3-Mercaptopropanoic acid
U.S. production volumes are classified as confidential business information.
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 293090 · basket
These shares come from HS customs code 293090, which covers 111 chemicals in total. They estimate the bucket's origin mix, not this chemical specifically.
- Israel
- Croatia
- Ukraine
- Slovakia
- United Arab Emirates
- Ireland
- Poland
- Lithuania
- Brazil
- Singapore
- Australia
- Armenia
- Hong Kong
- Vietnam
- Czech Republic
- Hungary
- Greece
- Russia
Why It Matters
Industrial Uses
Used in 4 sectors as 3 functional roles.
- •Laboratory chemicals in Not Known or Reasonably AscertainableUse—non-incorporative activities
- •Intermediate in Plastics Material and Resin Manufacturing (77%)Processing as a reactant
- •Plasticizer in All Other Chemical Product and Preparation Manufacturing (22%)Processing as a reactant
- •Plasticizer in Plastics Product Manufacturing (1%)Processing as a reactant
Vendor Pricing
Prices reflect listed pack sizes. Small research packs run far above bulk rates.
18 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Angene Chemical | China → Hong Kong | $0.03 | 500 g | — |
| A2B Chem LLC | United States | $0.07 | 500 g | 98% |
| AA BLOCKS | United States | $0.09 | 100 g | 98% |
| Fluorochem UK | United Kingdom | $0.11 | 100 g | 98% |
| AK Scientific Specialized | United States | $0.16 | 500 g | 98% |
| ALFA AESAR | Germany | $0.22 | 500 g | 99% |
| AK Scientific, Inc. | United States | $0.26 | 500 g | 99% |
| Sigma-Aldrich (Rush Stock) | Germany | $0.29 | 500 g | 99% |
| Sigma-Aldrich | Germany | $0.29 | 500 g | 99% |
| Ambeed, Inc. | United States | $0.44 | 500 g | 99% |
| AstaTech, Inc | United States | $1.70 | 10 g | 95% |
| Key Organics Ltd. | United Kingdom | $2.02 | 100 g | 95% |
| Angene International Limited | United States | $3.08 | 25 g | 99% |
| TargetMol Chemicals | China → United States | $30.00 | 1 g | 96.29% |
| Labotest KG | Germany | $217.80 | 5000 mg | 90% |
| 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 | 99% |
Chemical Identity
Data Sources
https://doi.org/10.23645/epacomptox.5588566
Archive: data/sources/comptox/dsstox_identifiers.csv
https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/rest/pug/compound/cid/6514/property/MolecularFormula,MolecularWeight,CanonicalSMILES,InChIKey/JSON
Archive: data/sources/pubchem_properties/6514.json
https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting
Archive: data/sources/epa_cdr/2020_cdr.csv
https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting
Archive: data/sources/epa_cdr/2020_cdr_industrial.csv