Aluminum chloride
Drug ingredientThis drug ingredient has classified U.S. production volumes. EPA withholds the number 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$14M
Top SourceIndia 80%
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 282732 · exact
Source Countries
Country of origin for US imports, from Census customs data (2023).
IN 80%IndiaCA 9%CanadaDE 5%GermanyCO 2%ColombiaNL 1%Netherlands
- Japan
- Italy
- United Kingdom
EPA-registered manufacturers (9)
Companies that report making or importing this chemical to the EPA. Registration is US-centric and does not indicate import origin.
G2O Technologies Intermediate
Gulbrandsen Technologies
Marathon Petroleum
Momentive Performance Materials
Nouryon Functional Chemicals
Show all 9
Solvay
Southern Ionics
Usal
Vanchlor
EPA-registered importers (2)
Companies that report making or importing this chemical to the EPA. Registration is US-centric and does not indicate import origin.
Basf Se · DE Germany
Basf
16 FDA-registered drug labelers
Archifox GmbH & Co. KG
Benco Dental
Cargus International, Inc.
Chongqing Alefa Technology Co., Ltd.
Clarion Brands LLC
Clutch Inc
Dharma Research, inc.
Highland Consumer Products
IQ Dental Supply, LLC
Medical Products Laboratories, Inc.
Mycone Dental Supply Co., Inc DBA Keystone Industries and Deepak Products Inc.
Novadore USA Inc
Pearson Dental Supplies INC.
Person and Covey
Ryma-Pharm GmbH
Thomas Brunner Hygiene GmbH
Why It Matters
Sectors
FoodPlastics & RubberTransportationCore ChemicalsHealthConsumer ProductsMetals & MiningWater
Downstream Uses
Appears in 26 drug and cosmetic product listings (FDA).
- •Antiperspirant Antisudorifique
- •Odaban Antiperspirant Deo Stick
- •SyNEO MAN ANTI-Perspirant ROLL-ON
- •DRY GRIP
- •Xerac AC
- •Certain Dri Clinical Strength Prescription Protection Rollon
- •SyNeo ANTI Perspirant ROLL ON
- •SyNeo SOFT ANTI-Perspirant ROLL-ON
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- •lumicain
- •Certain DRI ROLL-ON
- •Certain Dri Antiperspirant Foot-Lotion
- •Antiperspirant Odaban
- •Hemostat
- •Hemox A
- •SyNEO DRYH ANTI-Perspirant
- •Frenna AC
- •Gibson Healthcare Buffered Hemostatic Solution
- •Certain Dri Antiperspirant Hand-Lotion
- •Duradry Sweat Minimizing Gel
- •SyNeo ANTI Perspirant 8 WET Wipes
- •SyNeo SOFT ANTI Perspirant
- •Certain Dri Clinical Strength Roll On
- •SyNeo ANTI Perspirant
- •NRG Hemo-Stat
- •Clinical Strength MiracleDry Antiperspirant Deodorant PM
- •Hand Antiperspirant Nightly Use
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 12 sectors as 11 functional roles.
- •Solids separation agents in Utilities (100%)Processing as a reactant
- •Solids separation agents in Food, beverage, and tobacco product manufacturing (2%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Solids separation (precipitating) agent, not otherwise specified in Utilities (100%)Processing—incorporation into article
- •Intermediate in All Other Basic Inorganic Chemical ManufacturingProcessing as a reactant
- •Intermediate in Other (100%)Use—non-incorporative activities
- •Intermediate in All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Flocculating agent in All Other Chemical Product and Preparation Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Process regulators in All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Photosensitive agent in Wholesale and Retail Trade (2%)Use—non-incorporative activities
- •Intermediate in Carbon Black Manufacturing (75%)Processing as a reactant
- •Flocculating agent in Utilities (10%)Processing—repackaging
- •Intermediate in Pharmaceutical and Medicine Manufacturing (10%)Processing as a reactant
- •Flame retardants in Petrochemical ManufacturingProcessing as a reactant
- •Intermediate in Petrochemical ManufacturingProcessing as a reactant
- •Lubricants and lubricant additives in Petrochemical ManufacturingProcessing as a reactant
- •Pigment in All Other Basic Inorganic Chemical ManufacturingProcessing as a reactant
- •Adhesives and sealant chemicals in Plastics Material and Resin ManufacturingProcessing as a reactant
- •Laboratory chemicals in Pharmaceutical and Medicine ManufacturingProcessing as a reactant
- •Intermediate in Miscellaneous ManufacturingProcessing as a reactant
Chemical Identity
CAS7446-70-0
PubChem CID24012
DTXSIDDTXSID6029674
FormulaAlCl3
Mol. Weight133.34 g/mol
SMILES[Al](Cl)(Cl)Cl
Data Sources
DTXSID60296742026-04-06
https://doi.org/10.23645/epacomptox.5588566
Archive: data/sources/comptox/dsstox_identifiers.csv
240122026-04-06
https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/rest/pug/compound/cid/24012/property/MolecularFormula,MolecularWeight,CanonicalSMILES,InChIKey/JSON
Archive: data/sources/pubchem_properties/24012.json
7446-70-02026-04-24
https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting
Archive: data/sources/epa_cdr/2020_cdr.csv
CAS 7446-70-02026-04-07
https://open.fda.gov/data/ndc/
Archive: data/sources/fda/ndc/ndc.json