Lanthanum carbonate

Drug ingredient

CAS 587-26-8

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

Molecular structure of 587-26-8 — 2 La³⁺

US productionCBI

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

Import value, 2024$148M

Top sourceChina 75%

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 284690 · basket

EPA reports by year

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

These shares come from HS customs code 284690, 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).

CN 75%ChinaIT 6%ItalyJP 5%JapanAT 4%AustriaZA 3%South Africa

Israel
Liechtenstein
Russia
Armenia
Vietnam
Norway
Switzerland
Singapore
United Kingdom
Belgium
Czech Republic

EPA-registered manufacturers (1)

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

Neo Chemicals And Oxides

Domestic parents -- activity not disclosed (2)

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

Basf

Linde

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.

Blue Line

11 FDA-registered drug labelers

Ascend Laboratories, LLC

Cipla USA Inc.

Corden Pharma Bergamo S.p.A.

Excella GmbH & Co. KG

Exelan Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Lupin Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Natco Pharma Limited

Prasco Laboratories

Symed Labs Limited

Takeda Pharmaceuticals America, Inc.

Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.

Why It Matters

Sectors

HealthMetals & MiningPaints & CoatingsCore Chemicals

Downstream Uses

Appears in 2 drug and cosmetic product listings (FDA).

•Fosrenol
•Lanthanum carbonate

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 1 sector as 2 functional roles.

•Intermediate in All Other Basic Inorganic Chemical Manufacturing (100%)Processing as a reactant
•Catalyst in All Other Basic Inorganic Chemical ManufacturingProcessing—incorporation into article

Chemical Identity

CAS587-26-8

PubChem CID168924

DTXSIDDTXSID30890512

FormulaC3La2O9

Mol. Weight457.84 g/mol

SMILESC(=O)([O-])[O-].C(=O)([O-])[O-].C(=O)([O-])[O-].[La+3].[La+3]

Data Sources

EPA CompTox (DSSTox) · DTXSID30890512Retrieved 2026-04-06
PubChem · compound 168924Retrieved 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

Lanthanum carbonate (CAS 587-26-8) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/587-26-8/ EPA CompTox (DSSTox): DTXSID30890512. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://comptox.epa.gov/dashboard/chemical/details/DTXSID30890512 PubChem: 168924. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/168924 EPA Chemical Data Reporting: 587-26-8. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting FDA National Drug Code directory: CAS 587-26-8. Retrieved 2026-04-07. https://open.fda.gov/data/ndc/ US Census international trade: HS 284690 for CAS 587-26-8. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/