Platinum

CAS 7440-06-4

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

Pt195.1 g/mol

no molecular structure to draw

US productionCBI

Confidential Business Information. The EPA withholds this volume because publishing it could reveal the reporting company's trade secrets.

Import value, 2024$2.2B

Top sourceSouth Africa 62%

At least one company claimed its 2023 production or import volume for this chemical as confidential, so EPA withholds it.

Why supply is unknown

Production is reported production, not a complete census of factories. US production volume is confidential. Production reporting year: 2023.

Where It Comes From

Customs basis: HS 711011, 711019 · exact

EPA reports by year

2023: US production Confidential · Imports Confidential
2019: US production Confidential · Imports Confidential

Source Countries

Country of origin for US imports, from Census customs data (2024).

ZA 62%South AfricaDE 9%GermanyIT 8%ItalyBE 7%BelgiumKR 3%South Korea

Austria
India
Slovakia
Colombia
Czech Republic
Taiwan
Australia
Argentina
Ireland
China
Mexico
Denmark
Georgia
Malaysia
Israel
Ecuador
Portugal
Philippines
Netherlands
Bermuda
Panama
Sweden

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.

Johnson Matthey

Domestic parents -- activity not disclosed (2)

EPA records name a US company for this chemical but do not disclose whether the company made it here or imported it.

Honeywell International (123312)

Koch Industries

EPA-registered importers (2)

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

Basf

Why It Matters

Sectors

EnergyTransportationMetals & MiningCore Chemicals

Downstream UsesNot recorded

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 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

EPA CompTox (DSSTox) · DTXSID9064681Retrieved 2026-04-06
PubChem · compound 23939Retrieved 2026-04-06
EPA Chemical Data ReportingReporting year: 2023 · Retrieved 2026-10-04
FDA National Drug Code directoryRetrieved 2026-04-07
US Census international tradeReporting year: 2024 · Retrieved 2026-10-04

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Brief citations

Platinum (CAS 7440-06-4) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/7440-06-4/ EPA CompTox (DSSTox): DTXSID9064681. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://comptox.epa.gov/dashboard/chemical/details/DTXSID9064681 PubChem: 23939. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/23939 EPA Chemical Data Reporting: 7440-06-4. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting FDA National Drug Code directory: CAS 7440-06-4. Retrieved 2026-04-07. https://open.fda.gov/data/ndc/ US Census international trade: HS 711011,711019 for CAS 7440-06-4. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/