Ferric chloride

Drug ingredient

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

Molecular structure of 7705-08-0
US ProductionCBI
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
CA 27%CanadaDE 16%GermanyAR 10%ArgentinaGB 10%United KingdomIT 7%Italy
EPA-registered manufacturers (7)
Ter Hell & Co Gmbh · DE Germany
Freeport-Mcmoran
G2O Technologies Intermediate
Gehring-Montgomery
Kemira Water Solutions
Show all 7
Phibro Animal Health
Pvs Chemicals
EPA-registered importers (8)
Azelis S A · LU Luxembourg
Basf Se · DE Germany
Azelis Us Holding
Basf
Charkit Chemical
Show all 8
G20 Technologies Intermediate
Kemira Water Solutions
Quadra Chemicals
1 FDA-registered drug labeler
Hahnemann Laboratories, INC.

Why It Matters

Sectors
FoodPlastics & RubberElectronicsCore ChemicalsHealthEnergyConsumer ProductsMetals & MiningWaterTextiles
Downstream Uses

Appears in 1 drug and cosmetic product listings (FDA).

  • •Ferrum Muriaticum
FDA Shortage Status
No FDA shortage records

Industrial Uses

Used in 10 sectors as 6 functional roles.

  • •Cleaning agent in Wholesale and Retail Trade (0%)Not Known or Reasonably Ascertainable
  • •Intermediate in All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing (4%)Processing as a reactant
  • •Intermediate in Mining (except Oil and Gas) and support activities (100%)Processing as a reactant
  • •Pigment in Synthetic Dye and Pigment Manufacturing (21%)Processing as a reactant
  • •Solids separation (precipitating) agent, not otherwise specified in Utilities (79%)Processing as a reactant
  • •Flocculating agent in Oil and Gas Drilling, Extraction, and Support activities (1%)Processing as a reactant
  • •Flocculating agent in All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing (5%)Processing as a reactant
  • •Flocculating agent in Utilities (65%)Processing as a reactant
  • •Flocculating agent in Food, beverage, and tobacco product manufacturing (13%)Processing as a reactant
  • •Flocculating agent in Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing (1%)Processing as a reactant
  • •Etching agent in Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing (1%)Use—non-incorporative activities
  • •Flocculating agent in Mining (except Oil and Gas) and support activities (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
  • •Intermediate in All Other Basic Inorganic Chemical Manufacturing (100%)Processing as a reactant

Chemical Identity

CAS7705-08-0
PubChem CID24380
DTXSIDDTXSID8020622
FormulaCl3Fe
Mol. Weight162.2 g/mol
SMILESCl[Fe](Cl)Cl

Data Sources

DTXSID80206222026-04-06

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

Archive: data/sources/comptox/dsstox_identifiers.csv

243802026-04-06

https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/rest/pug/compound/cid/24380/property/MolecularFormula,MolecularWeight,CanonicalSMILES,InChIKey/JSON

Archive: data/sources/pubchem_properties/24380.json

7705-08-02026-04-24

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

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

CAS 7705-08-02026-04-07

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

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

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