Zinc chloride
Drug ingredientCAS 7646-85-7
This 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, 2024$99M
Top sourceCanada 27%
At least one company claimed its 2023 production or import volume for this chemical as confidential, so EPA withholds it.
Why supply is unknownProduction 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 282739 · basket
EPA reports by year
- 2023
- US production Confidential · Imports Confidential
- 2019
- US production Confidential · Imports Confidential
These shares come from HS customs code 282739, which covers 44 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 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
Dover Chemical
Honeywell International (123312)
Old Bridge Chemicals
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Venator Materials
Domestic parents -- activity not disclosed (2)
EPA records name a US company for this chemical but do not disclose whether the company made it here or imported it.
George S. Coyne Chemical
Wintersun International
EPA-registered importers (6)
Companies that report making or importing this chemical to the EPA. Registration is US-centric and does not indicate import origin.
Tib Chemicals Ag · DE Germany
Advanced Micronutrient Products
Koch Industries
Lanxess
Thatcher
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Tib Chemicals
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
HealthAgricultureEnergyWaterMetals & MiningPlastics & RubberTextilesConsumer ProductsCore Chemicals
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 13 functional roles.
- •Plating agent in Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into article
- •Corrosion inhibitor in Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing (25%)Use—non-incorporative activities
- •Anti-scaling agent in Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing (15%)Use—non-incorporative activities
- •Intermediate in All Other Basic Organic Chemical ManufacturingProcessing as a reactant
- •Flux agent in All Other Basic Inorganic Chemical Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Soil amendments (fertilizers) 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
- •Flavoring and nutrient in Pesticide, Fertilizer, and Other Agricultural Chemical ManufacturingProcessing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Chelating agent in Oil and Gas Drilling, Extraction, and Support activitiesProcessing as a reactant
- •Stabilizing agent in Plastics Material and Resin Manufacturing (90%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Stabilizing agent in Rubber Product Manufacturing (10%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Fixing agent (mordant) in Textiles, apparel, and leather manufacturing (50%)Processing—incorporation into article
- •Flux agent in Primary Metal Manufacturing (50%)Processing—incorporation into article
- •Plating agent 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
- •Ion exchange agent in All Other Basic Inorganic Chemical ManufacturingProcessing as a reactant
- •Flotation agent in All Other Basic Inorganic Chemical ManufacturingProcessing as a reactant
Chemical Identity
CAS7646-85-7
PubChem CID5727
DTXSIDDTXSID2035013
FormulaCl2Zn
Mol. Weight136.3 g/mol
SMILESCl[Zn]Cl
Data Sources
- EPA CompTox (DSSTox) · DTXSID2035013Retrieved 2026-04-06
- PubChem · compound 5727Retrieved 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
Brief citations
Zinc chloride (CAS 7646-85-7) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/7646-85-7/ EPA CompTox (DSSTox): DTXSID2035013. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://comptox.epa.gov/dashboard/chemical/details/DTXSID2035013 PubChem: 5727. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/5727 EPA Chemical Data Reporting: 7646-85-7. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting FDA National Drug Code directory: CAS 7646-85-7. Retrieved 2026-04-07. https://open.fda.gov/data/ndc/ US Census international trade: HS 282739 for CAS 7646-85-7. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/