Carbon
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$227M
Top SourceIndia 22%
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 380210 · exact
Source Countries
Country of origin for US imports, from Census customs data (2023).
IN 22%IndiaLK 21%Sri LankaCA 11%CanadaCN 9%ChinaMX 8%Mexico
- Finland
- Belgium
- Taiwan
- Spain
- Poland
- Denmark
- Slovakia
- Malta
- Israel
- Czech Republic
- Switzerland
- Hong Kong
- Austria
- Brazil
- Sweden
- Slovenia
- New Zealand
EPA-registered manufacturers (14)
Companies that report making or importing this chemical to the EPA. Registration is US-centric and does not indicate import origin.
Kuraray · JP Japan
Morgan Advanced Materials · GB United Kingdom
Morgan Advanced Materials Plc · GB United Kingdom
Cabot
Century Aluminum
Show all 14
Ecka Granules Of America
Goodrich
Haldor Topsoe
Kuraray Holdings Usa
Morganite Industries
National Electric Carbon
Nucor Steel Louisiana
Shell
Shell Catalysts & Technologies
EPA-registered importers (44)
Companies that report making or importing this chemical to the EPA. Registration is US-centric and does not indicate import origin.
Barrick · CA Canada
Barrick Gold · CA Canada
Basf Se · DE Germany
Clariant International · CH Switzerland
Glencore Plc · CH Switzerland
Show all 44
Kowa · JP Japan
Kuraray · JP Japan
Kureha · JP Japan
Toray Industries Inc (Jp) · JP Japan
Toyota Tsusho · JP Japan
Ube Industries · JP Japan
3M
Agmet
Air Products And Chemicals
Albemarle
Alcoa
Alter Trading
Ardagh Glass
Barrick North America Holding
Basf
Cabot
Clariant
Cleveland-Cliffs
Evonik
Glencore
Honda Trading America
Johnson Matthey
Kennametal
Kowa Holdings America
Kuraray Holdings Usa
Kureha America
M Chemical
Nucor
Quadra Chemicals
Schnitzer Steel
Schnitzer Steel Industries
Steel Dynamics
Steel Of West Virginia
Sterling Steel
Tesla
Tms International
Toray Holding (Usa)
Toyota Tsusho America
Ube America
Why It Matters
Sectors
FoodPlastics & RubberElectronicsTransportationPaper & PrintingCore ChemicalsHealthConsumer ProductsMetals & MiningWaterPaints & 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 Shortage
Industrial Uses
Used in 12 sectors as 8 functional roles.
- •Filler in Plastics Material and Resin ManufacturingProcessing—incorporation into article
- •Catalyst in Miscellaneous Manufacturing (0%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Intermediate in All Other Basic Inorganic Chemical ManufacturingUse—non-incorporative activities
- •Laboratory chemicals in Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing (0%)Use—non-incorporative activities
- •Intermediate in Primary Metal Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Alloys in Primary Metal Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Adsorbents and absorbents in Transportation Equipment Manufacturing (75%)Processing—incorporation into article
- •Adsorbents and absorbents in Miscellaneous Manufacturing (3%)Processing—incorporation into article
- •Adsorbents and absorbents in Printing and Related Support Activities (1%)Use—non-incorporative activities
- •Adsorbents and absorbents in Pharmaceutical and Medicine Manufacturing (8%)Use—non-incorporative activities
- •Adsorbents and absorbents in Food, beverage, and tobacco product manufacturing (55%)Use—non-incorporative activities
- •Adsorbent in Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing (20%)Processing—incorporation into article
- •Adsorbent in Miscellaneous Manufacturing (80%)Processing—incorporation into article
- •Adsorbent in All Other Basic Inorganic Chemical Manufacturing (20%)Processing—incorporation into article
- •Adsorbent in Paint and Coating Manufacturing (50%)Processing—incorporation into article
- •Filler in Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing (50%)Processing—incorporation into article
- •Adsorbent in Mining (except Oil and Gas) and support activities (100%)Use—non-incorporative activities
- •Process regulators in All Other Basic Inorganic Chemical Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Alloys in Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into article
Chemical Identity
CAS7440-44-0
PubChem CID5462310
DTXSIDDTXSID9027651
FormulaC
Mol. Weight12.011 g/mol
SMILESC
Data Sources
DTXSID90276512026-04-06
https://doi.org/10.23645/epacomptox.5588566
Archive: data/sources/comptox/dsstox_identifiers.csv
54623102026-04-06
https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/rest/pug/compound/cid/5462310/property/MolecularFormula,MolecularWeight,CanonicalSMILES,InChIKey/JSON
Archive: data/sources/pubchem_properties/5462310.json
7440-44-02026-04-24
https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting
Archive: data/sources/epa_cdr/2020_cdr.csv
CAS 7440-44-02026-06-13
https://api.fda.gov/drug/shortages.json
Archive: data/sources/fda/shortages/shortages.json