Nickel chloride
Drug ingredientThis chemical is an active pharmaceutical ingredient used in FDA-regulated drugs.
US Production839.9K lbs
Import Value$2M
Import Volume468.0K lbs
Import Dependency36%
Top SourceItaly 46%
Where It Comes From
Customs basis: HS 282735 · exact
Source Countries
Country of origin for US imports, from Census customs data (2023).
IT 46%ItalyTW 39%TaiwanDE 10%GermanyHK 2%Hong KongCA 1%Canada
- India
- China
EPA-registered manufacturers (3)
Companies that report making or importing this chemical to the EPA. Registration is US-centric and does not indicate import origin.
Umicore Sv · BE Belgium
Umicore Usa
Univertical
EPA-registered importers (3)
Companies that report making or importing this chemical to the EPA. Registration is US-centric and does not indicate import origin.
Umicore Sa · BE Belgium
Alpha Us Bid
Umicore Usa
1 FDA-registered drug labeler
Hahnemann Laboratories, INC.
Why It Matters
Sectors
Core ChemicalsHealthPaints & CoatingsElectronics
Downstream Uses
Appears in 1 drug and cosmetic product listings (FDA).
- •Niccolum Muriaticum
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 4 sectors as 3 functional roles.
- •Plating agents and surface treating agents in Paint and Coating Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Adhesion/cohesion promoter in Computer and Electronic Product ManufacturingProcessing as a reactant
- •Plating agent in All Other Basic Inorganic Chemical ManufacturingProcessing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Plating agents and surface treating agents in All Other Chemical Product and Preparation Manufacturing (67%)Processing as a reactant
Chemical Identity
CAS7718-54-9
PubChem CID24385
DTXSIDDTXSID7040316
FormulaCl2Ni
Mol. Weight129.6 g/mol
SMILESCl[Ni]Cl
Data Sources
DTXSID70403162026-04-06
https://doi.org/10.23645/epacomptox.5588566
Archive: data/sources/comptox/dsstox_identifiers.csv
243852026-04-06
https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/rest/pug/compound/cid/24385/property/MolecularFormula,MolecularWeight,CanonicalSMILES,InChIKey/JSON
Archive: data/sources/pubchem_properties/24385.json
7718-54-92026-04-24
https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting
Archive: data/sources/epa_cdr/2020_cdr.csv
CAS 7718-54-92026-04-07
https://open.fda.gov/data/ndc/
Archive: data/sources/fda/ndc/ndc.json