Iron oxide (Fe3O4)
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$218M
Top SourceChina 38%
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 282110 · basket
These shares come from HS customs code 282110, which covers 9 chemicals in total. They estimate the bucket's origin mix, not this chemical specifically.
Source Countries
Country of origin for US imports, from Census customs data (2023).
CN 38%ChinaDE 33%GermanyBR 9%BrazilIN 8%IndiaIT 5%Italy
- Czech Republic
- Spain
- South Korea
- United Kingdom
- Norway
- Taiwan
- Mexico
- South Africa
- Poland
- Austria
- Singapore
- Egypt
- Netherlands
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.
Weir Group Plc · GB United Kingdom
Weir Group Plc(The) · GB United Kingdom
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Esco Group
EPA-registered importers (27)
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
Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings · JP Japan
Venator Materials Plc · GB United Kingdom
Akebono Brake
Show all 27
Akrochem
Basf
Brady Mccasland
Canon U.S.A
Cbc America
Clariant
Federal Mogul
Ferro
H.I.G. Colors
Itochu International
Kyocera Document Solutions America
Lanxess
Lexmark International
Lintech International
Mitsubishi Chemical America
Nouryon Chemicals
Revelli Chemicals
Ricoh Usa
Rpm International
Sensient Technologies
Venator Materials
Xerox
Why It Matters
Sectors
Plastics & RubberPaints & CoatingsElectronicsTransportationPaper & PrintingCore ChemicalsHealthConsumer ProductsMetals & MiningTextilesConstruction
Downstream Uses
Appears in 2 drug and cosmetic product listings (FDA).
- •Geopathic Stress Drops 2096
- •Large Intestine Formula 2103
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 18 sectors as 8 functional roles.
- •Filler in Transportation Equipment Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into article
- •Pigment in Rubber Product Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into article
- •Paint additives and coating additives not described by other categories in Transportation Equipment Manufacturing (0%)Processing—incorporation into article
- •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
- •Laboratory chemicals in Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing (0%)Use—non-incorporative activities
- •Adsorbent in All Other Basic Inorganic Chemical Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Pigment in Miscellaneous ManufacturingProcessing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Pigment in Plastics Material and Resin Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Pigment in Construction (20%)Processing—incorporation into article
- •Alloys in OtherProcessing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Pigment in Printing and Related Support ActivitiesProcessing—incorporation into article
- •Pigment in Synthetic Dye and Pigment ManufacturingProcessing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Pigment in Custom Compounding of Purchased Resins (2%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Pigment in Wholesale and Retail Trade (1%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Fillers in Transportation Equipment ManufacturingProcessing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Pigment in Printing Ink Manufacturing (1%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Pigment in Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Intermediate in All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing (100%)Processing as a reactant
- •Pigment in Non-metallic Mineral Product Manufacturing (includes clay, glass, cement, concrete, lime, gypsum, and other non-metallic mineral product manufacturing) (50%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Pigment in All Other Chemical Product and Preparation Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
Chemical Identity
CAS1317-61-9
PubChem CID16211978
DTXSIDDTXSID5029639
FormulaFe3O4
Mol. Weight231.53 g/mol
SMILESO=[Fe].O=[Fe]O[Fe]=O
Data Sources
DTXSID50296392026-04-06
https://doi.org/10.23645/epacomptox.5588566
Archive: data/sources/comptox/dsstox_identifiers.csv
162119782026-04-06
https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/rest/pug/compound/cid/16211978/property/MolecularFormula,MolecularWeight,CanonicalSMILES,InChIKey/JSON
Archive: data/sources/pubchem_properties/16211978.json
1317-61-92026-04-24
https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting
Archive: data/sources/epa_cdr/2020_cdr.csv
CAS 1317-61-92026-04-25
https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting
Archive: data/sources/epa_cdr/2020_cdr_industrial.csv