Ammonium carbonate

Drug ingredient

CAS 506-87-6

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

Molecular structure of 506-87-6 — 2 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$116M

Top sourceAustralia 23%

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 283699 · basket

EPA reports by year

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

These shares come from HS customs code 283699, which covers 26 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).

AU 23%AustraliaDE 17%GermanyCN 15%ChinaPH 13%PhilippinesFI 9%Finland

South Korea
Malaysia
Turkey
Sweden
Czech Republic
Peru
Mexico
Spain
Switzerland
Belgium

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.

Advansix

Venator Chemicals

Domestic parents -- activity not disclosed (1)

EPA records name a US company for this chemical but do not disclose whether the company made it here or imported it.

Chemours

EPA-registered importers (2)

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

Chemical Distribution Network

Wilbur-Ellis Holdings Ii

27 FDA-registered drug labelers

Apex Energetics Inc.

b_loop Distributing Ltd.

Bestmade Natural Products

BioActive Nutritional, Inc.

Boiron

Deseret Biologicals

Deseret Biologicals, Inc.

Direct Outlet Supplier LLC

DNA Labs, Inc.

Guangzhou Bangting International Trade Co., Ltd

Guangzhou Woxinghui Technology Co., Ltd.

Guna spa

Hahnemann Laboratories, INC.

Hyvia Health LLC

King Bio Inc.

Nanjing Ludejin Corporation Management Co., Ltd

Nanning Xingshuang Network Technology Studio (A Sole Proprietorship)

NET Remedies

Newton Laboratories, Inc.

Nutritional Specialties, Inc.

OHM PHARMA INC.

Professional Complementary Health Formulas

RUBIMED AG

Rxhomeo Private Limited d.b.a. Rxhomeo, Inc

Shenzhen Tie Gou Li Trading Co., Ltd.

The Wellness Center for Research and Education

TRGResearch LLC

Why It Matters

Sectors

HealthPlastics & RubberPaints & CoatingsCore Chemicals

Downstream Uses

Appears in 38 drug and cosmetic product listings (FDA).

•Bestmade Natural Products BM94
•Industriox
•Bardown Smelling Salts
•Upper Respiratory Support
•Progenite
•Hay Fever
•Emvita 8
•Smelling Salt

Show all 38

•Weight Management Formula 7534
•Bestmade Natural Products Ammonium Carb
•Ammonium Carbonicum
•Anti Hive
•D-67
•Metal
•Ammon Carbon
•GUNA-Allergy T
•MYCCombination
•SLIM
•R07 Pituitary
•Syborg Salts Smelling Salt
•Prime Pulse Smelling Salts
•BEST Smelling Salts
•JACK Smelling Salts for Athletes and Eucalyptus Oil
•Mold Plus
•Bestmade Natural Products BM88
•Weight Off
•Rbugr smelling salts
•Compulsive Eating Drops 2073
•Joette Calabrese Survivalist Kit
•R06 Thyroid
•Thyroid Formula
•Lrnash Smelling Salts
•GUNA Allergy
•D-77
•R18 Ovagen
•OHM Menopause
•Lungs and Bronchial Relief
•G10 Cerebral-MET

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 2 sectors as 2 functional roles.

•Intermediate in Paint and Coating Manufacturing (1%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
•Solids separation (precipitating) agent, not otherwise specified in Plastics Material and Resin Manufacturing (100%)Use—non-incorporative activities
•Intermediate in Plastics Material and Resin Manufacturing (100%)Processing as a reactant

Chemical Identity

CAS506-87-6

PubChem CID517111

DTXSIDDTXSID5047457

FormulaCH8N2O3

Mol. Weight96.09 g/mol

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

Data Sources

EPA CompTox (DSSTox) · DTXSID5047457Retrieved 2026-04-06
PubChem · compound 517111Retrieved 2026-04-06
EPA Chemical Data ReportingReporting year: 2023 · Retrieved 2026-10-04
FDA National Drug Code directoryRetrieved 2026-04-07
US Census international tradeReporting year: 2024 · Retrieved 2026-10-04

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Brief citations

Ammonium carbonate (CAS 506-87-6) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/506-87-6/ EPA CompTox (DSSTox): DTXSID5047457. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://comptox.epa.gov/dashboard/chemical/details/DTXSID5047457 PubChem: 517111. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/517111 EPA Chemical Data Reporting: 506-87-6. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting FDA National Drug Code directory: CAS 506-87-6. Retrieved 2026-04-07. https://open.fda.gov/data/ndc/ US Census international trade: HS 283699 for CAS 506-87-6. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/