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Lithium bromide

Drug ingredient

CAS 7550-35-8

This drug ingredient has classified U.S. production volumes. EPA withholds the number as confidential business information.

US productionCBI
Import value, 2024$91M
Top sourceIsrael 87%

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 282759 · basket

EPA reports by year
2023
US production Confidential · Imports Confidential
2019
US production Confidential · Imports Confidential

These shares come from HS customs code 282759, which covers 28 tracked chemicals in total. They estimate the category's origin mix, not this chemical specifically.

Source Countries
IL 87%IsraelJO 11%JordanGB 1%United Kingdom
Domestic parents -- activity not disclosed (2)
Albemarle
Basstech International
EPA-registered importers (1)
Veolia Wts Usa
4 FDA-registered drug labelers
Hahnemann Laboratories, INC.
InLight Creation, LLC.
Marco Pharma International LLC.
Nestmann Pharma GmbH

Why It Matters

Sectors
Core ChemicalsHealthFoodEnergyMetals & MiningWater
Downstream Uses

Appears in 3 drug and cosmetic product listings (FDA).

  • •Lithium Bromatum
  • •Lithium
  • •E.O.L.
FDA Shortage Status
No FDA shortage records

Industrial Uses

Used in 6 sectors as 2 functional roles.

  • •Catalyst in Mining (except Oil and Gas) and support activities (10%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
  • •Catalyst in Utilities (20%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
  • •Catalyst in Food, beverage, and tobacco product manufacturing (10%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
  • •Catalyst in All Other Chemical Product and Preparation Manufacturing (10%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
  • •Catalyst in Petroleum Refineries (15%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
  • •Catalyst in Petrochemical Manufacturing (10%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
  • •Intermediate in All Other Chemical Product and Preparation Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product

Chemical Identity

CAS7550-35-8
PubChem CID82050
DTXSIDDTXSID20892222
FormulaBrLi
Mol. Weight86.9 g/mol
SMILES[Li+].[Br-]

Data Sources

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Brief citations

Lithium bromide (CAS 7550-35-8) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/7550-35-8/ EPA CompTox (DSSTox): DTXSID20892222. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://comptox.epa.gov/dashboard/chemical/details/DTXSID20892222 PubChem: 82050. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/82050 EPA Chemical Data Reporting: 7550-35-8. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting FDA National Drug Code directory: CAS 7550-35-8. Retrieved 2026-04-07. https://open.fda.gov/data/ndc/ US Census international trade: HS 282759 for CAS 7550-35-8. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/