Butanedioic acid
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$139M
Top SourceChina 67%
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 291719 · basket
These shares come from HS customs code 291719, which covers 56 chemicals in total. They estimate the bucket's origin mix, not this chemical specifically.
Source Countries
Country of origin for US imports, from Census customs data (2023).
CN 67%ChinaCA 13%CanadaAT 4%AustriaIN 4%IndiaJP 4%Japan
- Taiwan
- Netherlands
- Switzerland
- Mexico
- South Africa
- Denmark
- Malaysia
- Ukraine
- Colombia
- Hong Kong
- Slovakia
EPA-registered manufacturers (3)
Companies that report making or importing this chemical to the EPA. Registration is US-centric and does not indicate import origin.
Emery Oleochemicals (M) Sdn Bhd · MY Malaysia
Ascend Performance Materials Holdings
Emery Oleochemicals
EPA-registered importers (5)
Companies that report making or importing this chemical to the EPA. Registration is US-centric and does not indicate import origin.
Emd Holding
Evonik
Ivanhoe Industries
Solvay
Uyemura International
Why It Matters
Sectors
Core ChemicalsHealthEnergyPlastics & RubberMetals & MiningWaterTextilesConstruction
Downstream Uses
Appears in 17 drug and cosmetic product listings (FDA).
- •Prostate
- •Bio Co-Enzyme Phase
- •GUNA-Kidney
- •Lungex II
- •Thyro-Chord
- •Liverex I
- •GUNA-CELL
- •GUNA Osteo
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- •Spleenex V
- •Omeosport
- •Kidnex IV
- •Niferex
- •GUNA-Allergy-PREV
- •Spleenex VH
- •Metab
- •911 Adrenal Burnout and Fatigue
- •Allercetin
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 9 sectors as 10 functional roles.
- •Intermediate in All Other Basic Organic Chemical ManufacturingProcessing as a reactant
- •Laboratory chemicals in All Other Chemical Product and Preparation ManufacturingProcessing—repackaging
- •Lubricants and lubricant additives in Petroleum Lubricating Oil and Grease Manufacturing (75%)Processing as a reactant
- •Plasticizer in Plastics Material and Resin Manufacturing (25%)Processing as a reactant
- •Process regulators in Asphalt Paving, Roofing, and Coating Materials ManufacturingProcessing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Propellants and blowing agents in Asphalt Paving, Roofing, and Coating Materials ManufacturingProcessing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Process regulators in All Other Basic Organic Chemical ManufacturingProcessing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Propellants and blowing agents in All Other Basic Organic Chemical ManufacturingProcessing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Process regulators in Plastics Product ManufacturingProcessing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Propellants and blowing agents in Plastics Product ManufacturingProcessing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Process regulators in Textiles, apparel, and leather manufacturingProcessing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Propellants and blowing agents in Textiles, apparel, and leather manufacturingProcessing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Adsorbents and absorbents in UtilitiesUse—non-incorporative activities
- •Solvents (for cleaning or degreasing) in Textiles, apparel, and leather manufacturingUse—non-incorporative activities
- •Dispersing agent in Textiles, apparel, and leather manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Plating agent in Miscellaneous Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
Vendor Pricing
$0.01/gAaron Chemicals LLC
CountryHong Kong
Pack$7.00 / 1 kg
Purity99.5%
Vendors31 available
Prices reflect listed pack sizes. Small research packs run far above bulk rates.
30 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 | $0.01 | 1 kg | 99% |
| AA BLOCKS | United States | $0.01 | 1 kg | 99% |
| A2B Chem LLC | United States | $0.01 | 1 kg | 99% |
| Sigma-Aldrich (Rush Stock) | Germany | $0.03 | 25 kg | 99% |
| Sigma-Aldrich | Germany | $0.03 | 25 kg | 99% |
| Apollo Scientific US | United Kingdom | $0.03 | 25 kg | 98% |
| BLD Pharmatech GmbH | Germany | $0.03 | 1 kg | 99.5% |
| BLD Pharmatech Ltd. | China | $0.03 | 1 kg | 99.5% |
| Ambeed, Inc. | United States | $0.03 | 1 kg | 99.5% |
| Fluorochem UK | United Kingdom | $0.04 | 2.5 kg | 99% |
| Fluorochem EU | Germany | $0.05 | 1 kg | 99% |
| BLD Pharmatech Co., Limited | United States | $0.05 | 500 g | 99.5% |
| Chemscene | United States | $0.05 | 1 kg | — |
| AK Scientific Specialized | United States | $0.08 | 500 g | 98% |
| AK Scientific, Inc. | United States | $0.11 | 500 g | 99% |
| ALFA AESAR | Germany | $0.14 | 500 g | 99% |
| Angene International Limited | United States | $0.24 | 500 g | 99% |
| Combi-Blocks, Inc. | United States | $0.25 | 1 kg | 98% |
| TargetMol Chemicals | China → United States | $146.00 | 1 g | 99.88% |
| ChemNorm | China | $150.00 | 100 mg | 99% |
| Labotest KG | Germany | $217.80 | 5000 mg | 90% |
| Vitas M Chemical Limited | Hong Kong | $225.00 | 1 g | 90% |
| Apexbio Technology LLC | United States | $500.00 | 100 mg | 98% |
| MedChemExpress MCE | Sweden | $1004.30 | 100 mg | 99.87% |
| ChemFaces | China | $1500.00 | 20 mg | 98% |
| Otava, Ltd. | Ukraine | $2280.00 | 50 mg | 95% |
| Otava, Ltd. (2 weeks) | Ukraine | $2724.00 | 50 mg | 95% |
| Princeton BioMolecular Research (SC) | United States | $2900.00 | 100 mg | 90% |
| Angene | China → Hong Kong | $4266.67 | 30 mg | 99% |
| AstaTech, Inc | United States | $7000.00 | 20 mg | 95% |
Chemical Identity
CAS110-15-6
PubChem CID1110
DTXSIDDTXSID6023602
FormulaC4H6O4
Mol. Weight118.09 g/mol
SMILESC(CC(=O)O)C(=O)O
Data Sources
DTXSID60236022026-04-06
https://doi.org/10.23645/epacomptox.5588566
Archive: data/sources/comptox/dsstox_identifiers.csv
11102026-04-06
https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/rest/pug/compound/cid/1110/property/MolecularFormula,MolecularWeight,CanonicalSMILES,InChIKey/JSON
Archive: data/sources/pubchem_properties/1110.json
110-15-62026-04-24
https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting
Archive: data/sources/epa_cdr/2020_cdr.csv
CAS 110-15-62026-04-25
https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting
Archive: data/sources/epa_cdr/2020_cdr_industrial.csv