Aluminum
U.S. production volumes are classified as confidential business information.
US ProductionCBI
Confidential Business Information. The EPA withholds this volume because publishing it could reveal the reporting company's trade secrets.
Import Value$2.5B
Top SourceChina 23%
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 321290, 760310, 760320, 761699 · exact
Source Countries
Country of origin for US imports, from Census customs data (2023).
CN 23%ChinaMX 20%MexicoCA 13%CanadaDE 6%GermanyVN 6%Vietnam
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Poland
- Slovenia
- Brazil
- Israel
- Denmark
- United Arab Emirates
- Colombia
- Bahrain
- Czech Republic
- Belgium
- Singapore
- Greece
- Philippines
- South Africa
- Norway
- Ecuador
- Hungary
- Tunisia
- Argentina
- Serbia
- Finland
- Saudi Arabia
- Lithuania
- Hong Kong
- Pakistan
- Croatia
- Romania
- New Zealand
- Slovakia
- Honduras
- Bulgaria
- Portugal
- Sri Lanka
- Ukraine
- Montenegro
- Dominican Republic
- Madagascar
- Latvia
- Estonia
- Luxembourg
- Iceland
- Morocco
- El Salvador
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Liechtenstein
- Bangladesh
- Venezuela
- Peru
- Aruba
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Mongolia
- Albania
- Lebanon
- Panama
- Egypt
- Qatar
- Suriname
- Mauritius
- Belize
- Kosovo
- Moldova
- Gabon
- Guyana
- Monaco
- Guatemala
- Cameroon
- Yemen
- Chile
EPA-registered manufacturers (27)
Companies that report making or importing this chemical to the EPA. Registration is US-centric and does not indicate import origin.
Ryobi · JP Japan
Alcoa
Aleris Rolled Products
Alexin
Allied Metal
Show all 27
Ames Goldsmith
Arconic
Century Aluminum
Constellium
Constellium Muscle Shoals
Ecka Granules Of America
Hydro Extrusion Usa
Hydro Extrusion Usa, Llc - Spanish Fork Operation
Imperial Z
Magnitude 7 Metals
Matalco (Us)
Nemak Usa
Owl'S Head Alloys
Real Alloy Holding
Ryobi Die Casting
Smelter Service
Tennessee Aluminum Processors
Thunderbird
Top Die Casting
Tower Extrusions
Toyota Tsusho America
Tredegar
EPA-registered importers (76)
Companies that report making or importing this chemical to the EPA. Registration is US-centric and does not indicate import origin.
Basf Se · DE Germany
Ferroglobe Plc · GB United Kingdom
Glencore Plc · CH Switzerland
Hindalco Industries · IN India
Keihin Thermal Technology · JP Japan
Show all 76
Mitsui & · JP Japan
Rheinmetall Ag · DE Germany
Teck Resources · CA Canada
Toyota Tsusho · JP Japan
Uacj · JP Japan
Alcoa
Aleris Rolled Products
Alter Trading
American Metal Fibers
Arconic
Basf
Berkshire Hathaway
Bradken
Calbag Metals
California Steel Industries
Canon U.S.A
Carpenter Technology
Cleveland-Cliffs
Eaton
Eckart America
Evonik
Ferro
Flint Group Packaging Inks North America Holdings
General Electric Co. (Ge Co.)
Glencore
Globe Specialty Metals
Goldman Titanium
H.I.G. Colors
Honda Trading America
Howmet Aerospace
Howmet Airspace
Hydro Aluminum
Icl Specialty Products North America
Itochu International
Kaiser Aluminum Investment
Keihin Thermal Technology Of America
Koch Industries
Kspg Holding Usa
Magontec Us
Magretech
Metal Exchange
Mitsubishi Corp (Americas)
Mitsui & Co. (U. S. A.)
Nathan Trotter &
Neenah Enterprises
Nouryon Chemicals
Novelis
Nucor
Omnisource
Praxair Electronics
Reading Alloys
Revelli Chemicals
Rio Tinto America Holdings
Schnitzer Steel
Schnitzer Steel Industries
Scm Metal Products
Shine Bros
Steel Dynamics
Stillwater Mining
Superior Essex
Target
Teck Metals
The Lincoln Electric
The Magni Group
Timet
Tms International
Tosoh America
Toyal America
Toyota Tsusho America
Trafigura Trading
Tri-Arrows Aluminum
Why It Matters
Sectors
FoodEnergyWaterElectronicsTransportationConstructionMetals & MiningPlastics & RubberTextilesConsumer ProductsPaints & CoatingsPaper & PrintingCore Chemicals
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 27 sectors as 11 functional roles.
