zinc acetate dihydrate

Drug ingredient

CAS 5970-45-6

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

Molecular structure of 5970-45-6 — 1 H₂O · 1 Zn

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

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

1 FDA-registered drug labeler

CVS Pharmacy

Why It Matters

Sectors

HealthEnergy

Downstream Uses

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

•CVS Itch Relief

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

Vendor Pricing

$0.55/gMedChemExpress MCE

CountrySweden

Pack$274.67 / 500 g

PurityNot recorded

Vendors1 available

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

Chemical Identity

CAS5970-45-6

PubChem CID24212194

DTXSIDDTXSID5021461

FormulaC2H6O3Zn

Mol. Weight143.4 g/mol

SMILESCC(=O)O.O.[Zn]

Data Sources

PubChem · compound 24212194Retrieved 2026-04-07
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

zinc acetate dihydrate (CAS 5970-45-6) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/5970-45-6/ PubChem: 24212194. Retrieved 2026-04-07. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/24212194 EPA Chemical Data Reporting: 5970-45-6. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting FDA National Drug Code directory: bulk match. Retrieved 2026-04-07. https://open.fda.gov/data/ndc/ US Census international trade: HS 291529 for CAS 5970-45-6. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/