Cadmium

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

Molecular structure of 7440-43-9
US ProductionCBI
Import Value$988K
Top SourceAustralia 45%

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 811269 · exact

Source Countries
AU 45%AustraliaCN 25%ChinaKR 10%South KoreaCA 7%CanadaBE 6%Belgium
EPA-registered manufacturers (3)
Umicore Sv · BE Belgium
Nyrstar
Umicore Usa
EPA-registered importers (2)
Nucor
Tms International

Why It Matters

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

Industrial Uses

Used in 2 sectors as 2 functional roles.

  • Photosensitive chemicals in Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into article
  • Plating agents and surface treating agents in All Other Basic Inorganic Chemical Manufacturing (100%)Processing—repackaging

Chemical Identity

CAS7440-43-9
PubChem CID23973
DTXSIDDTXSID1023940
FormulaCd
Mol. Weight112.41 g/mol
SMILES[Cd]

Data Sources

DTXSID10239402026-04-06

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

Archive: data/sources/comptox/dsstox_identifiers.csv

239732026-04-06

https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/rest/pug/compound/cid/23973/property/MolecularFormula,MolecularWeight,CanonicalSMILES,InChIKey/JSON

Archive: data/sources/pubchem_properties/23973.json

7440-43-92026-04-24

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

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

CAS 7440-43-92026-04-07

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

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