Cryolite
Used in 1 industrial sectors tracked by the EPA.
US Production15.9M lbs
Import Value$85M
Import Volume18.8M lbs
Import Dependency54%
Top SourceMexico 24%
Where It Comes From
Customs basis: HS 253090, 282630 · exact
Source Countries
Country of origin for US imports, from Census customs data (2023).
MX 24%MexicoCA 21%CanadaAU 12%AustraliaJP 10%JapanDE 7%Germany
- Finland
- Brazil
- Madagascar
- Oman
- Mozambique
- Slovenia
- Morocco
- Israel
- Taiwan
- Pakistan
- United Arab Emirates
- Estonia
- Uruguay
- Czech Republic
- Serbia
- Slovakia
- Nigeria
- Croatia
- Poland
- Belgium
- Bolivia
- Argentina
- Peru
- Romania
- Indonesia
- Afghanistan
- Cameroon
- Guyana
- Dominican Republic
- Ethiopia
- Jordan
- Colombia
- South Africa
- Norway
- Tunisia
- Libya
EPA-registered manufacturers (1)
Companies that report making or importing this chemical to the EPA. Registration is US-centric and does not indicate import origin.
Century Aluminum
EPA-registered importers (1)
Companies that report making or importing this chemical to the EPA. Registration is US-centric and does not indicate import origin.
Century Aluminum
Why It Matters
Sectors
Metals & Mining
Downstream UsesNo data available
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 1 sector as 1 functional role.
- •Process regulators in Primary Metal Manufacturing (100%)Processing as a reactant
Chemical Identity
CAS15096-52-3
PubChem CID16693908
DTXSIDDTXSID0034487
FormulaAlF6Na3
Mol. Weight209.941265 g/mol
SMILESF[Al-3](F)(F)(F)(F)F.[Na+].[Na+].[Na+]
Data Sources
DTXSID00344872026-04-06
https://doi.org/10.23645/epacomptox.5588566
Archive: data/sources/comptox/dsstox_identifiers.csv
166939082026-04-06
https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/rest/pug/compound/cid/16693908/property/MolecularFormula,MolecularWeight,CanonicalSMILES,InChIKey/JSON
Archive: data/sources/pubchem_properties/16693908.json
15096-52-32026-04-24
https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting
Archive: data/sources/epa_cdr/2020_cdr.csv
CAS 15096-52-32026-04-25
https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting
Archive: data/sources/epa_cdr/2020_cdr_industrial.csv