Nitroguanidine

CAS 556-88-7

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$133M

Top sourceChina 47%

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 292990 · basket

EPA reports by year

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

These shares come from HS customs code 292990, which covers 38 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 47%ChinaDE 20%GermanyIN 14%IndiaGB 4%United KingdomKR 4%South Korea

Canada
Spain
Taiwan
Malaysia
Mexico
Ukraine
Netherlands
Russia
Latvia
Ireland
Australia
Sweden
Austria
Lithuania

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.

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

•Surface modifier in Fabricated Metal Product ManufacturingUse—non-incorporative activities

Chemical Identity

CAS556-88-7

PubChem CID86287517

DTXSIDDTXSID4024222

FormulaCH4N4O2

Mol. Weight104.07 g/mol

SMILESC(=N)(N)N[N+](=O)[O-]

Data Sources

EPA CompTox (DSSTox) · DTXSID4024222Retrieved 2026-04-06
PubChem · compound 86287517Retrieved 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

Nitroguanidine (CAS 556-88-7) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/556-88-7/ EPA CompTox (DSSTox): DTXSID4024222. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://comptox.epa.gov/dashboard/chemical/details/DTXSID4024222 PubChem: 86287517. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/86287517 EPA Chemical Data Reporting: 556-88-7. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting EPA Chemical Data Reporting: CAS 556-88-7. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting US Census international trade: HS 292990 for CAS 556-88-7. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/