Magnesium acetate

Drug ingredient

This drug ingredient has classified U.S. production volumes. EPA withholds the number as confidential business information.

Molecular structure of 142-72-3
US ProductionCBI
Import Value$64M
Top SourceNetherlands 37%

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 291529 · basket

These shares come from HS customs code 291529, which covers 18 chemicals in total. They estimate the bucket's origin mix, not this chemical specifically.

Source Countries
NL 37%NetherlandsCN 16%ChinaCA 15%CanadaIT 7%ItalyGB 5%United Kingdom
EPA-registered manufacturers (4)
Venator Materials Plc · GB United Kingdom
Celanese
General Atomics International Services
Venator Materials
EPA-registered importers (3)
Toray Industries · JP Japan
Honeywell International
Toray Industries (America)
1 FDA-registered drug labeler
ICU Medical Inc.

Why It Matters

Sectors
Core ChemicalsHealthPlastics & RubberTextilesAgriculture
Downstream Uses

Appears in 1 drug and cosmetic product listings (FDA).

  • •Normosol-M AND Dextrose
FDA Shortage Status
No FDA shortage records

Industrial Uses

Used in 4 sectors as 5 functional roles.

  • •Soil amendments (fertilizers) in Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting (100%)Processing as a reactant
  • •Intermediate in All Other Basic Inorganic Chemical ManufacturingProcessing as a reactant
  • •Polymerization promoter in Plastics Material and Resin ManufacturingProcessing as a reactant
  • •Catalyst in Plastics Material and Resin Manufacturing (100%)Processing as a reactant
  • •Dyes in Synthetic Dye and Pigment Manufacturing (80%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product

Chemical Identity

CAS142-72-3
PubChem CID8896
DTXSIDDTXSID7027097
FormulaC4H6MgO4
Mol. Weight142.39 g/mol
SMILESCC(=O)[O-].CC(=O)[O-].[Mg+2]

Data Sources

DTXSID70270972026-04-06

https://doi.org/10.23645/epacomptox.5588566

Archive: data/sources/comptox/dsstox_identifiers.csv

88962026-04-06

https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/rest/pug/compound/cid/8896/property/MolecularFormula,MolecularWeight,CanonicalSMILES,InChIKey/JSON

Archive: data/sources/pubchem_properties/8896.json

142-72-32026-04-24

https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting

Archive: data/sources/epa_cdr/2020_cdr.csv

CAS 142-72-32026-04-07

https://open.fda.gov/data/ndc/

Archive: data/sources/fda/ndc/ndc.json

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