Fluorine

CAS 7782-41-4

U.S. production volumes are classified 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, 2024$2M

Top sourceChina 32%

At least one company claimed its 2023 production or import volume for this chemical as confidential, so EPA withholds it.

Why supply is unknown

Production is reported production, not a complete census of factories. US production volume is confidential. Production reporting year: 2023.

Where It Comes From

Customs basis: HS 280130 · exact

EPA reports by year

2023: US production Confidential · Imports Confidential
2019: US production Confidential · Imports Confidential

Source Countries

Country of origin for US imports, from Census customs data (2024).

CN 32%ChinaJP 29%JapanKR 10%South KoreaZA 9%South AfricaDE 7%Germany

Netherlands

EPA-registered manufacturers (1)

Companies that report making or importing this chemical to the EPA. Registration is US-centric and does not indicate import origin.

Samsung Austin Semiconductor

Domestic parents -- activity not disclosed (1)

EPA records name a US company for this chemical but do not disclose whether the company made it here or imported it.

Emd Holding

EPA-registered importers (2)

Companies that report making or importing this chemical to the EPA. Registration is US-centric and does not indicate import origin.

Glencore Plc · CH Switzerland

Glencore

Why It Matters

Sectors

EnergyElectronicsMetals & Mining

Downstream UsesNot recorded

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 2 sectors as 2 functional roles.

•Drier in Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing (100%)Processing as a reactant
•Semiconductor and photovoltaic agent in Industrial Gas ManufacturingProcessing as a reactant

Chemical Identity

CAS7782-41-4

PubChem CID24524

DTXSIDDTXSID3024106

FormulaF2

Mol. Weight37.99680632 g/mol

SMILESFF

Data Sources

EPA CompTox (DSSTox) · DTXSID3024106Retrieved 2026-04-06
PubChem · compound 24524Retrieved 2026-04-06
EPA Chemical Data ReportingReporting year: 2023 · Retrieved 2026-10-04
FDA National Drug Code directoryRetrieved 2026-04-07
US Census international tradeReporting year: 2024 · Retrieved 2026-10-04

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Brief citations

Fluorine (CAS 7782-41-4) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/7782-41-4/ EPA CompTox (DSSTox): DTXSID3024106. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://comptox.epa.gov/dashboard/chemical/details/DTXSID3024106 PubChem: 24524. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/24524 EPA Chemical Data Reporting: 7782-41-4. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting FDA National Drug Code directory: CAS 7782-41-4. Retrieved 2026-04-07. https://open.fda.gov/data/ndc/ US Census international trade: HS 280130 for CAS 7782-41-4. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/