Silver
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$33M
Top SourceGermany 44%
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 710610 · exact
Source Countries
Country of origin for US imports, from Census customs data (2023).
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 (11)
Companies that report making or importing this chemical to the EPA. Registration is US-centric and does not indicate import origin.
Shell · GB United Kingdom
Ames Goldsmith
Colt Refining
Element Solutions
Exide Technologies
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Freeport-Mcmoran
Kennecott Utah Copper
Pq
Shell Catalysts & Technologies
Sims Recycling Solutions
The Dow Chemical
EPA-registered importers (13)
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
Glencore Plc · CH Switzerland
Heraeus Holding Gmbh · DE Germany
Basf
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Glencore
Heraeus Incorporated, Hic
Mitsubishi Corp (Americas)
Nucor
The Dow Chemical
The Sherwin Williams
Tms International
Umicore Usa
Why It Matters
Sectors
Plastics & RubberElectronicsCore ChemicalsHealthConsumer ProductsMetals & MiningPaints & CoatingsConstruction
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 15 sectors as 7 functional roles.
- •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
- •Semiconductor and photovoltaic agent in Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing (40%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Intermediate in All Other Basic Inorganic Chemical Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Intermediate in Primary Metal ManufacturingProcessing as a reactant
- •Alloys in Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing (60%)Processing—incorporation into article
- •Alloys in Primary Metal Manufacturing (30%)Processing as a reactant
- •Intermediate in Pharmaceutical and Medicine 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 Photographic Film, Paper, Plate, and Chemical Manufacturing (15%)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 Fabricated Metal Product 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 Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing (5%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Intermediate in Miscellaneous Manufacturing (15%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Intermediate in Wholesale and Retail Trade (35%)Processing—repackaging
- •Emulsifier in Photographic Film, Paper, Plate, and Chemical Manufacturing (30%)Processing—incorporation into article
- •Catalyst in All Other Basic Inorganic Chemical Manufacturing (17%)Processing as a reactant
- •Catalyst in Plastics Product Manufacturing (50%)Processing as a reactant
- •Conductive agent in Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into article
- •Catalyst in All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into article
- •Pigment in Not Known or Reasonably AscertainableProcessing—incorporation into article
- •Pigment in Paint and Coating Manufacturing (100%)Processing—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
DTXSID40243052026-04-06
https://doi.org/10.23645/epacomptox.5588566
Archive: data/sources/comptox/dsstox_identifiers.csv
239542026-04-06
https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/rest/pug/compound/cid/23954/property/MolecularFormula,MolecularWeight,CanonicalSMILES,InChIKey/JSON
Archive: data/sources/pubchem_properties/23954.json
7440-22-42026-04-24
https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting
Archive: data/sources/epa_cdr/2020_cdr.csv
CAS 7440-22-42026-04-07
https://open.fda.gov/data/ndc/
Archive: data/sources/fda/ndc/ndc.json