Cyanamide

CAS 420-04-2

Companies reported imports and no US production of this chemical to EPA for 2023.

US productionZero

Import value, 2024$154M

Import volume260.0K lb

Import dependency100%

Top sourceGermany 55%

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

Cyanamide · US import value by year

2013: $0M · Peak 2018: $610M · 2024: $154M · 2025: $120M

Where It Comes From

Customs basis: HS 285390 · basket

EPA reports by year

2023: US production Zero · Imports 260.0K lb
2019: US production Zero · Imports 433.0K lb

These shares come from HS customs code 285390, which covers 46 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).

DE 55%GermanyCA 21%CanadaJP 6%JapanGB 4%United KingdomKR 3%South Korea

Spain
Taiwan
Netherlands
Philippines
Sweden
El Salvador
Singapore
Belgium
Brazil
Austria
Israel
Czech Republic
Slovakia
Dominican Republic
Guyana
Argentina
Hong Kong
Indonesia
Colombia

EPA-registered importers (1)

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

Alzchem

Why It Matters

Sectors

AgricultureCore Chemicals

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

•Intermediate in All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing (52%)Processing as a reactant

Chemical Identity

CAS420-04-2

PubChem CID9864

DTXSIDDTXSID9034490

FormulaCH2N2

Mol. Weight42.04 g/mol

SMILESC(#N)N

Data Sources

EPA CompTox (DSSTox) · DTXSID9034490Retrieved 2026-04-06
PubChem · compound 9864Retrieved 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

Cyanamide (CAS 420-04-2) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/420-04-2/ EPA CompTox (DSSTox): DTXSID9034490. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://comptox.epa.gov/dashboard/chemical/details/DTXSID9034490 PubChem: 9864. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/9864 EPA Chemical Data Reporting: 420-04-2. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting EPA Chemical Data Reporting: CAS 420-04-2. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting US Census international trade: HS 285390 for CAS 420-04-2. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/