Lithium

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

Molecular structure of 7439-93-2
US ProductionCBI
Import Value$44M
Top SourceChina 56%

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 280519 · narrow

These shares come from HS customs code 280519, which covers 4 chemicals in total. They estimate the bucket's origin mix, not this chemical specifically.

Source Countries
CN 56%ChinaDE 25%GermanyIT 18%Italy
EPA-registered manufacturers (1)
Fmc Lithium Usa
EPA-registered importers (2)
Fmc Lithium Usa
Nucor

Why It Matters

Sectors
ElectronicsMetals & MiningCore Chemicals
Downstream UsesNo data available
FDA Shortage Status
No FDA shortage records

Industrial Uses

Used in 2 sectors as 1 functional role.

  • •Intermediate in All Other Basic Inorganic Chemical ManufacturingProcessing—incorporation into article
  • •Intermediate in All Other Basic Organic Chemical ManufacturingProcessing as a reactant

Chemical Identity

CAS7439-93-2
PubChem CID3028194
DTXSIDDTXSID5036761
FormulaLi
Mol. Weight7 g/mol
SMILES[Li]

Data Sources

DTXSID50367612026-04-06

https://doi.org/10.23645/epacomptox.5588566

Archive: data/sources/comptox/dsstox_identifiers.csv

30281942026-04-06

https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/rest/pug/compound/cid/3028194/property/MolecularFormula,MolecularWeight,CanonicalSMILES,InChIKey/JSON

Archive: data/sources/pubchem_properties/3028194.json

7439-93-22026-04-24

https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting

Archive: data/sources/epa_cdr/2020_cdr.csv

CAS 7439-93-22026-04-07

https://open.fda.gov/data/ndc/

Archive: data/sources/fda/ndc/ndc.json

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