Ammonium benzoate

Drug ingredient

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

Molecular structure of 1863-63-4
US ProductionCBI
Import Value$89M
Top SourceEstonia 32%

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 291631 · basket

These shares come from HS customs code 291631, which covers 25 chemicals in total. They estimate the bucket's origin mix, not this chemical specifically.

Source Countries
EE 32%EstoniaCN 30%ChinaNL 21%NetherlandsIT 5%ItalyIN 4%India
EPA-registered manufacturers (3)
Cymer-Dayton
Icl Specialty Products North America
Vertellus
3 FDA-registered drug labelers
Apex Energetics Inc.
Bestmade Natural Products
Newton Laboratories, Inc.

Why It Matters

Sectors
Core ChemicalsHealthEnergyMetals & MiningPaints & CoatingsTransportation
Downstream Uses

Appears in 4 drug and cosmetic product listings (FDA).

  • •Bestmade Natural Products BM62
  • •Sciatica-Nerve Care
  • •C04 Arthro Muscotox
  • •Sciatica-Back Care
FDA Shortage Status
No FDA shortage records

Industrial Uses

Used in 6 sectors as 2 functional roles.

  • •Corrosion inhibitors and anti-scaling agents in Miscellaneous Manufacturing (30%)Processing—incorporation into article
  • •Corrosion inhibitors and anti-scaling agents in Oil and Gas Drilling, Extraction, and Support activities (20%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
  • •Corrosion inhibitors and anti-scaling agents in Machinery Manufacturing (10%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
  • •Corrosion inhibitors and anti-scaling agents in Transportation Equipment Manufacturing (10%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
  • •Corrosion inhibitor in Paint and Coating Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
  • •Corrosion inhibitors and anti-scaling agents in Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing (70%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product

Chemical Identity

CAS1863-63-4
PubChem CID15830
DTXSIDDTXSID4041602
FormulaC7H9NO2
Mol. Weight139.15 g/mol
SMILESC1=CC=C(C=C1)C(=O)[O-].[NH4+]

Data Sources

DTXSID40416022026-04-06

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

Archive: data/sources/comptox/dsstox_identifiers.csv

158302026-04-06

https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/rest/pug/compound/cid/15830/property/MolecularFormula,MolecularWeight,CanonicalSMILES,InChIKey/JSON

Archive: data/sources/pubchem_properties/15830.json

1863-63-42026-04-24

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

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

CAS 1863-63-42026-04-07

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

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

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