Hydroxy acetic acid ammonium salt

CAS 35249-89-9

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

Molecular structure of 35249-89-9 — 1 NH₄⁺

US productionCBI

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

Import value, 2024$81M

Import volumeZero

Top sourceChina 35%

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 291819 · basket

EPA reports by year

2019: US production Confidential · Imports Zero

These shares come from HS customs code 291819, which covers 96 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).

CN 35%ChinaIN 34%IndiaIT 9%ItalyDE 9%GermanyJP 4%Japan

Switzerland
Ukraine
Colombia
Taiwan
Belgium
Israel
Sweden
Hungary
Ireland
Slovakia

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

Metals & Mining

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

•Cleaning agent in Fabricated Metal Product ManufacturingUse—non-incorporative activities

Chemical Identity

CAS35249-89-9

PubChem CID169677

DTXSIDDTXSID6049642

FormulaC2H7NO3

Mol. Weight93.08 g/mol

SMILESC(C(=O)[O-])O.[NH4+]

Data Sources

EPA CompTox (DSSTox) · DTXSID6049642Retrieved 2026-04-06
PubChem · compound 169677Retrieved 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

Hydroxy acetic acid ammonium salt (CAS 35249-89-9) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/35249-89-9/ EPA CompTox (DSSTox): DTXSID6049642. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://comptox.epa.gov/dashboard/chemical/details/DTXSID6049642 PubChem: 169677. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/169677 EPA Chemical Data Reporting: 35249-89-9. Reporting year: 2019. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting EPA Chemical Data Reporting: CAS 35249-89-9. Reporting year: 2019. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting US Census international trade: HS 291819 for CAS 35249-89-9. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/