Zinc acetate--acetic acid--ammonia (1/2/1/1)

CAS 24846-92-2

U.S. production volumes are classified as confidential business information.

Molecular structure of 24846-92-2 — 1 NH₄⁺ · 1 Zn²⁺

US productionCBI

Confidential Business Information. The EPA withholds this volume because publishing it could reveal the reporting company's trade secrets.

Import value, 2024$64M

Import volumeZero

Top sourceNetherlands 37%

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 291529 · basket

EPA reports by year

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

These shares come from HS customs code 291529, which covers 45 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).

NL 37%NetherlandsCN 16%ChinaCA 15%CanadaIT 7%ItalyGB 5%United Kingdom

Finland
Belgium
Lithuania
Czech Republic
Switzerland
Spain
Turkey
Sweden
Singapore
Slovakia
Armenia

EPA-registered manufacturers (2)

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

Hawkins

The Andersons

Why It Matters

Sectors

AgricultureConsumer Products

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 3 sectors as 1 functional role.

•Soil amendments (fertilizers) in Pesticide, Fertilizer, and Other Agricultural Chemical Manufacturing (90%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
•Soil amendments (fertilizers) in Wholesale and Retail Trade (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
•Soil amendments (fertilizers) in Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product

Chemical Identity

CAS24846-92-2

PubChem CID168206

DTXSIDDTXSID00947749

FormulaC6H13NO6Zn

Mol. Weight260.6 g/mol

SMILESCC(=O)[O-].CC(=O)[O-].CC(=O)[O-].[NH4+].[Zn+2]

Data Sources

EPA CompTox (DSSTox) · DTXSID00947749Retrieved 2026-04-06
PubChem · compound 168206Retrieved 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

Zinc acetate--acetic acid--ammonia (1/2/1/1) (CAS 24846-92-2) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/24846-92-2/ EPA CompTox (DSSTox): DTXSID00947749. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://comptox.epa.gov/dashboard/chemical/details/DTXSID00947749 PubChem: 168206. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/168206 EPA Chemical Data Reporting: 24846-92-2. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting EPA Chemical Data Reporting: CAS 24846-92-2. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting US Census international trade: HS 291529 for CAS 24846-92-2. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/