Ceric oxide
Drug ingredientCAS 1306-38-3
This drug ingredient has classified U.S. production volumes. EPA withholds the number 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$72M
Top sourceJapan 48%
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 340590 · 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).
JP 48%JapanTW 16%TaiwanDE 8%GermanyKR 6%South KoreaIT 4%Italy
- Mexico
- Belgium
- India
- Australia
- Israel
- Sweden
- Indonesia
- Poland
- Slovakia
- Russia
- South Africa
- Greece
- Argentina
- Ireland
- Dominican Republic
- Portugal
- Czech Republic
- Hungary
- Egypt
- Singapore
- Lithuania
- Ukraine
EPA-registered manufacturers (6)
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
Basf
Clariant
Neo Chemicals And Oxides
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W. R. Grace & Co. - Conn.
Domestic parents -- activity not disclosed (2)
EPA records name a US company for this chemical but do not disclose whether the company made it here or imported it.
Emd Holding
Johnson Matthey
EPA-registered importers (9)
Companies that report making or importing this chemical to the EPA. Registration is US-centric and does not indicate import origin.
Agc · JP Japan
Basf Se · DE Germany
Cataler · JP Japan
Clariant International · CH Switzerland
Mitsui Mining & Smelting · JP Japan
Show all 9
Agc America
Cataler North America
Mitsui Kinzoku Catalysts America
Samsung Austin Semiconductor
1 FDA-registered drug labeler
Hahnemann Laboratories, INC.
Why It Matters
Sectors
Plastics & RubberElectronicsTransportationCore ChemicalsHealthEnergyMetals & MiningPaints & CoatingsConstruction
Downstream Uses
Appears in 1 drug and cosmetic product listings (FDA).
- •Cerium Oxydatum
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 8 functional roles.
- •Pigment in All Other Chemical Product and Preparation Manufacturing (25%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Heat stabilizer in Plastics Material and Resin Manufacturing (25%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Opacifer in Paint and Coating Manufacturing (25%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Oxidizing agent in Non-metallic Mineral Product Manufacturing (includes clay, glass, cement, concrete, lime, gypsum, and other non-metallic mineral product manufacturing) (25%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Catalyst in Transportation Equipment Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Drier in Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing (100%)Processing as a reactant
- •Catalyst in Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing (100%)Use—non-incorporative activities
- •Catalyst in All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing (100%)Use—non-incorporative activities
- •Catalyst in All Other Basic Inorganic Chemical ManufacturingProcessing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Catalyst in Machinery ManufacturingProcessing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Abrasives in Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing (100%)Use—non-incorporative activities
- •Processing aids, specific to petroleum production in Petroleum Refineries (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Catalyst in All Other Chemical Product and Preparation ManufacturingProcessing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Pigment in Transportation Equipment ManufacturingProcessing—incorporation into article
- •Catalyst in Plastics Material and Resin ManufacturingProcessing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Abrasives in All Other Chemical Product and Preparation ManufacturingProcessing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
Vendor Pricing
$0.31/gAK Scientific, Inc.
CountryUnited States
Pack$153.00 / 500 g
Purity99%
Vendors3 available
Prices reflect listed pack sizes. Small research packs run far above bulk rates.
2 more vendors
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sigma-Aldrich (Rush Stock) | Germany | $0.48 | 500 g | 99% |
| Sigma-Aldrich | Germany | $0.48 | 500 g | 99% |
Chemical Identity
CAS1306-38-3
PubChem CID73963
DTXSIDDTXSID4040214
FormulaCeO2
Mol. Weight172.115 g/mol
SMILESO=[Ce]=O
Data Sources
- EPA CompTox (DSSTox) · DTXSID4040214Retrieved 2026-04-06
- PubChem · compound 73963Retrieved 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
Ceric oxide (CAS 1306-38-3) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/1306-38-3/ EPA CompTox (DSSTox): DTXSID4040214. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://comptox.epa.gov/dashboard/chemical/details/DTXSID4040214 PubChem: 73963. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/73963 EPA Chemical Data Reporting: 1306-38-3. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting FDA National Drug Code directory: CAS 1306-38-3. Retrieved 2026-04-07. https://open.fda.gov/data/ndc/ US Census international trade: HS 340590 for CAS 1306-38-3. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/