- •Alloys in Primary Metal Manufacturing (30%)Processing—incorporation into article
- •Alloys in Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing (10%)Processing—incorporation into article
- •Alloys in Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing (10%)Processing—incorporation into article
- •Alloys in Transportation Equipment Manufacturing (10%)Processing—incorporation into article
- •Alloys in Wholesale and Retail Trade (40%)Processing—incorporation into article
- •Alloys in Food, beverage, and tobacco product manufacturing (1%)Processing—incorporation into article
- •Alloys in Miscellaneous Manufacturing (2%)Processing—incorporation into article
- •Catalyst in All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing (0%)Processing as a reactant
- •Alloys in Construction (1%)Processing—incorporation into article
- •Alloys in OtherProcessing—incorporation into article
- •Semiconductor and photovoltaic agent in Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Pigment in Plastics Material and Resin ManufacturingProcessing—incorporation into article
- •Paint additives and coating additives not described by other categories in Paint and Coating ManufacturingProcessing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Pigment in Printing Ink ManufacturingProcessing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Pigment in Paint and Coating Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Pigment in Miscellaneous ManufacturingProcessing—incorporation into article
- •Intermediate in Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing (27%)Processing—incorporation into article
- •Intermediate in Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing (6%)Processing—incorporation into article
- •Intermediate in Transportation Equipment Manufacturing (44%)Processing—incorporation into article
- •Intermediate in Miscellaneous Manufacturing (9%)Processing—incorporation into article
- •Intermediate in Construction (14%)Processing—incorporation into article
- •Intermediate in Primary Metal Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Alloys in Not Known or Reasonably AscertainableNot Known or Reasonably Ascertainable
- •Intermediate in All Other Basic Inorganic Chemical Manufacturing (77%)Processing as a reactant
- •Lubricating agent in Petroleum Lubricating Oil and Grease Manufacturing (13%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Surface modifier in Paint and Coating Manufacturing (13%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Pigment in Soap, Cleaning Compound, and Toilet Preparation Manufacturing (11%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Pigment in Plastics Product Manufacturing (4%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Pigment in Transportation Equipment Manufacturing (13%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Pigment in Services (21%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Pigment in Synthetic Dye and Pigment ManufacturingProcessing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Pigment in Printing and Related Support ActivitiesProcessing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Pigment in Custom Compounding of Purchased Resins (10%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Pigment in Wholesale and Retail Trade (1%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Alloys in Oil and Gas Drilling, Extraction, and Support activities (1%)Processing—incorporation into article
- •Fillers in Machinery ManufacturingProcessing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Density modifier in Construction (100%)Processing—incorporation into article
- •Catalyst in Soap, Cleaning Compound, and Toilet Preparation Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Intermediate in All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing (100%)Processing as a reactant
- •Oxidizing/reducing agents in Primary Metal Manufacturing (15%)Processing—incorporation into article
- •Intermediate in Mining (except Oil and Gas) and support activities (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Pigment in All Other Chemical Product and Preparation Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Pigment in Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing (2%)Processing—incorporation into article
- •Pigment in Primary Metal Manufacturing (50%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
Chemical Identity
CAS7429-90-5
PubChem CID5359268
DTXSIDDTXSID3040273
FormulaAl
Mol. Weight26.981538 g/mol
SMILES[Al]
Data Sources
DTXSID30402732026-04-06
https://doi.org/10.23645/epacomptox.5588566
Archive: data/sources/comptox/dsstox_identifiers.csv
53592682026-04-06
https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/rest/pug/compound/cid/5359268/property/MolecularFormula,MolecularWeight,CanonicalSMILES,InChIKey/JSON
Archive: data/sources/pubchem_properties/5359268.json
7429-90-52026-04-24
https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting
Archive: data/sources/epa_cdr/2020_cdr.csv
CAS 7429-90-52026-04-07
https://open.fda.gov/data/ndc/
Archive: data/sources/fda/ndc/ndc.json