Helium

CAS 7440-59-7

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

He4.0 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$166M

Top sourceCanada 60%

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. Import value and source-country shares describe a shared customs category, not a separate chemical measurement.

Where It Comes From

Customs basis: HS 280429 · narrow

EPA reports by year

2023: US production Confidential · Imports Confidential
2019: US production Confidential · Imports Confidential

These shares come from HS customs code 280429, which covers 4 tracked chemicals in total. They estimate the category's origin mix, not this chemical specifically.

Source Countries

Country of origin for US imports, from Census customs data (2024).

CA 60%CanadaDZ 13%AlgeriaQA 9%QatarCN 6%ChinaDE 3%Germany

Taiwan
Mexico
Poland
Russia
United Kingdom
Japan
United Arab Emirates
India
Vietnam
Austria
Hong Kong
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.

ExxonMobil

Messer North America

Why It Matters

Sectors

Consumer ProductsCore Chemicals

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

Used in 2 sectors as 2 functional roles.

•Heat transferring agent in Services (10%)Use—non-incorporative activities
•Processing aids, specific to petroleum production in Wholesale and Retail Trade (100%)Processing—repackaging

Chemical Identity

CAS7440-59-7

PubChem CID23987

DTXSIDDTXSID7036402

FormulaHe

Mol. Weight4.0026 g/mol

SMILES[He]

Data Sources

EPA CompTox (DSSTox) · DTXSID7036402Retrieved 2026-04-06
PubChem · compound 23987Retrieved 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

Helium (CAS 7440-59-7) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/7440-59-7/ EPA CompTox (DSSTox): DTXSID7036402. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://comptox.epa.gov/dashboard/chemical/details/DTXSID7036402 PubChem: 23987. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/23987 EPA Chemical Data Reporting: 7440-59-7. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting FDA National Drug Code directory: CAS 7440-59-7. Retrieved 2026-04-07. https://open.fda.gov/data/ndc/ US Census international trade: HS 280429 for CAS 7440-59-7. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/