Nickel(II) chloride hexahydrate
No U.S. production. America imports the entire domestic supply.
US ProductionZero
Import Value$2M
Import Volume386.3K lbs
Import Dependency100%
Top SourceItaly 46%
Nickel(II) chloride hexahydrate · US import value by year
Where It Comes From
Customs basis: HS 282735 · exact
Source Countries
Country of origin for US imports, from Census customs data (2023).
IT 46%ItalyTW 39%TaiwanDE 10%GermanyHK 2%Hong KongCA 1%Canada
- India
- China
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.
Shell · GB United Kingdom
Shell Chemical
Why It Matters
Sectors
Core 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 1 sector as 1 functional role.
- •Processing aids, specific to petroleum production in Petrochemical Manufacturing (100%)Processing as a reactant
Vendor Pricing
$0.18/gApollo Scientific UK
CountryUnited Kingdom
Pack$89.00 / 500 g
Purity99%
Vendors2 available
Prices reflect listed pack sizes. Small research packs run far above bulk rates.
1 more vendor
| Vendor | Country Supplier country. Where available, shows shipping origin. When the supplier ships from a different country than where they are registered, both are shown. Most suppliers show registration country only. | $/g | Pack | Purity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AK Scientific, Inc. | United States | $0.24 | 500 g | 99% |
Chemical Identity
CAS7791-20-0
PubChem CID24645
DTXSIDDTXSID7041170
FormulaCl2H12NiO6
Mol. Weight237.69 g/mol
SMILESO.O.O.O.O.O.[Cl-].[Cl-].[Ni+2]
Data Sources
DTXSID70411702026-04-06
https://doi.org/10.23645/epacomptox.5588566
Archive: data/sources/comptox/dsstox_identifiers.csv
246452026-04-06
https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/rest/pug/compound/cid/24645/property/MolecularFormula,MolecularWeight,CanonicalSMILES,InChIKey/JSON
Archive: data/sources/pubchem_properties/24645.json
7791-20-02026-04-24
https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting
Archive: data/sources/epa_cdr/2020_cdr.csv
CAS 7791-20-02026-04-25
https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting
Archive: data/sources/epa_cdr/2020_cdr_industrial.csv