Terephthalic acid
U.S. production volumes are classified 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$792M
Top SourceCanada 62%
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 291736 · exact
Source Countries
Country of origin for US imports, from Census customs data (2023).
CA 62%CanadaMX 20%MexicoKR 18%South Korea
- Belgium
- Taiwan
- Finland
- India
- Poland
- China
EPA-registered manufacturers (4)
Companies that report making or importing this chemical to the EPA. Registration is US-centric and does not indicate import origin.
Alfa Sab De Cv · MX Mexico
BP
Dak Americas
Indorama Ventures Xylenes & Pta
EPA-registered importers (19)
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
Ineos · GB United Kingdom
Pos · KR South Korea
Toray Industries · JP Japan
Akzo Nobel Coatings
Show all 19
Allnex Usa
Basf
Coim Usa In.
Dsm Holding
Ineos Enterprises Us Hold
Itochu International
Jadex
Polynt Composites Usa
Posco International America
Reichhold Llc 2
Soyventis North America
Starpet
The Sherwin Williams
Toray Industries (America)
Why It Matters
Sectors
Metals & MiningPlastics & RubberTextilesCore Chemicals
Downstream UsesNo data available
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 6 sectors as 5 functional roles.
- •Monomers in Plastics Material and Resin Manufacturing (100%)Processing as a reactant
- •Paint additives and coating additives not described by other categories in Plastics Material and Resin Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Intermediate in All Other Chemical Product and Preparation ManufacturingProcessing as a reactant
- •Intermediate in Plastics Material and Resin Manufacturing (100%)Processing as a reactant
- •Viscosity modifiers in Fabricated Metal Product ManufacturingUse—non-incorporative activities
- •Viscosity modifiers in Machinery ManufacturingUse—non-incorporative activities
- •Intermediate in Textiles, apparel, and leather manufacturing (10%)Processing as a reactant
- •Intermediate in All Other Basic Organic Chemical ManufacturingProcessing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Solvents (which become part of product formulation or mixture) in Plastics Material and Resin Manufacturing (100%)Processing as a reactant
Vendor Pricing
$0.01/gAngene Chemical
CountryChina (registered: Hong Kong)
Pack$7.00 / 500 g
Purity99%
Vendors22 available
Prices reflect listed pack sizes. Small research packs run far above bulk rates.
21 more vendors
| Vendor | Country Supplier country. Where available, shows shipping origin. When the supplier ships from a different country than where they are registered, both are shown. Most suppliers show registration country only. | $/g | Pack | Purity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AA BLOCKS | United States | $0.04 | 500 g | 98% |
| A2B Chem LLC | United States | $0.04 | 500 g | 98% |
| Chemscene | United States | $0.05 | 1 kg | — |
| Fluorochem EU | Germany | $0.07 | 500 g | 95% |
| Angene International Limited | United States | $0.07 | 500 g | 98% |
| AK Scientific Specialized | United States | $0.08 | 500 g | 98% |
| Fluorochem UK | United Kingdom | $0.09 | 100 g | 95% |
| Ambeed, Inc. | United States | $0.11 | 1 kg | 95% |
| ALFA AESAR | Germany | $0.11 | 250 g | 98% |
| Sigma-Aldrich (Rush Stock) | Germany | $0.12 | 500 g | 98% |
| Sigma-Aldrich | Germany | $0.12 | 500 g | 98% |
| AK Scientific, Inc. | United States | $0.14 | 500 g | 99% |
| Combi-Blocks, Inc. | United States | $0.25 | 1 kg | 95% |
| Aldlab | United States | $0.44 | 25 g | 95% |
| MedChemExpress MCE | Sweden | $1.62 | 50 g | 99.99% |
| AstaTech (2 weeks) | United States | $2.40 | 25 g | 95% |
| Specs | Netherlands | $68.97 | 10 g | 90% |
| Labotest KG | Germany | $217.80 | 5000 mg | 90% |
| Otava, Ltd. | Ukraine | $2724.00 | 50 mg | 95% |
| Angene | China → Hong Kong | $4266.67 | 30 mg | 99% |
| Key Organics Ltd. | United Kingdom | $6900.00 | 10 mg | 95% |
Chemical Identity
CAS100-21-0
PubChem CID7489
DTXSIDDTXSID6026080
FormulaC8H6O4
Mol. Weight166.13 g/mol
SMILESC1=CC(=CC=C1C(=O)O)C(=O)O
Data Sources
DTXSID60260802026-04-06
https://doi.org/10.23645/epacomptox.5588566
Archive: data/sources/comptox/dsstox_identifiers.csv
74892026-04-06
https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/rest/pug/compound/cid/7489/property/MolecularFormula,MolecularWeight,CanonicalSMILES,InChIKey/JSON
Archive: data/sources/pubchem_properties/7489.json
100-21-02026-04-24
https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting
Archive: data/sources/epa_cdr/2020_cdr.csv
CAS 100-21-02026-04-25
https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting
Archive: data/sources/epa_cdr/2020_cdr_industrial.csv