Chromium
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$211M
Top SourceChina 48%
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 811221, 811229 · exact
Source Countries
Country of origin for US imports, from Census customs data (2023).
CN 48%ChinaGB 35%United KingdomIT 11%ItalyDE 2%GermanyIN 2%India
- South Korea
- Spain
- Belgium
- Canada
- Japan
- Taiwan
- Malaysia
- Mexico
- Ukraine
- Finland
- Switzerland
EPA-registered manufacturers (7)
Companies that report making or importing this chemical to the EPA. Registration is US-centric and does not indicate import origin.
Aleris Rolled Products
American Zinc Recycling
Bekaert
Ecka Granules Of America
North American Hoganas
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Reading Alloys
Tennessee Aluminum Processors
EPA-registered importers (33)
Companies that report making or importing this chemical to the EPA. Registration is US-centric and does not indicate import origin.
Atlas Copco Ab · SE Sweden
Basf Se · DE Germany
Glencore Plc · CH Switzerland
Hindalco Industries · IN India
Alcoa
Show all 33
Aleris Rolled Products
Alter Trading
American Metal Fibers
Atlas Copco Usa Holdings
Basf
Berkshire Hathaway
California Steel Industries
Carpenter Technology
Carpenter Technology Corporate Headquarters
Cleveland-Cliffs
Elg Metals
General Electric
General Electric Co (Ge Co.)
Glencore
Global Tungsten &Amp; Powders
Heubach
Honda Trading America
Howmet Logistics Services
Novelis
Nucor
Rio Tinto America Holdings
Schnitzer Steel
Schnitzer Steel Industries
Scm Metal Products
Steel Dynamics
Steel Of West Virginia
The Lincoln Electric
Tms International
Why It Matters
Sectors
EnergyWaterElectronicsTransportationConstructionMetals & MiningConsumer ProductsPaper & PrintingCore Chemicals
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 10 sectors as 5 functional roles.
- •Alloys in Primary Metal Manufacturing (70%)Processing—incorporation into article
- •Alloys in Transportation Equipment Manufacturing (20%)Processing—incorporation into article
- •Alloys in Wholesale and Retail Trade (4%)Processing—incorporation into article
- •Alloys in OtherProcessing—incorporation into article
- •Alloys in All Other Basic Inorganic Chemical ManufacturingProcessing—repackaging
- •Alloys in Miscellaneous ManufacturingUse—non-incorporative activities
- •Abrasives in Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing (100%)Use—non-incorporative activities
- •Intermediate in Primary Metal Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Alloys in Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into article
- •Dyes in Printing and Related Support Activities (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Fillers in Machinery ManufacturingProcessing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Alloys in Machinery Manufacturing (2%)Processing—incorporation into article
- •Alloys in Construction (17%)Processing—incorporation into article
Chemical Identity
CAS7440-47-3
PubChem CID23976
DTXSIDDTXSID3031022
FormulaCr
Mol. Weight51.996 g/mol
SMILES[Cr]
Data Sources
DTXSID30310222026-04-06
https://doi.org/10.23645/epacomptox.5588566
Archive: data/sources/comptox/dsstox_identifiers.csv
239762026-04-06
https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/rest/pug/compound/cid/23976/property/MolecularFormula,MolecularWeight,CanonicalSMILES,InChIKey/JSON
Archive: data/sources/pubchem_properties/23976.json
7440-47-32026-04-24
https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting
Archive: data/sources/epa_cdr/2020_cdr.csv
CAS 7440-47-32026-04-07
https://open.fda.gov/data/ndc/
Archive: data/sources/fda/ndc/ndc.json