Lead
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$715M
Top SourceCanada 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 780110, 780419, 780420 · exact
Source Countries
Country of origin for US imports, from Census customs data (2023).
CA 23%CanadaMX 19%MexicoAU 19%AustraliaKR 16%South KoreaNG 11%Nigeria
- Germany
- China
- Colombia
- Peru
- Sweden
- India
- South Africa
- Hungary
- Argentina
- Japan
- Saudi Arabia
- Malaysia
- Italy
- Taiwan
- Austria
- Switzerland
- Vietnam
- Lebanon
EPA-registered manufacturers (17)
Companies that report making or importing this chemical to the EPA. Registration is US-centric and does not indicate import origin.
Battery Builders, Llc.
Bulldog Battery
Chase Brass And Copper Co., Ll
Clarios
East Penn Manufacturing
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Eco-Bat America
Element Solutions
Exide Technologies
Gnb Fort Smith
Gnb Kck
Gopher Resource
Hammond Group
Sanders Lead
Stryten Manchester
Stryten Salina
The Renco Group
Yuasa Battery
EPA-registered importers (19)
Companies that report making or importing this chemical to the EPA. Registration is US-centric and does not indicate import origin.
Glencore Plc · CH Switzerland
Heraeus Holding Gmbh · DE Germany
Teck Resources · CA Canada
Clarios
Crown Battery Manufacturing
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Federal Cartridge Company - Cci
Glencore
Hammond Group
Henkel
Heraeus Incorporated, Hic
I. Schumann And
Nucor
Pkay Metal
Schnitzer Steel Industries
Steel Dynamics
Teck American Incorporated
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber
Tms International
Trafigura Trading
Why It Matters
Sectors
AgricultureEnergyElectronicsTransportationMetals & MiningPlastics & RubberConsumer ProductsCore 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 11 sectors as 12 functional roles.
- •Conductive agent in Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing (67%)Processing—incorporation into article
- •Reducing agent in Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing (33%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Intermediate in Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into article
- •Intermediate in Primary Metal Manufacturing (100%)Use—non-incorporative activities
- •Anti-adhesive agents in Oil and Gas Drilling, Extraction, and Support activities (3%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Intermediate in Miscellaneous Manufacturing (1%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Alloys in Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing (50%)Processing—incorporation into article
- •Alloys in Primary Metal Manufacturing (90%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Laboratory chemicals in Mining (except Oil and Gas) and support activities (3%)Use—non-incorporative activities
- •Binder in Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing (2.4%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Dye in Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing (1.6%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Plating agent in Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing (76%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Binder in Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing (0.6%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Dye in Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing (0.4%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Plating agent in Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing (19%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Alloys in Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing (60%)Processing—incorporation into article
- •Alloys in Machinery Manufacturing (10%)Processing—incorporation into article
- •Alloys in Transportation Equipment Manufacturing (30%)Processing—incorporation into article
- •Binder in Primary Metal Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Fillers in Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting (3%)Processing—incorporation into article
- •Fillers in Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing (7%)Processing—incorporation into article
- •Oxidizing/reducing agents in Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing (90%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Corrosion inhibitors and anti-scaling agents in Other (4%)Processing—incorporation into article
Chemical Identity
CAS7439-92-1
PubChem CID5352425
DTXSIDDTXSID2024161
FormulaPb
Mol. Weight207 g/mol
SMILES[Pb]
Data Sources
DTXSID20241612026-04-06
https://doi.org/10.23645/epacomptox.5588566
Archive: data/sources/comptox/dsstox_identifiers.csv
53524252026-04-06
https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/rest/pug/compound/cid/5352425/property/MolecularFormula,MolecularWeight,CanonicalSMILES,InChIKey/JSON
Archive: data/sources/pubchem_properties/5352425.json
7439-92-12026-04-24
https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting
Archive: data/sources/epa_cdr/2020_cdr.csv
CAS 7439-92-12026-04-07
https://open.fda.gov/data/ndc/
Archive: data/sources/fda/ndc/ndc.json