Acetic acid, zirconium salt (1:x)

CAS 7585-20-8

U.S. production volumes are classified as confidential business information.

Molecular structure of 7585-20-8 — 1 Zr⁴⁺

US productionCBI

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

Import value, 2024$6.2B

Top sourceJapan 32%

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, 382499 · basket

EPA reports by year

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

These shares come from HS customs code 291529, 382499, which covers 249 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).

JP 32%JapanKR 27%South KoreaDE 8%GermanyCA 6%CanadaCN 4%China

Liechtenstein
Indonesia
Chile
Vietnam
Ireland
Austria
Brazil
Colombia
Israel
Denmark
Australia
United Arab Emirates
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Turkey
South Africa
Philippines
Norway
Czech Republic
Hungary
El Salvador
New Zealand
Slovenia
Morocco
Monaco
Finland
Saudi Arabia
Argentina
Egypt
Oman
Slovakia
Portugal
Qatar
Ukraine
Lebanon
Estonia
Serbia
Costa Rica
Belarus
Hong Kong
Croatia
Luxembourg
Cambodia
Bulgaria
Greece
Uruguay
Romania
Tunisia
Peru
Zimbabwe
Dominican Republic
Armenia
Georgia
Malta
Sri Lanka
Jamaica

EPA-registered manufacturers (2)

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

Umicore Sv · BE Belgium

Umciore Usa

EPA-registered importers (3)

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

Basf

Chemical Distribution Network

Why It Matters

Sectors

HealthTransportationMetals & MiningCore Chemicals

Downstream UsesNot recorded

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 2 sectors as 2 functional roles.

•Catalyst in Transportation Equipment Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
•Binder in Miscellaneous ManufacturingProcessing—incorporation into article

Vendor Pricing

$0.40/gAK Scientific, Inc.

CountryUnited States

Pack$40.00 / 100 g

Purity16%

Vendors2 available

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

1 more vendor

Vendor	Country	$/g	Pack	Purity
Combi-Blocks, Inc.	United States	$0.42	500 g	95%

Chemical Identity

CAS7585-20-8

PubChem CID24237

DTXSIDDTXSID1044984

FormulaC8H12O8Zr

Mol. Weight327.4 g/mol

SMILESCC(=O)[O-].CC(=O)[O-].CC(=O)[O-].CC(=O)[O-].[Zr+4]

Data Sources

EPA CompTox (DSSTox) · DTXSID1044984Retrieved 2026-04-06
PubChem · compound 24237Retrieved 2026-04-06
EPA Chemical Data ReportingReporting year: 2023 · Retrieved 2026-10-04
EPA Chemical Data ReportingReporting year: 2023 · Retrieved 2026-10-04
US Census international tradeReporting year: 2024 · Retrieved 2026-10-04

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Brief citations

Acetic acid, zirconium salt (1:x) (CAS 7585-20-8) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/7585-20-8/ EPA CompTox (DSSTox): DTXSID1044984. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://comptox.epa.gov/dashboard/chemical/details/DTXSID1044984 PubChem: 24237. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/24237 EPA Chemical Data Reporting: 7585-20-8. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting EPA Chemical Data Reporting: CAS 7585-20-8. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting US Census international trade: HS 291529,382499 for CAS 7585-20-8. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/