1,2-Benzenediol

U.S. production volumes are classified as confidential business information.

US ProductionCBI

Import Value$72M

Top SourceIndia 30%

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 290729 · basket

These shares come from HS customs code 290729, which covers 21 chemicals in total. They estimate the bucket's origin mix, not this chemical specifically.

Source Countries

IN 30%IndiaDE 19%GermanyCN 16%ChinaJP 11%JapanIT 7%Italy

EPA-registered manufacturers (1)

Solvay

EPA-registered importers (7)

Sumitomo Chemical · JP Japan

Ube Industries · JP Japan

Jos. H. Lowenstein & Sons

Solvay

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Sumitomo Chemical Advanced Technologies

Ube America

Why It Matters

Sectors

ElectronicsTextilesCore Chemicals

Downstream UsesNo data available

FDA Shortage Status

No FDA shortage records

Industrial Uses

Used in 3 sectors as 3 functional roles.

•Intermediate in All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing (100%)Processing as a reactant
•Dyes in Synthetic Dye and Pigment Manufacturing (78%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
•Cleaning agent in Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing (100%)Use—non-incorporative activities

Vendor Pricing

$0.04/gAA BLOCKS

CountryUnited States

Pack$21.00 / 500 g

Purity99%

Vendors23 available

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

22 more vendors

Vendor	Country	$/g	Pack	Purity
A2B Chem LLC	United States	$0.04	500 g	99%
Sigma-Aldrich (Rush Stock)	Germany	$0.08	5 kg	99%
Sigma-Aldrich	Germany	$0.08	5 kg	99%
AstaTech, Inc	United States	$0.11	500 g	95%
AK Scientific Specialized	United States	$0.15	500 g	98%
Fluorochem UK	United Kingdom	$0.16	500 g	99%
AK Scientific, Inc.	United States	$0.19	500 g	99%
Cayman Europe	Estonia	$0.20	500 g	98%
Combi-Blocks, Inc.	United States	$0.25	1 kg	98%
Fluorochem EU	Germany	$0.50	100 g	99%
Fulfilled by Molport	Latvia	$8.00	1 g	98%
Interbioscreen	Hong Kong	$10.00	10 g	95%
TargetMol Chemicals	China → United States	$14.50	2 g	99.96%
Labotest KG	Germany	$217.80	5000 mg	90%
ChemNorm	China	$360.00	25 mg	98%
Specs	Netherlands	$376.31	1 g	90%
ChemFaces	China	$1500.00	20 mg	98%
Otava, Ltd.	Ukraine	$2280.00	50 mg	95%
Princeton BioMolecular Research (SC)	United States	$2900.00	100 mg	90%
Vitas M Chemical Limited	Hong Kong	$3170.00	100 mg	90%
Asinex	Netherlands	$6461.40	100 mg	90%
TimTec, LLC (back-ordered)	United States	$32000.00	15 mg	94%

Chemical Identity

CAS120-80-9

PubChem CID289

DTXSIDDTXSID3020257

FormulaC6H6O2

Mol. Weight110.11 g/mol

SMILESC1=CC=C(C(=C1)O)O

Data Sources

DTXSID30202572026-04-06

https://doi.org/10.23645/epacomptox.5588566

Archive: data/sources/comptox/dsstox_identifiers.csv

2892026-04-06

https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/rest/pug/compound/cid/289/property/MolecularFormula,MolecularWeight,CanonicalSMILES,InChIKey/JSON

Archive: data/sources/pubchem_properties/289.json

120-80-92026-04-24

https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting

Archive: data/sources/epa_cdr/2020_cdr.csv

CAS 120-80-92026-04-25