Ceric oxide
Drug ingredientThis 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$91M
Top SourceJapan 53%
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 284610, 340590 · exact
Source Countries
Country of origin for US imports, from Census customs data (2023).
JP 53%JapanTW 13%TaiwanDE 7%GermanyCN 6%ChinaKR 5%South Korea
- Netherlands
- Switzerland
- Estonia
- India
- Mexico
- Belgium
- Australia
- Israel
- Sweden
- Indonesia
- Poland
- Slovakia
- Russia
- South Africa
- Greece
- Argentina
- Armenia
- Ireland
- Dominican Republic
- Portugal
- Czech Republic
- Norway
- Hungary
- Egypt
- Singapore
- Lithuania
- Finland
- 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
Johnson Matthey
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W. R. Grace & Co. - Conn.
EPA-registered importers (14)
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
Merck Kgaa · DE Germany
Mitsui Mining & Smelting · JP Japan
Showa Denko Materials · JP Japan
Albemarle
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Basf
Cataler North America
Ferro
Johnson Matthey
Mitsui Kinzoku Catalysts America
Samsung Austin Semiconductor
Showa Denko Materials (America)
Umicore Usa
Versum Materials
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 13 sectors as 13 functional roles.
- •Process regulators in Petroleum Refineries (100%)Use—non-incorporative activities
- •Catalyst in Petrochemical Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Pigment in Plastics Material and Resin 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
- •Catalyst in Petroleum Refineries (10%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Pigment in Paint and Coating Manufacturing (0%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Paint additives and coating additives not described by other categories in Paint and Coating Manufacturing (0%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Catalyst in Other (55%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Intermediate in All Other Basic Inorganic Chemical ManufacturingUse—non-incorporative activities
- •Catalyst in Transportation Equipment Manufacturing (100%)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
- •Pigment in All Other Chemical Product and Preparation 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
- •Surface modifier in Non-metallic Mineral Product Manufacturing (includes clay, glass, cement, concrete, lime, gypsum, and other non-metallic mineral product manufacturing) (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Catalyst in All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing (100%)Use—non-incorporative activities
- •Abrasives in All Other Basic Inorganic Chemical ManufacturingProcessing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Processing aids, specific to petroleum production in Petroleum Refineries (100%)Use—non-incorporative activities
- •Adsorbents and absorbents in Miscellaneous Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Abrasives in Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing (100%)Processing as a reactant
- •Process regulators in Machinery Manufacturing (100%)Processing as a reactant
- •Semiconductor and photovoltaic agent in Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing (100%)Processing—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
DTXSID40402142026-04-06
https://doi.org/10.23645/epacomptox.5588566
Archive: data/sources/comptox/dsstox_identifiers.csv
739632026-04-06
https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/rest/pug/compound/cid/73963/property/MolecularFormula,MolecularWeight,CanonicalSMILES,InChIKey/JSON
Archive: data/sources/pubchem_properties/73963.json
1306-38-32026-04-24
https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting
Archive: data/sources/epa_cdr/2020_cdr.csv
CAS 1306-38-32026-04-07
https://open.fda.gov/data/ndc/
Archive: data/sources/fda/ndc/ndc.json