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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$888M
Top SourceChina 44%
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 250410, 250490, 320649, 380110 · exact
Source Countries
Country of origin for US imports, from Census customs data (2023).
CN 44%ChinaCA 12%CanadaDE 9%GermanyMX 8%MexicoKR 6%South Korea
- Sweden
- Colombia
- Taiwan
- Sri Lanka
- Malaysia
- Romania
- Egypt
- Israel
- Turkey
- Indonesia
- Slovakia
- Kenya
- Norway
- Ireland
- Czech Republic
- Poland
- Hong Kong
- Finland
- Denmark
- South Africa
- United Arab Emirates
- Greece
- Cyprus
- Pakistan
- Moldova
- Singapore
- Slovenia
- Argentina
- Australia
- New Zealand
- Luxembourg
- Hungary
- Peru
- Portugal
- Honduras
- Tunisia
EPA-registered manufacturers (10)
Companies that report making or importing this chemical to the EPA. Registration is US-centric and does not indicate import origin.
Morgan Advanced Materials Plc · GB United Kingdom
Cree
Graftech International
Haldor Topsoe
Hyperion Catalysis, International
Show all 10
Mersen Usa Bn
Morganite Industries
Neograf Solutions
Pyrotek
Sgl Carbon
EPA-registered importers (25)
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
Dr August Oetker Kg · DE Germany
Freudenberg & Co Kommanditgesellschaft · DE Germany
Imerys Graphite & Carbon Switzerl& · CH Switzerland
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Lg Chem · KR South Korea
Poongsan · KR South Korea
Rhi Magnesita N V · AT Austria
3M
Amware Distribution Warehouse
Basf
Berkshire Hathaway
Budenheim Usa
Century Aluminum
Clariant
Duracell Manufacturing
Energizer Holdings
Federal Mogul
Freudenberg North America
Harbisonwalker International
Itochu International
Lg Energy Solution Michigan
Magnesita Refractories
Pmx Industries
The Dow Chemical
Why It Matters
Sectors
AgricultureEnergyTransportationConstructionMetals & MiningPlastics & RubberConsumer ProductsPaints & CoatingsCore Chemicals
Downstream UsesNo data available
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 10 sectors as 8 functional roles.
- •Catalyst in Petrochemical Manufacturing (0%)Processing—incorporation into article
- •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
- •Paint additives and coating additives not described by other categories in Transportation Equipment Manufacturing (0%)Processing—incorporation into article
- •Conductive agent in Plastics Material and Resin ManufacturingProcessing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Catalyst in All Other Chemical Product and Preparation Manufacturing (1%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Adsorbents and absorbents in Oil and Gas Drilling, Extraction, and Support activities (0%)Processing—repackaging
- •Adsorbents and absorbents in All Other Chemical Product and Preparation Manufacturing (0%)Processing—repackaging
- •Conductive agent in Wholesale and Retail Trade (100%)Processing—incorporation into article
- •Lubricating agent in Primary Metal Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Process regulators in Primary Metal Manufacturing (100%)Processing as a reactant
- •Conductive agent in Custom Compounding of Purchased Resins (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Alloys in Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing (10%)Processing—repackaging
Chemical Identity
CAS7782-42-5
PubChem CID5462310
DTXSIDDTXSID2049634
FormulaC
Mol. Weight12.011 g/mol
SMILESC
Data Sources
DTXSID20496342026-04-06
https://doi.org/10.23645/epacomptox.5588566
Archive: data/sources/comptox/dsstox_identifiers.csv
54623102026-04-06
https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/rest/pug/compound/cid/5462310/property/MolecularFormula,MolecularWeight,CanonicalSMILES,InChIKey/JSON
Archive: data/sources/pubchem_properties/5462310.json
7782-42-52026-04-24
https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting
Archive: data/sources/epa_cdr/2020_cdr.csv
CAS 7782-42-52026-04-07
https://open.fda.gov/data/ndc/
Archive: data/sources/fda/ndc/ndc.json