Tellurium

CAS 13494-80-9

EPA’s 2023 records show zero U.S. production of this chemical.

Te127.6 g/mol

no molecular structure to draw

US productionZero

Import value, 2024$3M

Import volumeCBI

Confidential Business Information. The EPA withholds this volume because publishing it could reveal the reporting company's trade secrets.

Top sourceGermany 75%

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. Production reporting year: 2023.

Where It Comes From

Customs basis: HS 280450 · exact

EPA reports by year

2023: US production Zero · Imports Confidential
2019: US production Confidential · Imports Confidential

Source Countries

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

DE 75%GermanyCA 16%CanadaCN 4%ChinaBE 2%BelgiumPH 1%Philippines

Turkey

Why It Matters

Sectors

Electronics

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

•Semiconductor and photovoltaic agent in Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into article

Chemical Identity

CAS13494-80-9

PubChem CID6327182

DTXSIDDTXSID9032119

FormulaTe

Mol. Weight127.6 g/mol

SMILES[Te]

Data Sources

EPA CompTox (DSSTox) · DTXSID9032119Retrieved 2026-04-06
PubChem · compound 6327182Retrieved 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

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Brief citations

Tellurium (CAS 13494-80-9) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/13494-80-9/ EPA CompTox (DSSTox): DTXSID9032119. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://comptox.epa.gov/dashboard/chemical/details/DTXSID9032119 PubChem: 6327182. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/6327182 EPA Chemical Data Reporting: 13494-80-9. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting FDA National Drug Code directory: CAS 13494-80-9. Retrieved 2026-04-07. https://open.fda.gov/data/ndc/ US Census international trade: HS 280450 for CAS 13494-80-9. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/