Zinc 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$99M
Top SourceCanada 27%
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 282739 · basket
These shares come from HS customs code 282739, which covers 22 chemicals in total. They estimate the bucket's origin mix, not this chemical specifically.
Source Countries
Country of origin for US imports, from Census customs data (2023).
CA 27%CanadaDE 16%GermanyAR 10%ArgentinaGB 10%United KingdomIT 7%Italy
- Israel
- Taiwan
- Lithuania
- Singapore
- Malaysia
- Turkey
- Switzerland
- Colombia
- Mexico
- New Zealand
- Ireland
- Greece
- Russia
- Australia
- Austria
- Poland
- Denmark
EPA-registered manufacturers (6)
Companies that report making or importing this chemical to the EPA. Registration is US-centric and does not indicate import origin.
Venator Materials Plc · GB United Kingdom
Condy Holdings
Icc Industries
Old Bridge Chemicals
Venator Materials
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Zaclon
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.
George S. Coyne Chemical
Thatcher
33 FDA-registered drug labelers
Albertsons
Attuned Matrix, LLC
Bestmade Natural Products
Blistex Inc
BM Private Limited
ChemCon GmbH
Church & Dwight Co., Inc.
CVS
Dollar General
Exela Pharma Sciences,LLC
Gil Pharmaceutical Corp
Hahnemann Laboratories, INC.
HEB
Hospira, Inc.
King Bio Inc.
Kramer Novis
Kroger
Kungpo Health Care & Herbal Center Inc
Magnesium Products, Inc.
Meijer
Merck KGaA
Merck Life Science Technologies (Nantong) Co., Ltd
Metrochem API Private Limited
Natural Creations, Inc.
PROFESSIONAL COMPOUNDING CENTERS OF AMERICA
Publix Super Markets INC
Rite Aid
Siddha Flower Essences LLC
Silver Star Brands
Somerset Therapeutics, LLC
TopCare
Walgreens
Walmart
Why It Matters
Sectors
Plastics & RubberCore ChemicalsHealthEnergyConsumer ProductsMetals & MiningWaterAgriculture
Downstream Uses
Appears in 33 drug and cosmetic product listings (FDA).
- •Mens Sports Formula
- •Orajel Rescue Relief Pen
- •Orajel 3X Medicated For All Mouth Sores
- •4x Medicated Gum Cream
- •DG 4x Medicated Tooth and Gum Cream
- •4x Medicated Toothache and Gum Cream
- •3x Medicated Mouth Sore Gel
- •4X Medicated Severe Toothache and Gum Gel
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- •Zincum Muriaticum
- •4X Medicated Toothache and Gum Gel
- •Giltuss Bucalsep
- •3X Medicated Toothache and Gum Gel
- •DG 3x Medicated Toothache adn Gum Gel
- •Mucus-Clear Flu Relief
- •Ora YoGu 4X Medicated Tooth and Gum Pain Reliever
- •Topco 4x Medicated Toothache and Gum Gel
- •COLD/FLU HP
- •ZINC
- •Kanka SoftBrush
- •Orajel 4X Medicated For Toothache and Gum
- •Orajel 4X Medicated PM For Toothache and Gum
- •Orajel 3X Medicated For Toothache and Gum
- •4X Medicated Severe Toothache and Gum Cream
- •Nighttime 4X Medicated Cream
- •PM Toothache Relief
- •Zinc Chloride
- •Multi-Strain Cold and Flu Relief
- •Orajel Toothache Rinse
- •Orajel Gum Pain 3X Medicated
- •Gumsol
- •Immune Boost
- •Bestmade Natural Products Zinc Chloride (Zinc Mur)
- •BM Zinc chloride (Zinc Mur)
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 18 functional roles.
- •Agricultural chemicals (non-pesticidal) in Pesticide, Fertilizer, and Other Agricultural Chemical Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Corrosion inhibitor in Utilities (100%)Processing as a reactant
- •Chelating agent in Oil and Gas Drilling, Extraction, and Support activitiesProcessing as a reactant
- •Flavoring and nutrient in Pesticide, Fertilizer, and Other Agricultural Chemical ManufacturingProcessing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Stabilizing agent in Plastics Material and Resin Manufacturing (80%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Stabilizing agent in Rubber Product Manufacturing (10%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Flotation agent in All Other Basic Inorganic Chemical ManufacturingProcessing as a reactant
- •Adsorbents and absorbents in All Other Basic Inorganic Chemical ManufacturingProcessing as a reactant
- •Finishing agents in All Other Basic Inorganic Chemical ManufacturingProcessing as a reactant
- •Ion exchange agents in All Other Basic Inorganic Chemical ManufacturingProcessing as a reactant
- •Process regulators in All Other Basic Inorganic Chemical ManufacturingProcessing as a reactant
- •Preservative in All Other Basic Inorganic Chemical ManufacturingProcessing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Agricultural chemicals (non-pesticidal) in All Other Basic Inorganic Chemical Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Corrosion inhibitors and anti-scaling agents in Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing (30%)Use—non-incorporative activities
- •Plating agents and surface treating agents in Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing (30%)Use—non-incorporative activities
- •Solvents (for cleaning or degreasing) in Soap, Cleaning Compound, and Toilet Preparation Manufacturing (23%)Processing—incorporation into article
- •Adhesives and sealant chemicals in Primary Metal Manufacturing (45%)Processing—incorporation into article
- •Corrosion inhibitors and anti-scaling agents in Utilities (10%)Processing as a reactant
- •Adhesion/cohesion promoter in Primary Metal Manufacturing (60%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Cleaning agent in Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing (20%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Oxidizing agent in Other (10%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
Chemical Identity
CAS7646-85-7
PubChem CID5727
DTXSIDDTXSID2035013
FormulaCl2Zn
Mol. Weight136.3 g/mol
SMILESCl[Zn]Cl
Data Sources
DTXSID20350132026-04-06
https://doi.org/10.23645/epacomptox.5588566
Archive: data/sources/comptox/dsstox_identifiers.csv
57272026-04-06
https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/rest/pug/compound/cid/5727/property/MolecularFormula,MolecularWeight,CanonicalSMILES,InChIKey/JSON
Archive: data/sources/pubchem_properties/5727.json
7646-85-72026-04-24
https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting
Archive: data/sources/epa_cdr/2020_cdr.csv
CAS 7646-85-72026-04-07
https://open.fda.gov/data/ndc/
Archive: data/sources/fda/ndc/ndc.json