 44%
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 281910 · exact
Source Countries
Country of origin for US imports, from Census customs data (2023).
KZ 44%KazakhstanIN 25%IndiaZA 15%South AfricaCN 12%ChinaCA 1%Canada
- Spain
- Belgium
- Germany
- Japan
EPA-registered manufacturers (6)
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
Ineos · GB United Kingdom
Basf
Chevron Phillips Chemical
Elementis
Show all 6
Ineos Us I
EPA-registered importers (10)
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
Basf
Clariant
Element Solutions
Show all 10
Henkel
Johnson Matthey Holdings
Koppers
Lanxess
Phibro Animal Health
2 FDA-registered drug labelers
Apex Energetics Inc.
Deseret Biologicals, Inc
Why It Matters
Sectors
Plastics & RubberElectronicsTransportationCore ChemicalsHealthEnergyMetals & MiningAgricultureConstruction
Downstream Uses
Appears in 2 drug and cosmetic product listings (FDA).
- •Glyreg
- •D09 SNS-DRN
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 15 sectors as 8 functional roles.
- •Catalyst in All Other Basic Organic Chemical ManufacturingProcessing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Corrosion inhibitor in Fabricated Metal Product ManufacturingProcessing—incorporation into article
- •Surface modifier in Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing (0%)Processing—incorporation into article
- •Plating agent in All Other Basic Inorganic Chemical ManufacturingNot Known or Reasonably Ascertainable
- •Catalyst in Plastics Product Manufacturing (100%)Processing as a reactant
- •Catalyst in Petroleum Refineries (43%)Use—non-incorporative activities
- •Catalyst in Pesticide, Fertilizer, and Other Agricultural Chemical Manufacturing (56%)Use—non-incorporative activities
- •Plating agent in Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing (70%)Processing as a reactant
- •Plating agent in All Other Chemical Product and Preparation Manufacturing (70%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Processing aids, specific to petroleum production in Petrochemical Manufacturing (10%)Processing as a reactant
- •Plating agents and surface treating agents in Miscellaneous Manufacturing (70%)Processing—repackaging
- •Adhesion/cohesion promoter in Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing (27.71%)Processing as a reactant
- •Adhesion/cohesion promoter in Machinery Manufacturing (0.48%)Processing as a reactant
- •Adhesion/cohesion promoter in Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing (0.48%)Processing as a reactant
- •Adhesion/cohesion promoter in Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing (0.24%)Processing as a reactant
- •Adhesion/cohesion promoter in Transportation Equipment Manufacturing (22.09%)Processing as a reactant
- •Intermediate in Plastics Material and Resin Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Catalyst in Industrial Gas Manufacturing (50%)Use—non-incorporative activities
- •Catalyst in All Other Chemical Product and Preparation Manufacturing (49%)Use—non-incorporative activities
- •Plating agent in Miscellaneous Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
Vendor Pricing
$0.18/gSigma-Aldrich (Rush Stock)
CountryGermany
Pack$460.57 / 2.5 kg
Purity99.9%
Vendors4 available
Prices reflect listed pack sizes. Small research packs run far above bulk rates.
3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sigma-Aldrich | Germany | $0.18 | 2.5 kg | 99.9% |
| AK Scientific, Inc. | United States | $0.19 | 500 g | — |
| AK Scientific Specialized | United States | $0.22 | 500 g | 98% |
Chemical Identity
CAS1333-82-0
PubChem CID14915
DTXSIDDTXSID0040125
FormulaCrO3
Mol. Weight99.994 g/mol
SMILESO=[Cr](=O)=O
Data Sources
DTXSID00401252026-04-06
https://doi.org/10.23645/epacomptox.5588566
Archive: data/sources/comptox/dsstox_identifiers.csv
149152026-04-06
https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/rest/pug/compound/cid/14915/property/MolecularFormula,MolecularWeight,CanonicalSMILES,InChIKey/JSON
Archive: data/sources/pubchem_properties/14915.json
1333-82-02026-04-24
https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting
Archive: data/sources/epa_cdr/2020_cdr.csv
CAS 1333-82-02026-04-07
https://open.fda.gov/data/ndc/
Archive: data/sources/fda/ndc/ndc.json