Mercury
Used in 5 industrial sectors tracked by the EPA.
US Production130.5K lbs
Import Value$83K
Import Volume41.9K lbs
Import Dependency24%
Top SourceCanada 97%
Where It Comes From
Customs basis: HS 280540 · exact
Source Countries
Country of origin for US imports, from Census customs data (2023).
CA 97%CanadaGB 3%United Kingdom
EPA-registered manufacturers (1)
Companies that report making or importing this chemical to the EPA. Registration is US-centric and does not indicate import origin.
Bethlehem Apparatus
Why It Matters
Sectors
HealthElectronicsConstructionConsumer 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 2 sectors as 1 functional role.
- •Laboratory chemicals in Pharmaceutical and Medicine Manufacturing (6%)Processing—incorporation into article
- •Laboratory chemicals in Non-metallic Mineral Product Manufacturing (includes clay, glass, cement, concrete, lime, gypsum, and other non-metallic mineral product manufacturing) (1%)Processing—incorporation into article
Chemical Identity
CAS7439-97-6
PubChem CID23931
DTXSIDDTXSID1024172
FormulaHg
Mol. Weight200.59 g/mol
SMILES[Hg]
Data Sources
DTXSID10241722026-04-06
https://doi.org/10.23645/epacomptox.5588566
Archive: data/sources/comptox/dsstox_identifiers.csv
239312026-04-06
https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/rest/pug/compound/cid/23931/property/MolecularFormula,MolecularWeight,CanonicalSMILES,InChIKey/JSON
Archive: data/sources/pubchem_properties/23931.json
7439-97-62026-04-24
https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting
Archive: data/sources/epa_cdr/2020_cdr.csv
CAS 7439-97-62026-04-07
https://open.fda.gov/data/ndc/
Archive: data/sources/fda/ndc/ndc.json