Acetone
Drug ingredientCAS 67-64-1
This drug ingredient has classified U.S. production volumes. EPA withholds the number 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$161M
Top sourceTaiwan 37%
At least one company claimed its 2023 production or import volume for this chemical as confidential, so EPA withholds it.
Why supply is unknownProduction is reported production, not a complete census of factories. US production volume is confidential. Production reporting year: 2023.
Where It Comes From
Customs basis: HS 291411 · exact
EPA reports by year
- 2023
- US production Confidential · Imports Confidential
- 2019
- US production Confidential · Imports Confidential
Source Countries
Country of origin for US imports, from Census customs data (2024).
TW 37%TaiwanDE 23%GermanyFI 8%FinlandMY 8%MalaysiaKR 6%South Korea
- China
- Canada
- Dominican Republic
- Italy
- United Kingdom
EPA-registered manufacturers (10)
Companies that report making or importing this chemical to the EPA. Registration is US-centric and does not indicate import origin.
Shell Plc · GB United Kingdom
Chemmasters
Dynachem
Ineos Us I
Lyondell Chemical
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Olin
Richard-Allan Scientific
Shell Petroleum
Solvchem
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber
Domestic parents -- activity not disclosed (15)
EPA records name a US company for this chemical but do not disclose whether the company made it here or imported it.
A.G. Layne
Advansix
Brenntag Global Marketing
Cellmark Basic Materials
Covestro
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Eastman Chemical
ExxonMobil
Geocycle
Greenfield Global Usa
Icc Industries
Itw Evercoat
Lanco Manufacturing
Mitsubishi Chemical America
S.C. Johnson & Son
Wilbur-Ellis Holdings Ii
EPA-registered importers (31)
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
Dksh Canada · CA Canada
Sika Ag · CH Switzerland
Sumitomo · JP Japan
Sumitomo Bakelite · JP Japan
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Aalborz Chemical
Arkema
Axxess International
Basf
Brenntag Lubricants
Cascade Columbia
Dow Chemical
Dupont Specialty Products Usa
Fortaleza Usa
Greenchem Industries
Harris Paints
Hilti
Mak Chemicals
Roberlo Usa
Sika
Sumitomo Bakelite North America Holding
Sumitomo Corporation Of Americas
Superior Industrial Solutions
Systech Environmental
The Plaza Group
The Sherwin Williams
Transchem
Transtar Autobody Technologies
Tricon International
Wintersun International
Wugona
8 FDA-registered drug labelers
Apex Energetics Inc.
BioActive Nutritional
BioActive Nutritional, Inc.
Deseret Biologicals, Inc.
Energique, Inc.
Fagron Inc
Nutritional Specialties, Inc.
Professional Complementary Health Formulas
Why It Matters
Sectors
HealthAgricultureEnergyElectronicsTransportationConstructionMetals & MiningPlastics & RubberConsumer ProductsPaints & CoatingsCore Chemicals
Downstream Uses
Appears in 11 drug and cosmetic product listings (FDA).
- •Industriox
- •Petrochemical Detox
- •Industriox 6011
- •Perfumox 6028
- •Pneumotox
- •Household Antigens
- •Enviroclenz
- •N02 Petrochem
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- •Pollutox
- •Tap Water Detox
- •Envirotox
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 24 sectors as 16 functional roles.
- •Sealant (barrier) in Paint and Coating Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Solvent in All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing (90%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Solvent in Plastics Material and Resin Manufacturing (10%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Solvent in Not Known or Reasonably Ascertainable (20%)Processing as a reactant
- •Solvent in Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing (80%)Processing as a reactant
- •Intermediate in Petrochemical Manufacturing (100%)Processing as a reactant
- •Pigment in Paint and Coating ManufacturingProcessing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Cleaning agent in Fabricated Metal Product ManufacturingProcessing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Etching agent in Primary Metal ManufacturingUse—non-incorporative activities
- •Solvent in Paint and Coating ManufacturingProcessing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Solvent in All Other Chemical Product and Preparation ManufacturingProcessing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Intermediate in Plastics Material and Resin Manufacturing (63%)Processing as a reactant
- •Solvent in Wholesale and Retail Trade (37%)Processing—repackaging
- •Intermediate in All Other Basic Organic Chemical ManufacturingProcessing as a reactant
- •Ion exchange agent in Plastics Material and Resin Manufacturing (65%)Processing as a reactant
- •Solvent in Pesticide, Fertilizer, and Other Agricultural Chemical Manufacturing (10%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Diluent in Plastics Material and Resin Manufacturing (5%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Cleaning agent in Soap, Cleaning Compound, and Toilet Preparation Manufacturing (5%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Cleaning agent in All Other Chemical Product and Preparation Manufacturing (2%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Solvent in Pharmaceutical and Medicine Manufacturing (18%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Cleaning agent in Paint and Coating Manufacturing (10%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Propellants, non-motive (blowing agents) in Paint and Coating Manufacturing (5%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Binder in Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into article
- •Solvent in Miscellaneous ManufacturingProcessing—incorporation into article
- •Solvent in Transportation Equipment ManufacturingUse—non-incorporative activities
- •Solvent in Wood Product ManufacturingUse—non-incorporative activities
- •Solvent in Furniture and Related Product ManufacturingProcessing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Fuel in Services (100%)Use—non-incorporative activities
- •Fuel in All other Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Cleaning agent in Wholesale and Retail TradeProcessing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Fuel in Non-metallic Mineral Product Manufacturing (includes clay, glass, cement, concrete, lime, gypsum, and other non-metallic mineral product manufacturing)Processing—repackaging
- •Thickening agent in Petroleum Lubricating Oil and Grease Manufacturing (50%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Plating agent in Primary Metal Manufacturing (10%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Laboratory chemicals in Wholesale and Retail Trade (10%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Solvent in OtherProcessing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Solvent in Plastics Product ManufacturingProcessing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Plasticizer in Adhesive Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Intermediate in Wholesale and Retail Trade (100%)Processing—repackaging
- •Laboratory chemicals in Other (80%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Intermediate in Pharmaceutical and Medicine ManufacturingProcessing as a reactant
- •Monomers in Paint and Coating ManufacturingProcessing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Laboratory chemicals in Fabricated Metal Product ManufacturingUse—non-incorporative activities
Chemical Identity
CAS67-64-1
PubChem CID180
DTXSIDDTXSID8021482
FormulaC3H6O
Mol. Weight58.08 g/mol
SMILESCC(=O)C
Data Sources
- EPA CompTox (DSSTox) · DTXSID8021482Retrieved 2026-04-06
- PubChem · compound 180Retrieved 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
Brief citations
Acetone (CAS 67-64-1) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/67-64-1/ EPA CompTox (DSSTox): DTXSID8021482. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://comptox.epa.gov/dashboard/chemical/details/DTXSID8021482 PubChem: 180. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/180 EPA Chemical Data Reporting: 67-64-1. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting FDA National Drug Code directory: CAS 67-64-1. Retrieved 2026-04-07. https://open.fda.gov/data/ndc/ US Census international trade: HS 291411 for CAS 67-64-1. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/