Nickel sulfide (NiS)
U.S. production volumes are classified as confidential business information.
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 283090 · basket
These shares come from HS customs code 283090, which covers 19 chemicals in total. They estimate the bucket's origin mix, not this chemical specifically.
- Philippines
- Mexico
- Netherlands
- Malaysia
- Singapore
Why It Matters
Industrial Uses
Used in 3 sectors as 3 functional roles.
- •Intermediate in All Other Basic Inorganic Chemical ManufacturingProcessing as a reactant
- •Processing aids, specific to petroleum production in Petroleum Refineries (100%)Use—non-incorporative activities
- •Intermediate in Other (100%)Use—non-incorporative activities
- •Catalyst in Petroleum Refineries (100%)Use—non-incorporative activities
Chemical Identity
Data Sources
https://doi.org/10.23645/epacomptox.5588566
Archive: data/sources/comptox/dsstox_identifiers.csv
https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/rest/pug/compound/cid/28094/property/MolecularFormula,MolecularWeight,CanonicalSMILES,InChIKey/JSON
Archive: data/sources/pubchem_properties/28094.json
https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting
Archive: data/sources/epa_cdr/2020_cdr.csv
https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting
Archive: data/sources/epa_cdr/2020_cdr_industrial.csv