Gallium trichloride

Drug ingredient

CAS 13450-90-3

This 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, 2024$99M

Top sourceCanada 27%

At least one company claimed its 2023 production or import volume for this chemical as confidential, so EPA withholds it.

Why supply is unknown

Production is reported production, not a complete census of factories. US production volume is confidential. Production reporting year: 2023. Import value and source-country shares describe a shared customs category, not a separate chemical measurement.

Where It Comes From

Customs basis: HS 282739 · basket

EPA reports by year

2023: US production Confidential · Imports Confidential
2019: US production 78.0K lb · Imports Zero

These shares come from HS customs code 282739, which covers 44 tracked chemicals in total. They estimate the category's origin mix, not this chemical specifically.

Source Countries

Country of origin for US imports, from Census customs data (2024).

CA 27%CanadaDE 16%GermanyAR 10%ArgentinaGB 10%United KingdomIT 7%Italy

Israel
Taiwan
Lithuania
Singapore
Malaysia
Turkey
Switzerland
Colombia
Mexico
New Zealand
Ireland
Greece
Russia
Australia
Austria
Poland
Denmark

Domestic parents -- activity not disclosed (1)

EPA records name a US company for this chemical but do not disclose whether the company made it here or imported it.

Neo Chemicals And Oxides, Llc.

Why It Matters

Sectors

HealthElectronics

Downstream Uses

Appears in 1 drug and cosmetic product listings (FDA).

•Gallium Muriaticum

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 2 sectors as 1 functional role.

•Intermediate in Computer and Electronic Product ManufacturingProcessing—incorporation into article
•Intermediate in Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component ManufacturingProcessing—incorporation into article

Chemical Identity

CAS13450-90-3

PubChem CID26010

DTXSIDDTXSID8031360

FormulaCl3Ga

Mol. Weight176.08 g/mol

SMILESCl[Ga](Cl)Cl

Data Sources

EPA CompTox (DSSTox) · DTXSID8031360Retrieved 2026-04-06
PubChem · compound 26010Retrieved 2026-04-06
EPA Chemical Data ReportingReporting year: 2023 · Retrieved 2026-10-04
EPA Chemical Data ReportingReporting year: 2023 · Retrieved 2026-10-04
US Census international tradeReporting year: 2024 · Retrieved 2026-10-04

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Brief citations

Gallium trichloride (CAS 13450-90-3) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/13450-90-3/ EPA CompTox (DSSTox): DTXSID8031360. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://comptox.epa.gov/dashboard/chemical/details/DTXSID8031360 PubChem: 26010. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/26010 EPA Chemical Data Reporting: 13450-90-3. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting EPA Chemical Data Reporting: CAS 13450-90-3. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting US Census international trade: HS 282739 for CAS 13450-90-3. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/