Sodium borohydride (Na(BH4))
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 285000 · basket
These shares come from HS customs code 285000, which covers 12 chemicals in total. They estimate the bucket's origin mix, not this chemical specifically.
- Canada
- Russia
- Slovenia
- Hong Kong
- Switzerland
- Lithuania
- Czech Republic
- Spain
- Israel
- Australia
Why It Matters
Industrial Uses
Used in 3 sectors as 2 functional roles.
- •Oxidizing/reducing agents in Pharmaceutical and Medicine Manufacturing (30%)Processing as a reactant
- •Oxidizing/reducing agents in Paper Manufacturing (70%)Processing as a reactant
- •Intermediate in All Other Basic Inorganic Chemical ManufacturingProcessing as a reactant
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/4311764/property/MolecularFormula,MolecularWeight,CanonicalSMILES,InChIKey/JSON
Archive: data/sources/pubchem_properties/4311764.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