Benzophenone
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$16M
Top SourceChina 55%
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 291439 · basket
These shares come from HS customs code 291439, which covers 13 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 55%ChinaIN 26%IndiaIT 7%ItalyDE 5%GermanyGB 2%United Kingdom
- Slovakia
- Japan
- Netherlands
- Hong Kong
- Ukraine
- Latvia
EPA-registered importers (11)
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
Rahn Ag · CH Switzerland
Aalborz Chemical
Aceto Us
Arkema
Show all 11
Basf
Flint Cps Inks North America
Flint Group Packaging Inks North America Holdings
Mohawk Industries
Rahn Usa
The Dow Chemical
1 FDA-registered drug labeler
SALICYLATES & CHEMICALS PRIVATE LIMITED
Why It Matters
Sectors
Core ChemicalsHealthPlastics & RubberPaints & CoatingsPaper & PrintingConstruction
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 9 sectors as 6 functional roles.
- •Intermediate in Printing Ink Manufacturing (100%)Processing as a reactant
- •Paint additives and coating additives not described by other categories in Paint and Coating ManufacturingProcessing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Paint additives and coating additives not described by other categories in Adhesive ManufacturingProcessing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Paint additives and coating additives not described by other categories in Printing Ink ManufacturingProcessing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Paint additives and coating additives not described by other categories in Asphalt Paving, Roofing, and Coating Materials ManufacturingProcessing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Paint additives and coating additives not described by other categories in ConstructionProcessing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Photosensitive agent in Paint and Coating ManufacturingProcessing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Semiconductor and photovoltaic agent in Printing and Related Support ActivitiesProcessing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Semiconductor and photovoltaic agent in Printing Ink ManufacturingProcessing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Photosensitive agent in Printing and Related Support ActivitiesProcessing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Photosensitive agent in Printing Ink ManufacturingProcessing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Process regulators in Plastics Product Manufacturing (100%)Use—non-incorporative activities
- •Intermediate in All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing (100%)Processing as a reactant
- •Anti-stain agent in All Other Chemical Product and Preparation Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
Vendor Pricing
$0.01/gAaron Chemicals LLC
CountryHong Kong
Pack$65.00 / 10 kg
Purity98%
Vendors23 available
Prices reflect listed pack sizes. Small research packs run far above bulk rates.
22 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 | 500 g | 99% |
| AA BLOCKS | United States | $0.04 | 1 kg | 98% |
| A2B Chem LLC | United States | $0.04 | 500 g | 98% |
| Sigma-Aldrich (Rush Stock) | Germany | $0.05 | 2 kg | 99% |
| Sigma-Aldrich | Germany | $0.05 | 2 kg | 99% |
| Chemscene | United States | $0.05 | 1 kg | — |
| ALFA AESAR | Germany | $0.06 | 5 kg | 99% |
| Fluorochem UK | United Kingdom | $0.07 | 1 kg | 99% |
| Fluorochem EU | Germany | $0.08 | 1 kg | 99% |
| Angene International Limited | United States | $0.08 | 500 g | 98% |
| Apollo Scientific UK | United Kingdom | $0.10 | 1 kg | 95% |
| Ambeed, Inc. | United States | $0.11 | 1 kg | 98% |
| AK Scientific Specialized | United States | $0.13 | 500 g | 98% |
| AK Scientific, Inc. | United States | $0.17 | 500 g | 99% |
| MedChemExpress MCE | Sweden | $0.20 | 500 g | 99.99% |
| Combi-Blocks, Inc. | United States | $0.25 | 1 kg | 98% |
| Synthonix | United States | $0.64 | 25 g | 95% |
| AstaTech (2 weeks) | United States | $0.99 | 100 g | 98% |
| Labotest KG | Germany | $217.80 | 5000 mg | 90% |
| Otava, Ltd. | Ukraine | $460.00 | 250 mg | 90% |
| Otava, Ltd. (2 weeks) | Ukraine | $2724.00 | 50 mg | 90% |
| Angene | China → Hong Kong | $4266.67 | 30 mg | 98% |
Chemical Identity
CAS119-61-9
PubChem CID3102
DTXSIDDTXSID0021961
FormulaC13H10O
Mol. Weight182.22 g/mol
SMILESC1=CC=C(C=C1)C(=O)C2=CC=CC=C2
Data Sources
DTXSID00219612026-04-06
https://doi.org/10.23645/epacomptox.5588566
Archive: data/sources/comptox/dsstox_identifiers.csv
31022026-04-06
https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/rest/pug/compound/cid/3102/property/MolecularFormula,MolecularWeight,CanonicalSMILES,InChIKey/JSON
Archive: data/sources/pubchem_properties/3102.json
119-61-92026-04-24
https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting
Archive: data/sources/epa_cdr/2020_cdr.csv
CAS 119-61-92026-04-07
https://open.fda.gov/data/ndc/
Archive: data/sources/fda/ndc/ndc.json