Glyoxal

Drug ingredient

CAS 107-22-2

This 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, 2024$90M

Top sourceGermany 34%

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 291219 · basket

EPA reports by year

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

These shares come from HS customs code 291219, which covers 130 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).

DE 34%GermanyCN 29%ChinaIN 13%IndiaIT 8%ItalyGB 4%United Kingdom

Brazil
Portugal
Austria
Hungary
Sweden
Philippines
Singapore
Netherlands
Indonesia
Australia
Slovakia
Romania
Ukraine
Hong Kong
Ireland
Vietnam

Domestic parents -- activity not disclosed (4)

EPA records name a US company for this chemical but do not disclose whether the company made it here or imported it.

Bakelite Us Hold

Nalco- An Ecolab

Snf Holding

Synthomer

EPA-registered importers (13)

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

Archroma Management Gmbh · CH Switzerland

Basf Se · DE Germany

Ambyth Chemical

Archroma U.S

Astro Chemicals

Show all 13

Basf

Brenntag

Dow Chemical

Frp Services & Co. (America)

Silver Fern Chemical

Univar Solutions Usa

Valudor Products

Wego Chemical Group

1 FDA-registered drug labeler

Professional Complementary Health Formulas

Why It Matters

Sectors

HealthEnergyConstructionMetals & MiningTextilesConsumer ProductsPaints & CoatingsPaper & PrintingCore Chemicals

Downstream Uses

Appears in 1 drug and cosmetic product listings (FDA).

•Degex Liquescence 3025

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 7 sectors as 5 functional roles.

•Monomers in All Other Chemical Product and Preparation Manufacturing (100%)Processing as a reactant
•Viscosity modifiers in Paint and Coating ManufacturingProcessing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
•Surface modifier in Construction (90%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
•Surface modifier in Other (1%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
•Intermediate in Synthetic Dye and Pigment Manufacturing (100%)Processing as a reactant
•Softener and conditioner in Paper Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
•Intermediate in All Other Basic Organic Chemical ManufacturingProcessing as a reactant

Vendor Pricing

$0.01/gAaron Chemicals LLC

CountryHong Kong

Pack$5.00 / 500 g

Purity40%

Vendors17 available

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

16 more vendors

Vendor	Country	$/g	Pack	Purity
Angene Chemical	China → Hong Kong	$0.01	1 kg	40%
A2B Chem LLC	United States	$0.02	1 kg	95%
AA BLOCKS	United States	$0.02	1 kg	40%
Fluorochem EU	Germany	$0.02	1 kg	—
Fluorochem UK	United Kingdom	$0.02	1 kg	—
BLD Pharmatech Co., Limited	United States	$0.03	1 kg	40%
Ambeed, Inc.	United States	$0.03	1 kg	40%
Sigma-Aldrich (Rush Stock)	Germany	$0.05	3 kg	—
Sigma-Aldrich	Germany	$0.05	3 kg	—
AK Scientific, Inc.	United States	$0.18	500 g	40%
Combi-Blocks, Inc.	United States	$0.25	1 kg	95%
Angene International Limited	United States	$0.34	500 g	40%
Interbioscreen	Hong Kong	$24.00	10 g	95%
Otava, Ltd.	Ukraine	$2280.00	50 mg	95%
Otava, Ltd. (2 weeks)	Ukraine	$2724.00	50 mg	95%
Angene	China → Hong Kong	$4266.67	30 mg	40%

Chemical Identity

CAS107-22-2

PubChem CID7860

DTXSIDDTXSID5025364

FormulaC2H2O2

Mol. Weight58.04 g/mol

SMILESC(=O)C=O

Data Sources

EPA CompTox (DSSTox) · DTXSID5025364Retrieved 2026-04-06
PubChem · compound 7860Retrieved 2026-04-06
EPA Chemical Data ReportingReporting year: 2023 · Retrieved 2026-10-04
FDA National Drug Code directoryRetrieved 2026-04-07
US Census international tradeReporting year: 2024 · Retrieved 2026-10-04

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Brief citations

Glyoxal (CAS 107-22-2) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/107-22-2/ EPA CompTox (DSSTox): DTXSID5025364. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://comptox.epa.gov/dashboard/chemical/details/DTXSID5025364 PubChem: 7860. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/7860 EPA Chemical Data Reporting: 107-22-2. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting FDA National Drug Code directory: CAS 107-22-2. Retrieved 2026-04-07. https://open.fda.gov/data/ndc/ US Census international trade: HS 291219 for CAS 107-22-2. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/