Cerium trinitrate

CAS 10108-73-3

U.S. production volumes are classified as confidential business information.

Molecular structure of 10108-73-3 — 1 Ce³⁺

US productionCBI

Confidential Business Information. The EPA withholds this volume because publishing it could reveal the reporting company's trade secrets.

Import value, 2024$19M

Top sourceJapan 73%

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 284610 · basket

EPA reports by year

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

These shares come from HS customs code 284610, which covers 9 tracked chemicals in total. They estimate the category's origin mix, not this chemical specifically.

Source Countries

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

JP 73%JapanCN 17%ChinaAT 5%AustriaMY 2%MalaysiaEE 2%Estonia

Canada
Germany
India
South Korea
Armenia
Russia
United Kingdom
Norway
Finland
Turkey

EPA-registered manufacturers (4)

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

Umicore Sv · BE Belgium

Blue Line

Umciore Usa

W. R. Grace & Co. - Conn.

Why It Matters

Sectors

EnergyTransportationCore 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 2 sectors as 2 functional roles.

•Intermediate in All Other Basic Inorganic Chemical Manufacturing (16%)Processing as a reactant
•Catalyst in All Other Basic Inorganic Chemical Manufacturing (84%)Processing as a reactant
•Intermediate in Petroleum Refineries (100%)Processing as a reactant

Chemical Identity

CAS10108-73-3

PubChem CID24948

DTXSIDDTXSID20881414

FormulaCeN3O9

Mol. Weight326.13 g/mol

SMILES[N+](=O)([O-])[O-].[N+](=O)([O-])[O-].[N+](=O)([O-])[O-].[Ce+3]

Data Sources

EPA CompTox (DSSTox) · DTXSID20881414Retrieved 2026-04-06
PubChem · compound 24948Retrieved 2026-04-06
EPA Chemical Data ReportingReporting year: 2023 · Retrieved 2026-10-04
EPA Chemical Data ReportingReporting year: 2023 · Retrieved 2026-10-04
US Census international tradeReporting year: 2024 · Retrieved 2026-10-04

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Brief citations

Cerium trinitrate (CAS 10108-73-3) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/10108-73-3/ EPA CompTox (DSSTox): DTXSID20881414. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://comptox.epa.gov/dashboard/chemical/details/DTXSID20881414 PubChem: 24948. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/24948 EPA Chemical Data Reporting: 10108-73-3. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting EPA Chemical Data Reporting: CAS 10108-73-3. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting US Census international trade: HS 284610 for CAS 10108-73-3. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/