Zinc orthosilicate
No U.S. production. America imports the entire domestic supply.
US ProductionZero
Import Value$21M
Import Volume2.2M lbs
Import Dependency100%
Top SourceMexico 25%
Zinc orthosilicate · US import value by year
Where It Comes From
Customs basis: HS 283990 · basket
These shares come from HS customs code 283990, which covers 12 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).
MX 25%MexicoCA 17%CanadaDE 12%GermanyIT 12%ItalyJP 9%Japan
- Malaysia
- Denmark
- Turkey
- Switzerland
- Poland
- Hong Kong
- Czech Republic
- Finland
- Australia
- Spain
- Austria
EPA-registered importers (2)
Companies that report making or importing this chemical to the EPA. Registration is US-centric and does not indicate import origin.
Teck Resources · CA Canada
Teck American Incorporated
Why It Matters
Sectors
Construction
Downstream UsesNo data available
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 1 sector as 1 functional role.
- •Intermediate 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
Chemical Identity
CAS13597-65-4
PubChem CID159687
DTXSIDDTXSID8035976
FormulaH4O4SiZn2
Mol. Weight226.9 g/mol
SMILESO[Si](O)(O)O.[Zn].[Zn]
Data Sources
DTXSID80359762026-04-06
https://doi.org/10.23645/epacomptox.5588566
Archive: data/sources/comptox/dsstox_identifiers.csv
1596872026-04-06
https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/rest/pug/compound/cid/159687/property/MolecularFormula,MolecularWeight,CanonicalSMILES,InChIKey/JSON
Archive: data/sources/pubchem_properties/159687.json
13597-65-42026-04-24
https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting
Archive: data/sources/epa_cdr/2020_cdr.csv
CAS 13597-65-42026-04-25
https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting
Archive: data/sources/epa_cdr/2020_cdr_industrial.csv