Silver
CAS 7440-22-4
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, 2024$33M
Top sourceGermany 44%
At least one company claimed its 2023 production or import volume for this chemical as confidential, so EPA withholds it.
Why supply is unknownProduction 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 710610 · 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).
DE 44%GermanyJP 21%JapanIT 9%ItalyMX 7%MexicoIN 5%India
- Spain
- South Korea
- China
- Romania
- Israel
- Netherlands
- United Kingdom
- Costa Rica
- Singapore
- Turkey
EPA-registered manufacturers (13)
Companies that report making or importing this chemical to the EPA. Registration is US-centric and does not indicate import origin.
Rio Tinto Plc · GB United Kingdom
Shell Plc · GB United Kingdom
Ames Goldsmith
Colt Refining
Dow Chemical
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Edison Group Companies
Freeport-Mcmoran Miami
Macdermid
Materion
Metal Management Midwest, Inc. (Dba Sims Precious Metals)
Rio Tinto America
Shell Catalysts & Technologies
Technic
Domestic parents -- activity not disclosed (1)
EPA records name a US company for this chemical but do not disclose whether the company made it here or imported it.
Metalor Technologies
EPA-registered importers (8)
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
Umicore Sa · BE Belgium
Glencore
Henkel
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Heraeus Incorporated, Hic
Mitsubishi Corporation (Americas)
Umicore Usa
Why It Matters
Sectors
HealthElectronicsConstructionMetals & MiningPlastics & RubberConsumer ProductsCore 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 13 sectors as 9 functional roles.
- •Catalyst in All Other Basic Inorganic Chemical Manufacturing (17%)Processing as a reactant
- •Emulsifier in Photographic Film, Paper, Plate, and Chemical Manufacturing (30%)Processing—incorporation into article
- •Catalyst in Plastics Product Manufacturing (50%)Processing as a reactant
- •Semiconductor and photovoltaic agent in Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing (7%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Semiconductor and photovoltaic agent in Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing (93%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Adhesion/cohesion promoter in Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing (10%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Binder in Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing (40%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Binder in Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing (10%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Adhesion/cohesion promoter in Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing (40%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Catalyst in All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing (100%)Processing—repackaging
- •Alloys in Primary Metal ManufacturingProcessing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Conductive agent in Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into article
- •Conductive agent in Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Ion exchange agent in Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component ManufacturingProcessing—incorporation into article
- •Alloys in Fabricated Metal Product ManufacturingProcessing—incorporation into article
- •Intermediate in Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing (5%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Intermediate in Photographic Film, Paper, Plate, and Chemical Manufacturing (15%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Intermediate in Miscellaneous Manufacturing (15%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Intermediate in Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing (5%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Intermediate in Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing (10%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Intermediate in All Other Chemical Product and Preparation Manufacturing (5%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Intermediate in Adhesive Manufacturing (5%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Intermediate in Pharmaceutical and Medicine Manufacturing (5%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Intermediate in Wholesale and Retail Trade (35%)Processing—repackaging
- •Semiconductor and photovoltaic agent in All Other Basic Inorganic Chemical ManufacturingProcessing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
Chemical Identity
CAS7440-22-4
PubChem CID23954
DTXSIDDTXSID4024305
FormulaAg
Mol. Weight107.868 g/mol
SMILES[Ag]
Data Sources
- EPA CompTox (DSSTox) · DTXSID4024305Retrieved 2026-04-06
- PubChem · compound 23954Retrieved 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
Brief citations
Silver (CAS 7440-22-4) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/7440-22-4/ EPA CompTox (DSSTox): DTXSID4024305. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://comptox.epa.gov/dashboard/chemical/details/DTXSID4024305 PubChem: 23954. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/23954 EPA Chemical Data Reporting: 7440-22-4. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting FDA National Drug Code directory: CAS 7440-22-4. Retrieved 2026-04-07. https://open.fda.gov/data/ndc/ US Census international trade: HS 710610 for CAS 7440-22-4. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/