Barium hydroxide

CAS 17194-00-2

U.S. production volumes are classified as confidential business information.

BaH₂O₂171.3 g/mol

no molecular structure to draw

US productionCBI

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

Import value, 2024$5M

Top sourceChina 96%

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 281640 · narrow

EPA reports by year

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

These shares come from HS customs code 281640, which covers 5 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).

CN 96%ChinaIT 2%ItalyTW 1%Taiwan

Norway
Japan
India
Turkey
South Korea

Domestic parents -- activity not disclosed (4)

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

Newmarket

Polymer Additves

Sumitomo Bakelite North America Holding

Venator Materials

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.

Wego Chemical Group

Why It Matters

Sectors

Plastics & RubberCore Chemicals

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

Used in 2 sectors as 3 functional roles.

•Heat stabilizer in Plastics Product ManufacturingProcessing—incorporation into article
•Lubricating agent in Plastics Product ManufacturingProcessing as a reactant
•Intermediate in All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product

Chemical Identity

CAS17194-00-2

PubChem CID6093286

DTXSIDDTXSID10892155

FormulaBaH2O2

Mol. Weight171.34 g/mol

SMILES[OH-].[OH-].[Ba+2]

Data Sources

EPA CompTox (DSSTox) · DTXSID10892155Retrieved 2026-04-06
PubChem · compound 6093286Retrieved 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

Barium hydroxide (CAS 17194-00-2) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/17194-00-2/ EPA CompTox (DSSTox): DTXSID10892155. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://comptox.epa.gov/dashboard/chemical/details/DTXSID10892155 PubChem: 6093286. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/6093286 EPA Chemical Data Reporting: 17194-00-2. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting EPA Chemical Data Reporting: CAS 17194-00-2. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting US Census international trade: HS 281640 for CAS 17194-00-2. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/