Barium acetate

Drug ingredient

CAS 543-80-6

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

Molecular structure of 543-80-6 — 1 Ba²⁺

US productionZero

Import value, 2024$64M

Import volume352.7K lb

Import dependency100%

Top sourceNetherlands 37%

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.

Barium acetate · US import value by year

2013: $30M · Peak 2022: $83M · 2024: $64M · 2025: $58M

Where It Comes From

Customs basis: HS 291529 · basket

EPA reports by year

2023: US production Zero · Imports 352.7K lb
2019: US production Zero · Imports 132.3K lb

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 importers (2)

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

Basstech International

Neo Chemicals And Oxides

1 FDA-registered drug labeler

Hahnemann Laboratories, Inc.

Why It Matters

Sectors

HealthCore Chemicals

Downstream Uses

Appears in 1 drug and cosmetic product listings (FDA).

•Baryta Acetica

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

•Catalyst in All Other Basic Inorganic Chemical ManufacturingProcessing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product

Chemical Identity

CAS543-80-6

PubChem CID10980

DTXSIDDTXSID7020130

FormulaC4H6BaO4

Mol. Weight255.41 g/mol

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

Data Sources

EPA CompTox (DSSTox) · DTXSID7020130Retrieved 2026-04-06
PubChem · compound 10980Retrieved 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

Barium acetate (CAS 543-80-6) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/543-80-6/ EPA CompTox (DSSTox): DTXSID7020130. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://comptox.epa.gov/dashboard/chemical/details/DTXSID7020130 PubChem: 10980. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/10980 EPA Chemical Data Reporting: 543-80-6. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting FDA National Drug Code directory: CAS 543-80-6. Retrieved 2026-04-07. https://open.fda.gov/data/ndc/ US Census international trade: HS 291529 for CAS 543-80-6. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/