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CAS 7782-42-5
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$563M
Top sourceChina 66%
At least one company claimed its 2023 production or import volume for this chemical as confidential, so EPA withholds it.
Why supply is unknownProduction 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 250410, 250490, 380110 · 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 66%ChinaKR 7%South KoreaMX 6%MexicoCA 4%CanadaJP 4%Japan
- United Kingdom
- Sri Lanka
- Indonesia
- Malaysia
- Kenya
- Norway
- Taiwan
- Hong Kong
- Belgium
- Czech Republic
- Turkey
- Sweden
- Poland
- Pakistan
- Austria
- Singapore
- Argentina
- Egypt
- Ireland
- Colombia
- Australia
- Luxembourg
- Greece
- Vietnam
EPA-registered manufacturers (8)
Companies that report making or importing this chemical to the EPA. Registration is US-centric and does not indicate import origin.
Agmet
Entegris
Haldor Topsoe
Ironunits
Neograf Solutions
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Poco Graphite
Pyrotek
Vibrantz Technologies
Domestic parents -- activity not disclosed (7)
EPA records name a US company for this chemical but do not disclose whether the company made it here or imported it.
Century Aluminum
Cirba Solutions
Henkel
Magnesita Refractories
Tenneco Brake
Show all 7
Wego Chemical Group
Wolfspeed
EPA-registered importers (30)
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
Freudenberg & Co Kommanditgesellschaft · DE Germany
Geschwister Oetker Beteiligungen Kg · DE Germany
Imerys Graphite & Carbon Switzerland · CH Switzerland
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Lg Chem · KR South Korea
Marubeni · JP Japan
Poongsan · KR South Korea
3M
Asbury Carbons
Avient
Basf
Budenheim Usa
Clariant
Dupont Specialty Products Usa
Duracell Manufacturing
Ei Ceramics
Freudenberg North America
Icl
Lg Chem America
Lg Energy Solution Michigan
Marubeni America
Moresco Usa
Pmx Industries
Schlumberger
Sgl Technic
Sk Battery America
Target
Ultium Cells Holdings
Xalt Energy
Why It Matters
Sectors
EnergyTransportationConstructionMetals & MiningPlastics & RubberCore Chemicals
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 11 sectors as 10 functional roles.
- •Filler in Other (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Alloys in Primary Metal Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into article
- •Processing aids, specific to petroleum production in Petroleum Refineries (10%)Processing—incorporation into article
- •Lubricating agent in Fabricated Metal Product ManufacturingProcessing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Lubricating agent in Primary Metal Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Alloys in Transportation Equipment Manufacturing (0%)Processing—incorporation into article
- •Abrasives in Not Known or Reasonably Ascertainable (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Conductive agent in ServicesProcessing—repackaging
- •Pigment in Transportation Equipment ManufacturingProcessing—incorporation into article
- •Stabilizing agent in All Other Basic Inorganic Chemical ManufacturingProcessing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Stabilizing agent in Plastics Material and Resin ManufacturingProcessing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Binder in All Other Chemical Product and Preparation ManufacturingProcessing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Stabilizing agent in All Other Chemical Product and Preparation ManufacturingProcessing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Ion exchange agent in Miscellaneous Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
Chemical Identity
CAS7782-42-5
PubChem CID5462310
DTXSIDDTXSID2049634
FormulaC
Mol. Weight12.011 g/mol
SMILESC
Data Sources
- EPA CompTox (DSSTox) · DTXSID2049634Retrieved 2026-04-06
- PubChem · compound 5462310Retrieved 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
Brief citations
Graphite (CAS 7782-42-5) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/7782-42-5/ EPA CompTox (DSSTox): DTXSID2049634. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://comptox.epa.gov/dashboard/chemical/details/DTXSID2049634 PubChem: 5462310. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/5462310 EPA Chemical Data Reporting: 7782-42-5. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting FDA National Drug Code directory: CAS 7782-42-5. Retrieved 2026-04-07. https://open.fda.gov/data/ndc/ US Census international trade: HS 250410,250490,380110 for CAS 7782-42-5. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/