Platinum

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

Molecular structure of 7440-06-4
US ProductionCBI
Import Value$2.2B
Top SourceSouth Africa 62%

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 284310, 711011, 711019 · exact

Source Countries
ZA 62%South AfricaDE 9%GermanyIT 8%ItalyBE 7%BelgiumKR 3%South Korea
EPA-registered manufacturers (1)
Johnson Matthey
EPA-registered importers (2)
Basf Se · DE Germany
Basf

Why It Matters

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

Industrial Uses

Used in 5 sectors as 2 functional roles.

  • Catalyst in All Other Chemical Product and Preparation ManufacturingProcessing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
  • Catalyst in Transportation Equipment Manufacturing (0%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
  • Intermediate in All Other Basic Inorganic Chemical ManufacturingUse—non-incorporative activities
  • Catalyst in All Other Basic Inorganic Chemical ManufacturingProcessing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
  • Catalyst in Petroleum RefineriesUse—non-incorporative activities
  • Catalyst in Petrochemical ManufacturingUse—non-incorporative activities

Chemical Identity

CAS7440-06-4
PubChem CID23939
DTXSIDDTXSID9064681
FormulaPt
Mol. Weight195.08 g/mol
SMILES[Pt]

Data Sources

DTXSID90646812026-04-06

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

Archive: data/sources/comptox/dsstox_identifiers.csv

239392026-04-06

https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/rest/pug/compound/cid/23939/property/MolecularFormula,MolecularWeight,CanonicalSMILES,InChIKey/JSON

Archive: data/sources/pubchem_properties/23939.json

7440-06-42026-04-24

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

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

CAS 7440-06-42026-04-07

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

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