Trisodium citrate

Drug ingredient

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

Molecular structure of 68-04-2
US ProductionCBI
Import Value$130M
Top SourceIsrael 39%

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 291815 · basket

These shares come from HS customs code 291815, which covers 17 chemicals in total. They estimate the bucket's origin mix, not this chemical specifically.

Source Countries
IL 39%IsraelIN 14%IndiaDE 13%GermanyCN 10%ChinaIT 6%Italy
EPA-registered manufacturers (4)
Hawkins
Pressure Vessel Service
The Procter & Gamble
Univar Solutions
EPA-registered importers (10)
Jungbunzlauer Holding Ag · CH Switzerland
Avantor
Diversey
Ecolab
Emd Holding
Show all 10
Jungbunzlauer
Reckitt Benckiser
Redox
Tate & Lyle Ingredients Americas
Valudor Products

Why It Matters

Sectors
Core ChemicalsHealthFoodConsumer ProductsMetals & MiningTextiles
Downstream Uses

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

  • •Lipotox
FDA Shortage Status
No FDA shortage records

Industrial Uses

Used in 4 sectors as 5 functional roles.

  • •Laboratory chemicals in All Other Chemical Product and Preparation ManufacturingProcessing—repackaging
  • •Softener and conditioner in Textiles, apparel, and leather manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
  • •Bleaching agents in Soap, Cleaning Compound, and Toilet Preparation Manufacturing (90%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
  • •Intermediate in Miscellaneous Manufacturing (10%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
  • •Chelating agent in Soap, Cleaning Compound, and Toilet Preparation Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product

Chemical Identity

CAS68-04-2
PubChem CID6224
DTXSIDDTXSID2026363
FormulaC6H5Na3O7
Mol. Weight258.07 g/mol
SMILESC(C(=O)[O-])C(CC(=O)[O-])(C(=O)[O-])O.[Na+].[Na+].[Na+]

Data Sources

DTXSID20263632026-04-06

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

Archive: data/sources/comptox/dsstox_identifiers.csv

62242026-04-06

https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/rest/pug/compound/cid/6224/property/MolecularFormula,MolecularWeight,CanonicalSMILES,InChIKey/JSON

Archive: data/sources/pubchem_properties/6224.json

68-04-22026-04-24

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

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

CAS 68-04-22026-04-25

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

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

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