Zinc bromide

Drug ingredient

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

Molecular structure of 7699-45-8
US ProductionCBI
Import Value$91M
Top SourceIsrael 87%

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 282759 · basket

These shares come from HS customs code 282759, which covers 7 chemicals in total. They estimate the bucket's origin mix, not this chemical specifically.

Source Countries
IL 87%IsraelJO 11%JordanGB 1%United Kingdom
EPA-registered manufacturers (1)
Tetra Technologies
EPA-registered importers (2)
Icl Specialty Products North America
Lanxess
3 FDA-registered drug labelers
Hahnemann Laboratories, INC.
OHM PHARMA INC.
PLYMOUTH HEALTHCARE PRODUCTS LLC

Why It Matters

Sectors
HealthElectronicsEnergy
Downstream Uses

Appears in 4 drug and cosmetic product listings (FDA).

  • •Eczema Relief
  • •Zincum Bromatum
  • •Psoriasis
  • •Psorizide Ultra
FDA Shortage Status
No FDA shortage records

Industrial Uses

Used in 2 sectors as 3 functional roles.

  • •Processing aids, specific to petroleum production in Oil and Gas Drilling, Extraction, and Support activities (87%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
  • •Processing aids, specific to petroleum production in Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing (13%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
  • •Density modifier in Oil and Gas Drilling, Extraction, and Support activities (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
  • •Functional fluids (closed systems) in Oil and Gas Drilling, Extraction, and Support activities (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product

Chemical Identity

CAS7699-45-8
PubChem CID10421208
DTXSIDDTXSID8052512
FormulaBr2Zn
Mol. Weight225.2 g/mol
SMILES[Zn+2].[Br-].[Br-]

Data Sources

DTXSID80525122026-04-06

https://doi.org/10.23645/epacomptox.5588566

Archive: data/sources/comptox/dsstox_identifiers.csv

104212082026-04-06

https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/rest/pug/compound/cid/10421208/property/MolecularFormula,MolecularWeight,CanonicalSMILES,InChIKey/JSON

Archive: data/sources/pubchem_properties/10421208.json

7699-45-82026-04-24

https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting

Archive: data/sources/epa_cdr/2020_cdr.csv

CAS 7699-45-82026-04-07

https://open.fda.gov/data/ndc/

Archive: data/sources/fda/ndc/ndc.json

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