Barium sulfate
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$553M
Top SourceCanada 15%
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 251110, 283327, 320649 · exact
Source Countries
Country of origin for US imports, from Census customs data (2023).
CA 15%CanadaMX 15%MexicoDE 15%GermanyCN 11%ChinaIN 10%India
- Sweden
- Colombia
- Pakistan
- Turkey
- Taiwan
- Romania
- Egypt
- Israel
- Slovakia
- Malaysia
- Ireland
- Brazil
- Switzerland
- Finland
- Poland
- Denmark
- South Africa
- United Arab Emirates
- Cyprus
- Greece
- Czech Republic
- Moldova
- Slovenia
- Singapore
- New Zealand
- Indonesia
- Hungary
- Australia
- Peru
- Portugal
- Honduras
- Hong Kong
- Tunisia
EPA-registered manufacturers (2)
Companies that report making or importing this chemical to the EPA. Registration is US-centric and does not indicate import origin.
Kennecott Utah Copper
Seymour Of Sycamore
EPA-registered importers (32)
Companies that report making or importing this chemical to the EPA. Registration is US-centric and does not indicate import origin.
Basf Se · DE Germany
Clariant International · CH Switzerland
Covestro Ag · DE Germany
Sakai Trading · JP Japan
Sika Ag · CH Switzerland
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Toyota Tsusho · JP Japan
Venator Materials Plc · GB United Kingdom
Aalborz Chemical
Allied Mineral Products, Llc.
Basf
Cataler North America
Clariant
Covestro
Emd Holding
Energizer Holdings
Federal Mogul
Hammond Group
Hempel (Usa)
Heubach
Huntsman
Itochu International
Lanxess
Ppg Industries
Red Spot Paint And Varnish
Sakai Trading New York
Sika
Taiyo America
The Sherwin Williams
Toyota Tsusho America
U-Pol Us
Valudor Products
Venator Materials
3 FDA-registered drug labelers
CIMBAR PERFORMANCE MINERALS, INC.
E-Z-EM Canada Inc
E-Z-EM, INC.
Why It Matters
Sectors
Plastics & RubberPaints & CoatingsElectronicsTransportationPaper & PrintingCore ChemicalsHealthEnergyConsumer ProductsMetals & MiningTextilesAgricultureConstruction
Downstream Uses
Appears in 16 drug and cosmetic product listings (FDA).
- •Varibar Nectar
- •Varibar Honey
- •Readi-Cat 2 Mochaccino Smoothie
- •Varibar Pudding
- •Readi-Cat 2 Banana Smoothie
- •E-Z-Paque
- •Entero Vu 24%
- •Varibar Thin Liquid
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- •Readi-Cat 2 Berry Smoothie
- •Varibar Thin Honey
- •E-Z-HD
- •Readi-Cat 2
- •E-Z-Paste
- •E-Z-Disk
- •Tagitol V
- •Readi-Cat 2 Creamy Vanilla Smoothie
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 21 sectors as 15 functional roles.
- •Agricultural chemicals (non-pesticidal) in Pesticide, Fertilizer, and Other Agricultural Chemical Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Intermediate in Non-metallic Mineral Product Manufacturing (includes clay, glass, cement, concrete, lime, gypsum, and other non-metallic mineral product manufacturing) (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Filler in Wholesale and Retail TradeNot Known or Reasonably Ascertainable
- •Pigment in Plastics Material and Resin ManufacturingProcessing—incorporation into article
- •Paint additives and coating additives not described by other categories in Paint and Coating Manufacturing (0%)Processing—incorporation into article
- •Pigment in Transportation Equipment Manufacturing (0%)Processing—incorporation into article
- •Pigment in Paint and Coating ManufacturingProcessing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Catalyst in Miscellaneous Manufacturing (0%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Catalyst in Other (1%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Intermediate in All Other Basic Inorganic Chemical Manufacturing (0%)Use—non-incorporative activities
- •Catalyst in Transportation Equipment Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Binder in Construction (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Pigment in Miscellaneous ManufacturingProcessing—incorporation into article
- •Pigment in Printing and Related Support Activities (42%)Processing—incorporation into article
- •Pigment in Organic Fiber Manufacturing (1%)Processing—incorporation into article
- •Pigment in Printing Ink Manufacturing (42%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Pigment in Custom Compounding of Purchased Resins (1%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Filler in Plastics Product Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into article
- •Laboratory chemicals in All Other Chemical Product and Preparation ManufacturingProcessing—repackaging
- •Binder in Miscellaneous Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into article
- •Crystal growth modifiers (nucleating agents) in Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into article
- •Filler in Paint and Coating Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Dyes in Printing and Related Support Activities (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Adhesion/cohesion promoter in Adhesive Manufacturing (50%)Processing—incorporation into article
- •Filler in Plastics Material and Resin ManufacturingProcessing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Pigment in Construction (68%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Solvents (which become part of product formulation or mixture) in Plastics Product Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into article
- •Solvents (which become part of product formulation or mixture) in Paint and Coating Manufacturing (100%)Processing—repackaging
- •Plating agents and surface treating agents in Non-metallic Mineral Product Manufacturing (includes clay, glass, cement, concrete, lime, gypsum, and other non-metallic mineral product manufacturing) (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Adhesion/cohesion promoter in Transportation Equipment Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into article
- •Filler in Transportation Equipment Manufacturing (50%)Processing—incorporation into article
- •Filler in All Other Chemical Product and Preparation Manufacturing (50%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Pigment in Synthetic Dye and Pigment Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Fillers in Paint and Coating Manufacturing (25%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Filler in Furniture and Related Product ManufacturingProcessing—incorporation into article
- •Filler in ConstructionProcessing—incorporation into article
- •Filler in Not Known or Reasonably AscertainableProcessing—incorporation into article
- •Hardener in Paint and Coating Manufacturing (0%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Fillers in Plastics Product Manufacturing (30%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Pigment in Plastics Product Manufacturing (40%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
Chemical Identity
CAS7727-43-7
PubChem CID24414
DTXSIDDTXSID0050471
FormulaBaO4S
Mol. Weight233.39 g/mol
SMILES[O-]S(=O)(=O)[O-].[Ba+2]
Data Sources
DTXSID00504712026-04-06
https://doi.org/10.23645/epacomptox.5588566
Archive: data/sources/comptox/dsstox_identifiers.csv
244142026-04-06
https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/rest/pug/compound/cid/24414/property/MolecularFormula,MolecularWeight,CanonicalSMILES,InChIKey/JSON
Archive: data/sources/pubchem_properties/24414.json
7727-43-72026-04-24
https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting
Archive: data/sources/epa_cdr/2020_cdr.csv
CAS 7727-43-72026-04-07
https://open.fda.gov/data/ndc/
Archive: data/sources/fda/ndc/ndc.json