Sodium hypochlorite
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$59M
Top SourceCanada 89%
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 282890 · narrow
These shares come from HS customs code 282890, which covers 3 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 89%CanadaES 6%SpainCN 2%ChinaJP 1%JapanDE 1%Germany
- United Kingdom
- Dominican Republic
- Denmark
- Finland
- Mexico
- South Korea
- India
- Belgium
- Poland
- Netherlands
EPA-registered manufacturers (33)
Companies that report making or importing this chemical to the EPA. Registration is US-centric and does not indicate import origin.
Covestro Ag · DE Germany
Ter Hell & Co Gmbh · DE Germany
Borden & Remington
Canberra
Carbonfree Chemicals Holdings
Show all 33
Cargill, Incorporated
Carus Group
Clearwater Paper
Colorado Salt Products
Covestro
Dpc Enterprises
Dpc Industries
Formosa Plastics
Gehring-Montgomery
Harcros Chemicals
Hasa
Hawkins
Hydrite Chemical
Icc Industries
James Austin
Kik (Virginia)
Kik Custom Products
Kik Custom Products - Socal
Koch Industries
Nippon Paper Industries Usa
Olin
Rayonier Advanced Materials
Sachem
Sc Johnson & Son
Thatcher
The Clorox
Trinity Manufacturing
Univar Solutions
EPA-registered importers (8)
Companies that report making or importing this chemical to the EPA. Registration is US-centric and does not indicate import origin.
Industrias Alen S A De C V · MX Mexico
Alen Usa
Diversey
Harcros Chemicals
Hydrite Chemical
Show all 8
Olin
Reckitt Benckiser
United Refining
3 FDA-registered drug labelers
Apex Energetics Inc.
Century Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Nutritional Specialties, Inc.
Why It Matters
Sectors
FoodPlastics & RubberPaints & CoatingsPaper & PrintingCore ChemicalsHealthEnergyConsumer ProductsMetals & MiningWaterTextilesAgriculture
Downstream Uses
Appears in 6 drug and cosmetic product listings (FDA).
- •Dakins Full
- •Cold Sore Formula
- •Di-Dak-Sol
- •Dakins Half
- •N03 Exchem
- •Dakins Quarter
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 18 sectors as 16 functional roles.
- •Bleaching agent in Wholesale and Retail Trade (100%)Use—non-incorporative activities
- •Bleaching agents in Paper Manufacturing (1%)Processing as a reactant
- •Paint additives and coating additives not described by other categories in Paint and Coating Manufacturing (1%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Bleaching agents in Wholesale and Retail Trade (8%)Processing—repackaging
- •Cleaning agent in Soap, Cleaning Compound, and Toilet Preparation ManufacturingProcessing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Bleaching agents in Utilities (20%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Bleaching agent in All Other Chemical Product and Preparation Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Bleaching agents in All Other Chemical Product and Preparation Manufacturing (70%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Bleaching agents in Miscellaneous Manufacturing (15%)Processing—repackaging
- •Oxidizing/reducing agents in Utilities (100%)Processing as a reactant
- •Bleaching agents in All Other Basic Inorganic Chemical Manufacturing (5%)Use—non-incorporative activities
- •Bleaching agents in Petrochemical Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •pH regulating agent in All Other Chemical Product and Preparation Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Oxidizing agent in Soap, Cleaning Compound, and Toilet Preparation Manufacturing (40%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Soil amendments (fertilizers) in Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting (5%)Use—non-incorporative activities
- •Bleaching agent in Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting (12%)Use—non-incorporative activities
- •Bleaching agent in Soap, Cleaning Compound, and Toilet Preparation Manufacturing (14%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Oxidizing agent in Utilities (1%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Agricultural chemicals (non-pesticidal) in Pesticide, Fertilizer, and Other Agricultural Chemical Manufacturing (35%)Processing—repackaging
- •Bleaching agents in Pesticide, Fertilizer, and Other Agricultural Chemical Manufacturing (40%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Bleaching agent in All Other Basic Inorganic Chemical Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Bleaching agents in Soap, Cleaning Compound, and Toilet Preparation Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Bleaching agent in Paper Manufacturing (100%)Use—non-incorporative activities
- •Oxidizing agent in Paper Manufacturing (100%)Use—non-incorporative activities
- •Plating agents and surface treating agents in Primary Metal Manufacturing (3%)Processing as a reactant
- •Processing aids, specific to petroleum production in Oil and Gas Drilling, Extraction, and Support activities (1%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Solvents (for cleaning or degreasing) in Soap, Cleaning Compound, and Toilet Preparation Manufacturing (9%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Oxidizing/reducing agents in All Other Chemical Product and Preparation Manufacturing (1%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Oxidizing/reducing agents in Wholesale and Retail Trade (16%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Adsorbents and absorbents in Organic Fiber Manufacturing (1%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Plasticizer in Plastics Material and Resin Manufacturing (3%)Processing as a reactant
- •Fuels and fuel additives in Petrochemical Manufacturing (1%)Use—non-incorporative activities
- •Intermediate in All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing (100%)Processing as a reactant
- •Cleaning agent in Wholesale and Retail Trade (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Bleaching agents in Textiles, apparel, and leather manufacturing (100%)Use—non-incorporative activities
- •Bleaching agents in Petroleum Refineries (100%)Processing as a reactant
Chemical Identity
CAS7681-52-9
PubChem CID23665760
DTXSIDDTXSID8021276
FormulaClNaO
Mol. Weight74.44 g/mol
SMILES[O-]Cl.[Na+]
Data Sources
DTXSID80212762026-04-06
https://doi.org/10.23645/epacomptox.5588566
Archive: data/sources/comptox/dsstox_identifiers.csv
236657602026-04-06
https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/rest/pug/compound/cid/23665760/property/MolecularFormula,MolecularWeight,CanonicalSMILES,InChIKey/JSON
Archive: data/sources/pubchem_properties/23665760.json
7681-52-92026-04-24
https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting
Archive: data/sources/epa_cdr/2020_cdr.csv
CAS 7681-52-92026-04-07
https://open.fda.gov/data/ndc/
Archive: data/sources/fda/ndc/ndc.json