Beryllium

CAS 7440-41-7

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

Be9.0 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$5M

Top sourceKazakhstan 45%

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 811212, 811213, 811219 · 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).

KZ 45%KazakhstanLV 37%LatviaCN 5%ChinaPL 5%PolandUA 3%Ukraine

Spain
Mexico
Canada
Denmark
Switzerland
Singapore
Austria
Netherlands

EPA-registered manufacturers (2)

Companies that report making or importing this chemical to the EPA. Registration is US-centric and does not indicate import origin.

Materion

Real Alloy Recycling

Why It Matters

Sectors

EnergyElectronicsTransportationMetals & Mining

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

•Alloys in Primary Metal Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product

Chemical Identity

CAS7440-41-7

PubChem CID5460467

DTXSIDDTXSID4023913

FormulaBe

Mol. Weight9.012183 g/mol

SMILES[Be]

Data Sources

EPA CompTox (DSSTox) · DTXSID4023913Retrieved 2026-04-06
PubChem · compound 5460467Retrieved 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

Beryllium (CAS 7440-41-7) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/7440-41-7/ EPA CompTox (DSSTox): DTXSID4023913. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://comptox.epa.gov/dashboard/chemical/details/DTXSID4023913 PubChem: 5460467. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/5460467 EPA Chemical Data Reporting: 7440-41-7. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting FDA National Drug Code directory: CAS 7440-41-7. Retrieved 2026-04-07. https://open.fda.gov/data/ndc/ US Census international trade: HS 811212,811213,811219 for CAS 7440-41-7. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/