Cyanic acid, sodium salt

CAS 917-61-3

EPA’s 2023 records show zero U.S. production of this chemical.

US productionZero

Import value, 2024$32M

Import volumeCBI

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

Top sourceChina 39%

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. 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 284290 · basket

EPA reports by year

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

These shares come from HS customs code 284290, which covers 96 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).

CN 39%ChinaDE 33%GermanyCA 9%CanadaGB 4%United KingdomJP 3%Japan

Taiwan
Colombia
Mexico
Denmark
Belgium
Sweden
Switzerland
Italy
Poland
Czech Republic
Armenia

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.

Parker Netsushori Kogyo · JP Japan

Delamin Nitriding Salts

Trutec Industries

Why It Matters

Sectors

Metals & Mining

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.

•Reducing agent in Primary Metal Manufacturing (100%)Processing as a reactant
•Surface modifier in Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing (100%)Processing as a reactant

Chemical Identity

CAS917-61-3

PubChem CID517096

DTXSIDDTXSID2061274

FormulaCNNaO

Mol. Weight65.007 g/mol

SMILESC(#N)[O-].[Na+]

Data Sources

EPA CompTox (DSSTox) · DTXSID2061274Retrieved 2026-04-06
PubChem · compound 517096Retrieved 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

Cyanic acid, sodium salt (CAS 917-61-3) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/917-61-3/ EPA CompTox (DSSTox): DTXSID2061274. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://comptox.epa.gov/dashboard/chemical/details/DTXSID2061274 PubChem: 517096. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/517096 EPA Chemical Data Reporting: 917-61-3. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting EPA Chemical Data Reporting: CAS 917-61-3. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting US Census international trade: HS 284290 for CAS 917-61-3. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/