Methyl ethyl ketone
Drug ingredientThis 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$97M
Top SourceUnited Kingdom 36%
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 291412 · exact
Source Countries
Country of origin for US imports, from Census customs data (2023).
GB 36%United KingdomZA 29%South AfricaNL 15%NetherlandsDE 8%GermanyJP 6%Japan
- Canada
- Costa Rica
- India
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.
Lyondell Chemical
Solvchem
EPA-registered importers (38)
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
Fujifilm Holdings Japan · JP Japan
Mitsui & · JP Japan
Sasol · ZA South Africa
Shell · GB United Kingdom
Show all 38
Sika Ag · CH Switzerland
3M
A.G. Layne
Allchem Industries Holding
Basf
Carestream Health
Cascade Columbia
Chemical Solvents
Colonial Group
Delta Carbona
Dover
ExxonMobil
Fujifilm Holdings America
Greenchem Industries
Helmitin
Henkel
Huntsman
Keyence Corp. Of America
Lg Hausy America
Mitsui & Co. (U. S. A.)
Mitsui Chemicals America
Ppg Industries
Sasol Chemicals (Usa)
Shell Chemical
Sika
Soyventis North America
Stahl Usa
Superior Oil
Tarr
The Dow Chemical
The Sherwin Williams
U-Pol Us
Univar Solutions
2 FDA-registered drug labelers
Nutritional Specialties, Inc.
Professional Complementary Health Formulas
Why It Matters
Sectors
Plastics & RubberPaints & CoatingsElectronicsTransportationPaper & PrintingCore ChemicalsHealthEnergyConsumer ProductsMetals & MiningTextilesConstruction
Downstream Uses
Appears in 2 drug and cosmetic product listings (FDA).
- •Industriox
- •Industriox 6011
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 26 sectors as 15 functional roles.
- •Solvents (which become part of product formulation or mixture) in All Other Chemical Product and Preparation Manufacturing (0%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Solvents (which become part of product formulation or mixture) in Adhesive Manufacturing (40%)Use—non-incorporative activities
- •Solvents (which become part of product formulation or mixture) in Transportation Equipment Manufacturing (0%)Use—non-incorporative activities
- •Solvents (which become part of product formulation or mixture) in Miscellaneous Manufacturing (20%)Use—non-incorporative activities
- •Solvents (which become part of product formulation or mixture) in Printing and Related Support Activities (1%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Solvents (which become part of product formulation or mixture) in Paint and Coating Manufacturing (99%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Solvents (which become part of product formulation or mixture) in Soap, Cleaning Compound, and Toilet Preparation Manufacturing (1%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Adhesives and sealant chemicals in All Other Chemical Product and Preparation Manufacturing (1%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Solvents (for cleaning or degreasing) in All Other Chemical Product and Preparation Manufacturing (1%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Surface modifier in Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing (0%)Processing—incorporation into article
- •Solvent in Paint and Coating Manufacturing (0%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Surfactant (surface active agent) in Paint and Coating Manufacturing (0%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Paint additives and coating additives not described by other categories in Paint and Coating Manufacturing (0%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Laboratory chemicals in Fabricated Metal Product ManufacturingUse—non-incorporative activities
- •Solvents (for cleaning or degreasing) in Other (100%)Processing—repackaging
- •Plating agent in Primary Metal Manufacturing (0%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Intermediate in All Other Basic Organic Chemical ManufacturingProcessing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Solvent in Plastics Material and Resin ManufacturingProcessing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Solvent in All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Adhesion/cohesion promoter in Adhesive Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Cleaning agent in Soap, Cleaning Compound, and Toilet Preparation Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Lubricants and lubricant additives in Petroleum Lubricating Oil and Grease Manufacturing (15%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Intermediate in Petrochemical Manufacturing (5%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Functional fluids (closed systems) in Plastics Material and Resin Manufacturing (5%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Solvents (for cleaning or degreasing) in Soap, Cleaning Compound, and Toilet Preparation Manufacturing (25%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Solvent in Photographic Film, Paper, Plate, and Chemical Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Solvent in Wholesale and Retail Trade (100%)Processing—repackaging
- •Adhesives and sealant chemicals in Adhesive Manufacturing (1%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Solvent in Machinery Manufacturing (20%)Use—non-incorporative activities
- •Solvent in Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing (20%)Use—non-incorporative activities
- •Solvent in Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing (10%)Use—non-incorporative activities
- •Viscosity adjustors in Not Known or Reasonably AscertainableNot Known or Reasonably Ascertainable
- •Intermediate in Synthetic Rubber Manufacturing (1%)Processing as a reactant
- •Solvent in Adhesive Manufacturing (1%)Processing as a reactant
- •Intermediate in Miscellaneous Manufacturing (2%)Processing as a reactant
- •Solvent in Miscellaneous Manufacturing (1%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Solvents (which become part of product formulation or mixture) in All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing (8%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Functional fluids (closed systems) in Wholesale and Retail Trade (75%)Processing—repackaging
- •Solvent in Transportation Equipment Manufacturing (60%)Processing—incorporation into article
- •Solvents (which become part of product formulation or mixture) in Textiles, apparel, and leather manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into article
- •Solvents (for cleaning or degreasing) in Wholesale and Retail TradeProcessing—repackaging
- •Cleaning agent in Transportation Equipment ManufacturingNot Known or Reasonably Ascertainable
- •Solvent in Furniture and Related Product ManufacturingProcessing—incorporation into article
- •Solvent in ConstructionProcessing—incorporation into article
- •Solvent in Not Known or Reasonably Ascertainable (20%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Solvents (which become part of product formulation or mixture) in Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing (3%)Processing as a reactant
- •Solvents (for cleaning or degreasing) in Printing and Related Support Activities (9%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Paint additives and coating additives not described by other categories in Oil and Gas Drilling, Extraction, and Support activities (4%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Solvents (for cleaning or degreasing) in Plastics Product Manufacturing (25%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Solvents (for cleaning or degreasing) in Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing (24%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Adhesives and sealant chemicals in Transportation Equipment Manufacturing (2%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Solvents (for cleaning or degreasing) in Construction (5%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
Chemical Identity
CAS78-93-3
PubChem CID6569
DTXSIDDTXSID3021516
FormulaC4H8O
Mol. Weight72.11 g/mol
SMILESCCC(=O)C
Data Sources
DTXSID30215162026-04-06
https://doi.org/10.23645/epacomptox.5588566
Archive: data/sources/comptox/dsstox_identifiers.csv
65692026-04-06
https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/rest/pug/compound/cid/6569/property/MolecularFormula,MolecularWeight,CanonicalSMILES,InChIKey/JSON
Archive: data/sources/pubchem_properties/6569.json
78-93-32026-04-24
https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting
Archive: data/sources/epa_cdr/2020_cdr.csv
CAS 78-93-32026-04-07
https://open.fda.gov/data/ndc/
Archive: data/sources/fda/ndc/ndc.json