sodium ascorbate

Drug ingredient

CAS 134-03-2

Companies reported imports and no US production of this drug ingredient to EPA for 2023.

US productionZero

Import value, 2024$190M

Import volume66.1K lb

Import dependency100%

Top sourceChina 73%

Production is reported production, not a complete census of factories. Production reporting year: 2023. Import value and source-country shares describe a shared customs category, not a separate chemical measurement.

sodium ascorbate · US import value by year

2013: $141M · Peak 2018: $264M · 2024: $190M · 2025: $225M

Where It Comes From

Customs basis: HS 293627 · narrow

EPA reports by year

2023: US production Zero · Imports 66.1K lb

These shares come from HS customs code 293627, which covers 6 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).

CN 73%ChinaGB 20%United KingdomIN 2%IndiaDE 1%GermanyKR 1%South Korea

Japan
Canada
Israel
Switzerland
Taiwan
Poland
Hong Kong
Denmark
Australia
Slovakia
Ukraine
Spain
Mexico
Belgium
Latvia
Italy
Ecuador
Georgia
Malaysia

EPA-registered importers (1)

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

Catalynt Solutions

8 FDA-registered drug labelers

Bryant Ranch Prepack

CSPC Weisheng Pharmaceutical (Shijiazhuang) Co., Ltd

DSM Nutritional Products LLC

PureTek Corporation

Seton Pharmaceuticals

Spectrum Laboratory Products, Inc.

WINDER LABORATORIES, LLC

WOMENS CHOICE PHARMACEUTICALS LLC

Why It Matters

Sectors

HealthFood

Downstream Uses

Appears in 13 drug and cosmetic product listings (FDA).

•Nestabs Prenatal Multi-vitamin/Mineral Supplement
•Flotrex
•Davimet-M
•Se-Tan PLUS
•PureVit DualFe Plus
•Multi-Vit-Flor
•Bruselix Bruising
•Davimet with Iron

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•Multivitamin with Fluoride
•Davimet
•Davimet with Fluoride
•Dexatran
•Multivitamin

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

•Antioxidant in Food, beverage, and tobacco product manufacturingProcessing—incorporation into article

Chemical Identity

CAS134-03-2

PubChem CID23667548

DTXSIDDTXSID0020105

FormulaC6H7NaO6

Mol. Weight198.11 g/mol

SMILESC(C(C1C(=C(C(=O)O1)O)[O-])O)O.[Na+]

Data Sources

PubChem · compound 23667548Retrieved 2026-04-07
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

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Brief citations

sodium ascorbate (CAS 134-03-2) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/134-03-2/ PubChem: 23667548. Retrieved 2026-04-07. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/23667548 EPA Chemical Data Reporting: 134-03-2. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting FDA National Drug Code directory: bulk match. Retrieved 2026-04-07. https://open.fda.gov/data/ndc/ US Census international trade: HS 293627 for CAS 134-03-2. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/