Lead(II) acetate

Drug ingredient

CAS 301-04-2

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

Molecular structure of 301-04-2 — 1 Pb²⁺

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

Top sourceNetherlands 37%

At least one company claimed its 2019 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: 2019. 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

2019: US production Confidential · Imports Confidential

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.

Basf Se · DE Germany

Basf

Why It Matters

Sectors

Core ChemicalsHealth

Downstream Uses

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

•Hyten Formula
•D-86
•Clauparest
•D-37

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

•Intermediate in All Other Chemical Product and Preparation Manufacturing (100%)Processing as a reactant

Chemical Identity

CAS301-04-2

PubChem CID9317

DTXSIDDTXSID6020773

FormulaC4H6O4Pb

Mol. Weight325 g/mol

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

Data Sources

EPA CompTox (DSSTox) · DTXSID6020773Retrieved 2026-04-06
PubChem · compound 9317Retrieved 2026-04-06
EPA Chemical Data ReportingReporting year: 2019 · Retrieved 2026-10-04
EPA Chemical Data ReportingReporting year: 2019 · Retrieved 2026-10-04
US Census international tradeReporting year: 2024 · Retrieved 2026-10-04

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Brief citations

Lead(II) acetate (CAS 301-04-2) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/301-04-2/ EPA CompTox (DSSTox): DTXSID6020773. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://comptox.epa.gov/dashboard/chemical/details/DTXSID6020773 PubChem: 9317. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/9317 EPA Chemical Data Reporting: 301-04-2. Reporting year: 2019. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting EPA Chemical Data Reporting: CAS 301-04-2. Reporting year: 2019. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting US Census international trade: HS 291529 for CAS 301-04-2. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/