Acetic acid, lithium salt (1:1)

CAS 546-89-4

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

US productionCBI

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

Import value, 2024$64M

Top sourceNetherlands 37%

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 291529 · basket

EPA reports by year

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

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

Why It Matters

Sectors

Paper & Printing

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

•Dye in Paper Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into article

Vendor Pricing

$0.09/gAngene Chemical

CountryChina (registered: Hong Kong)

Pack$85.00 / 1 kg

Purity98%

Vendors15 available

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

14 more vendors

Vendor	Country	$/g	Pack	Purity
BLD Pharmatech GmbH	Germany	$0.11	1 kg	99%
BLD Pharmatech Ltd.	China	$0.11	1 kg	99%
Ambeed, Inc.	United States	$0.12	1 kg	99%
A2B Chem LLC	United States	$0.19	500 g	98%
Fluorochem UK	United Kingdom	$0.20	100 g	98%
AA BLOCKS	United States	$0.24	500 g	99%
Combi-Blocks, Inc.	United States	$0.25	1 kg	98%
AK Scientific, Inc.	United States	$0.25	500 g	98%
AstaTech, Inc	United States	$0.34	100 g	95%
BLD Pharmatech Co., Limited	United States	$0.40	100 g	99%
Angene International Limited	United States	$0.46	500 g	98%
Sigma-Aldrich (Rush Stock)	Germany	$0.91	500 g	99.9%
Sigma-Aldrich	Germany	$0.91	500 g	99.9%
Angene	China → Hong Kong	$4266.67	30 mg	98%

Chemical Identity

CAS546-89-4

PubChem CID3474584

DTXSIDDTXSID00883436

FormulaC2H3LiO2

Mol. Weight66 g/mol

SMILES[Li+].CC(=O)[O-]

Data Sources

EPA CompTox (DSSTox) · DTXSID00883436Retrieved 2026-04-06
PubChem · compound 3474584Retrieved 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

Acetic acid, lithium salt (1:1) (CAS 546-89-4) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/546-89-4/ EPA CompTox (DSSTox): DTXSID00883436. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://comptox.epa.gov/dashboard/chemical/details/DTXSID00883436 PubChem: 3474584. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/3474584 EPA Chemical Data Reporting: 546-89-4. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting EPA Chemical Data Reporting: CAS 546-89-4. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting US Census international trade: HS 291529 for CAS 546-89-4. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/