Sodium nitrite

Drug ingredient

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

Molecular structure of 7632-00-0
US ProductionCBI
Import Value$13M
Top SourceIndia 64%

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 283410 · narrow

These shares come from HS customs code 283410, which covers 3 chemicals in total. They estimate the bucket's origin mix, not this chemical specifically.

Source Countries
IN 64%IndiaCN 33%ChinaDE 1%Germany
EPA-registered manufacturers (6)
Chemtrade Logistics · CA Canada
Ter Hell & Co Gmbh · DE Germany
Venator Materials Plc · GB United Kingdom
Chemtrade Solutions
Gehring-Montgomery
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Venator Materials
EPA-registered importers (14)
Basf Se · DE Germany
Schaeffler Technologies Ag & Co Kg · DE Germany
Alpha Us Bid
Basf
Brenntag
Show all 14
Brenntag Southwest, Inc., Lanc
Diversey
Penn Chemicals
Quadra Chemicals
Royale Pigments And Chemicals
Royce Associates
Royce Associates A
Schaeffler Group Usa
Wintersun International
3 FDA-registered drug labelers
Hope Pharmaceuticals
Newton Laboratories, Inc.
Siegfried Grafton, Inc.

Why It Matters

Sectors
FoodPlastics & RubberPaints & CoatingsTransportationPaper & PrintingCore ChemicalsHealthMetals & MiningWaterTextilesConstruction
Downstream Uses

Appears in 2 drug and cosmetic product listings (FDA).

  • •Sodium Nitrite
  • •Food Additives
FDA Shortage Status
No FDA shortage records

Industrial Uses

Used in 15 sectors as 15 functional roles.

  • •Plating agents and surface treating agents in Paint and Coating Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
  • •UV stabilizer in Plastics Product ManufacturingProcessing—incorporation into article
  • •UV stabilizer in Transportation Equipment ManufacturingProcessing—incorporation into article
  • •UV stabilizer in Miscellaneous ManufacturingProcessing—incorporation into article
  • •Intermediate in All Other Basic Organic Chemical ManufacturingProcessing as a reactant
  • •UV stabilizer in Paint and Coating ManufacturingProcessing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
  • •Cleaning agent in Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing (0%)Use—non-incorporative activities
  • •Paint additives and coating additives not described by other categories in Paint and Coating Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
  • •Propellants and blowing agents in Plastics Material and Resin Manufacturing (20%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
  • •Oxidizing/reducing agents in Utilities (20%)Use—non-incorporative activities
  • •Preservative in Food, beverage, and tobacco product manufacturing (30%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
  • •Corrosion inhibitor in Miscellaneous Manufacturing (70%)Use—non-incorporative activities
  • •Corrosion inhibitor in Paint and Coating Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
  • •Corrosion inhibitor in All Other Basic Inorganic Chemical Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
  • •Oxidizing agent in All Other Basic Inorganic Chemical Manufacturing (100%)Processing as a reactant
  • •Intermediate in Synthetic Dye and Pigment Manufacturing (30%)Processing as a reactant
  • •Adhesion/cohesion promoter in Adhesive Manufacturing (13%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
  • •Heat transferring agent in All Other Chemical Product and Preparation Manufacturing (10%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
  • •Oxidizing agent in All Other Chemical Product and Preparation Manufacturing (6%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
  • •Antioxidant in All Other Chemical Product and Preparation Manufacturing (24%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
  • •Corrosion inhibitor in Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing (5%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
  • •Preservative in Wood Product Manufacturing (12%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
  • •Oxidizing agent in Synthetic Dye and Pigment Manufacturing (100%)Processing as a reactant
  • •Fixing agent (mordant) in All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing (50%)Processing as a reactant
  • •Corrosion inhibitors and anti-scaling agents in Non-metallic Mineral Product Manufacturing (includes clay, glass, cement, concrete, lime, gypsum, and other non-metallic mineral product manufacturing) (80%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product

Chemical Identity

CAS7632-00-0
PubChem CID23668193
DTXSIDDTXSID0020941
FormulaNNaO2
Mol. Weight68.995 g/mol
SMILESN(=O)[O-].[Na+]

Data Sources

DTXSID00209412026-04-06

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

Archive: data/sources/comptox/dsstox_identifiers.csv

236681932026-04-06

https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/rest/pug/compound/cid/23668193/property/MolecularFormula,MolecularWeight,CanonicalSMILES,InChIKey/JSON

Archive: data/sources/pubchem_properties/23668193.json

7632-00-02026-04-24

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

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

CAS 7632-00-02026-04-07

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

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

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