(2-Hydroxyethyl)ammonium nitrate

CAS 20748-72-5

U.S. production volumes are classified 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, 2024$63M

Top sourceSaudi Arabia 32%

At least one company claimed its 2023 production or import volume for this chemical as confidential, so EPA withholds it.

Why supply is unknown

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

Where It Comes From

Customs basis: HS 292211 · basket

EPA reports by year

2023: US production Confidential · Imports Confidential
2019: US production Confidential · Imports Confidential

These shares come from HS customs code 292211, which covers 10 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).

SA 32%Saudi ArabiaCN 23%ChinaBR 10%BrazilTW 10%TaiwanMX 10%Mexico

Denmark
Turkey
United Kingdom

EPA-registered manufacturers (1)

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

Munzing

Why It Matters

Sectors

Construction

Downstream UsesNot recorded

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 2 functional roles.

•Intermediate in Wood Product Manufacturing (100%)Processing as a reactant
•Catalyst in Wood Product ManufacturingProcessing—incorporation into article

Chemical Identity

CAS20748-72-5

PubChem CID159895

DTXSIDDTXSID7066649

FormulaC2H8N2O4

Mol. Weight124.1 g/mol

SMILESC(CO)N.[N+](=O)(O)[O-]

Data Sources

EPA CompTox (DSSTox) · DTXSID7066649Retrieved 2026-04-06
PubChem · compound 159895Retrieved 2026-04-06
EPA Chemical Data ReportingReporting year: 2023 · Retrieved 2026-10-04
EPA Chemical Data ReportingReporting year: 2023 · Retrieved 2026-10-04
US Census international tradeReporting year: 2024 · Retrieved 2026-10-04

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Brief citations

(2-Hydroxyethyl)ammonium nitrate (CAS 20748-72-5) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/20748-72-5/ EPA CompTox (DSSTox): DTXSID7066649. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://comptox.epa.gov/dashboard/chemical/details/DTXSID7066649 PubChem: 159895. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/159895 EPA Chemical Data Reporting: 20748-72-5. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting EPA Chemical Data Reporting: CAS 20748-72-5. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting US Census international trade: HS 292211 for CAS 20748-72-5. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/