Calcium fluoride

Drug ingredient

CAS 7789-75-5

This drug ingredient has classified U.S. production volumes. EPA withholds the number as confidential business information.

US productionCBI
Import value, 2024$43M
Top sourceChina 35%

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. Import value and source-country shares describe a shared customs category, not a separate chemical measurement.

Where It Comes From

Customs basis: HS 282619 · basket

EPA reports by year
2023
US production Confidential · Imports Confidential
2019
US production Confidential · Imports Confidential

These shares come from HS customs code 282619, which covers 35 tracked chemicals in total. They estimate the category's origin mix, not this chemical specifically.

Source Countries
CN 35%ChinaDE 25%GermanyJP 21%JapanIN 10%IndiaTW 6%Taiwan
EPA-registered manufacturers (3)
Century Aluminum
Minerals Technologies
Shinagawa Americas
Domestic parents -- activity not disclosed (3)
Chemours
Honeywell International (123312)
Wego Chemical Group
EPA-registered importers (8)
Sika Ag · CH Switzerland
3M
Chemalloy
Federal-Mogul V.S.P.
Reading Alloys
43 FDA-registered drug labelers
Apex Energetics Inc.
Apotheca Company
Attuned Matrix, LLC
Bestmade Natural Products
BioActive Nutritional, Inc.
BM Private Limited
Boiron
Deseret Biologicals
Deseret Biologicals, Inc.
DNA Labs, Inc.
Energetix Corporation
Energique, Inc.
Guna spa
Hahnemann Laboratories, INC.
Hyland's Inc.
JoyWell Co LLC
Kadesh Incoporation Co,Ltd
King Bio Inc.
Martin & Pleasance Pty Ltd
MediNatura Inc
MIRANDA CASTRO'S SHOP, LLC
Natural Creations, Inc
NET Remedies
Newton Laboratories, Inc.
Nucleic Products, LLC
Nutritional Specialties, Inc.
OHM PHARMA INC.
PEKANA Naturheilmittel GmbH
Pro Weight Loss Inc.
Professional Complementary Health Formulas
Ratis, LLC
Rxhomeo Private Limited d.b.a. Rxhomeo, Inc
Seroyal USA
SEVENE USA
Siddha Flower Essences LLC
Silver Star Brands
Talbot's Pharmaceuticals Family Products, LLC
Total Operations Management LLC DBA: Bestmade Natural Products Micro
TRP Company
True Botanica, LLC
Vitality Works, Inc
Vitaltiy Works, Inc.
Zettl Health Inc.

Why It Matters

Sectors
Core ChemicalsHealthMetals & MiningTransportationAgricultureConstruction
Downstream Uses

Appears in 170 drug and cosmetic product listings (FDA).

  • •Mens Sports Formula
  • •Calcarea Fluorica
  • •Cellergy
  • •Oxaltem
  • •MEB PainGuard Patch
  • •Miranda Castros healing cell salts for bones, hair, nails and teeth Homeopathic Combination
  • •Bestmade Natural Products BIO20 Lactose Free
  • •BM Calc Fluor Icing Sugar
FDA Shortage Status
No FDA shortage records

Industrial Uses

Used in 7 sectors as 8 functional roles.

  • •Soil amendments (fertilizers) in Pesticide, Fertilizer, and Other Agricultural Chemical ManufacturingNot Known or Reasonably Ascertainable
  • •Alloys in Primary Metal Manufacturing (100%)Use—non-incorporative activities
  • •Flux agent in All Other Basic Inorganic Chemical Manufacturing (2%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
  • •Filler in Asphalt Paving, Roofing, and Coating Materials Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into article
  • •Flux agent in Primary Metal Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
  • •Filler in Machinery ManufacturingUse—non-incorporative activities
  • •Intermediate in All Other Basic Inorganic Chemical Manufacturing (100%)Processing as a reactant
  • •Filler in Miscellaneous Manufacturing (90%)Use—non-incorporative activities
  • •Binder in Primary Metal Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into article
  • •Flow promoter in Primary Metal Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into article
  • •Catalyst in Primary Metal Manufacturing (100%)Processing as a reactant
  • •Flux agent in Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing (100%)Use—non-incorporative activities

Chemical Identity

CAS7789-75-5
PubChem CID84512
DTXSIDDTXSID4050487
FormulaCaF2
Mol. Weight78.07 g/mol
SMILES[F-].[F-].[Ca+2]

Data Sources

Brief citations

Calcium fluoride (CAS 7789-75-5) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/7789-75-5/ EPA CompTox (DSSTox): DTXSID4050487. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://comptox.epa.gov/dashboard/chemical/details/DTXSID4050487 PubChem: 84512. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/84512 EPA Chemical Data Reporting: 7789-75-5. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting FDA National Drug Code directory: CAS 7789-75-5. Retrieved 2026-04-07. https://open.fda.gov/data/ndc/ US Census international trade: HS 282619 for CAS 7789-75-5. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/