Barium

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

Molecular structure of 7440-39-3
US ProductionCBI
Import Value$44M
Top SourceChina 56%

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 280519 · narrow

These shares come from HS customs code 280519, which covers 4 chemicals in total. They estimate the bucket's origin mix, not this chemical specifically.

Source Countries
CN 56%ChinaDE 25%GermanyIT 18%Italy
EPA-registered importers (5)
Ferroglobe Plc · GB United Kingdom
Ferro
Globe Specialty Metals
Neenah Enterprises
Stillwater Mining

Why It Matters

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

Industrial Uses

Used in 2 sectors as 2 functional roles.

  • Intermediate in Primary Metal Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
  • Alloys in Primary Metal Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into article
  • Intermediate in Mining (except Oil and Gas) and support activities (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product

Chemical Identity

CAS7440-39-3
PubChem CID5355457
DTXSIDDTXSID8023894
FormulaBa
Mol. Weight137.33 g/mol
SMILES[Ba]

Data Sources

DTXSID80238942026-04-06

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

Archive: data/sources/comptox/dsstox_identifiers.csv

53554572026-04-06

https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/rest/pug/compound/cid/5355457/property/MolecularFormula,MolecularWeight,CanonicalSMILES,InChIKey/JSON

Archive: data/sources/pubchem_properties/5355457.json

7440-39-32026-04-24

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

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

CAS 7440-39-32026-04-07

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

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