Zinc carbonate

Drug ingredient

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

Molecular structure of 3486-35-9
US ProductionCBI
Import Value$440M
Top SourceCanada 20%

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 283699, 320649 · basket

These shares come from HS customs code 283699, 320649, which covers 51 chemicals in total. They estimate the bucket's origin mix, not this chemical specifically.

Source Countries
CA 20%CanadaDE 20%GermanyMX 10%MexicoCN 8%ChinaAU 6%Australia
EPA-registered importers (7)
Venator Materials Plc · GB United Kingdom
Lanxess
Shin Etsu Silicones Of America
Solvay
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber
Show all 7
Venator Materials
Vivion
2 FDA-registered drug labelers
Hahnemann Laboratories, INC.
Natural Creations, Inc.

Why It Matters

Sectors
Core ChemicalsHealthEnergyPlastics & Rubber
Downstream Uses

Appears in 2 drug and cosmetic product listings (FDA).

  • •Zincum Carbonicum
  • •COLD/FLU HP
FDA Shortage Status
No FDA shortage records

Industrial Uses

Used in 3 sectors as 3 functional roles.

  • •Binder in Synthetic Rubber Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
  • •Processing aids, specific to petroleum production in Petroleum Lubricating Oil and Grease Manufacturing (30%)Use—non-incorporative activities
  • •Intermediate in All Other Basic Inorganic Chemical Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product

Vendor Pricing

$0.04/gAmbeed, Inc.
CountryUnited States
Pack$39.00 / 1 kg
Purity57%
Vendors2 available

Prices reflect listed pack sizes. Small research packs run far above bulk rates.

1 more vendor
VendorCountry$/gPackPurity
AK Scientific, Inc.United States$0.79100 g98%

Chemical Identity

CAS3486-35-9
PubChem CID19005
DTXSIDDTXSID5049817
FormulaCO3Zn
Mol. Weight125.4 g/mol
SMILESC(=O)([O-])[O-].[Zn+2]

Data Sources

DTXSID50498172026-04-06

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

Archive: data/sources/comptox/dsstox_identifiers.csv

190052026-04-06

https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/rest/pug/compound/cid/19005/property/MolecularFormula,MolecularWeight,CanonicalSMILES,InChIKey/JSON

Archive: data/sources/pubchem_properties/19005.json

3486-35-92026-04-24

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

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

CAS 3486-35-92026-04-07

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

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

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