Nitrofurazone

Drug ingredient

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

Molecular structure of 59-87-0
US ProductionCBI
Import Value$64M
Top SourceChina 37%

The EPA did not publish how much of this chemical companies made or imported, or marked that amount confidential. Without that volume, ACID cannot calculate import dependency.

Where It Comes From

Customs basis: HS 293219 · basket

These shares come from HS customs code 293219, which covers 20 chemicals in total. They estimate the bucket's origin mix, not this chemical specifically.

Source Countries
CN 37%ChinaIT 23%ItalyJP 20%JapanIN 12%IndiaES 2%Spain
3 FDA-registered drug labelers
Kalchem International inc
Menadiona, S.L.
Professional Compounding Centers of America dba PCCA

Why It Matters

Sectors
HealthMetals & Mining
Downstream UsesNo data available
FDA Shortage Status
No FDA shortage records

Industrial Uses

Used in 1 sector as 1 functional role.

  • Laboratory chemicals in OtherUse—non-incorporative activities

Vendor Pricing

$0.17/gAaron Chemicals LLC
CountryHong Kong
Pack$83.00 / 500 g
Purity97%
Vendors4 available

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

3 more vendors
VendorCountry$/gPackPurity
AA BLOCKSUnited States$0.29500 g98%
Fulfilled by MolportLatvia$5.001 g
Apexbio Technology LLCUnited States$50.001 g99.65%

Chemical Identity

CAS59-87-0
PubChem CID5447130
DTXSIDDTXSID5020944
FormulaC6H6N4O4
Mol. Weight198.14 g/mol
SMILESC1=C(OC(=C1)[N+](=O)[O-])C=NNC(=O)N

Data Sources

DTXSID50209442026-04-06

https://doi.org/10.23645/epacomptox.5588566

Archive: data/sources/comptox/dsstox_identifiers.csv

54471302026-04-06

https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/rest/pug/compound/cid/5447130/property/MolecularFormula,MolecularWeight,CanonicalSMILES,InChIKey/JSON

Archive: data/sources/pubchem_properties/5447130.json

59-87-02026-04-24

https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting

Archive: data/sources/epa_cdr/2020_cdr.csv

CAS 59-87-02026-04-07

https://open.fda.gov/data/ndc/

Archive: data/sources/fda/ndc/ndc.json