Sodium toluenesulfonate

Used in 1 industrial sectors tracked by the EPA.

Molecular structure of 12068-03-0
Import Value$40M
Top SourceGermany 22%

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 290410 · basket

These shares come from HS customs code 290410, which covers 39 chemicals in total. They estimate the bucket's origin mix, not this chemical specifically.

Source Countries
DE 22%GermanyIT 20%ItalyCN 14%ChinaBE 11%BelgiumIN 11%India

Why It Matters

Sectors
Consumer Products
Downstream UsesNo data available
FDA Shortage Status
No FDA shortage records

Industrial Uses

Used in 1 sector as 1 functional role.

  • Surfactant (surface active agent) in Soap, Cleaning Compound, and Toilet Preparation Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product

Vendor Pricing

$0.01/gAaron Chemicals LLC
CountryHong Kong
Pack$7.00 / 500 g
Purity90%
Vendors21 available

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

20 more vendors
VendorCountry$/gPackPurity
Angene ChemicalChina Hong Kong$0.02500 g90%
BLD Pharmatech GmbHGermany$0.031 kg90%
BLD Pharmatech Ltd.China$0.031 kg90%
Fluorochem EUGermany$0.07500 g98%
A2B Chem LLCUnited States$0.081 kg98%
AA BLOCKSUnited States$0.091 kg96%
BLD Pharmatech Co., LimitedUnited States$0.111 kg90%
Ambeed, Inc.United States$0.111 kg90%
AK Scientific, Inc.United States$0.12500 g90%
SynthonixUnited States$0.16500 g90%
Combi-Blocks, Inc.United States$0.251 kg96%
Angene International LimitedUnited States$0.26500 g90%
ALFA AESARGermany$0.52250 g90%
Sigma-Aldrich (Rush Stock)Germany$0.72500 g95%
Sigma-AldrichGermany$0.72500 g95%
IRIS Biotech GmbhGermany$1.68100 g
A2B Chem LLC (2 weeks)United States$2.1010 g
AA BLOCKS (2 weeks)United States$2.6010 g
AstaTech (2 weeks)United States$30.001 g95%
AngeneChina Hong Kong$4266.6730 mg90%

Chemical Identity

CAS12068-03-0
PubChem CID3720192
DTXSIDDTXSID9027736
FormulaC7H7NaO3S
Mol. Weight194.19 g/mol
SMILESCC1=CC=C(C=C1)S(=O)(=O)[O-].[Na+]

Data Sources

DTXSID90277362026-04-06

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

Archive: data/sources/comptox/dsstox_identifiers.csv

37201922026-04-06

https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/rest/pug/compound/cid/3720192/property/MolecularFormula,MolecularWeight,CanonicalSMILES,InChIKey/JSON

Archive: data/sources/pubchem_properties/3720192.json

12068-03-02026-04-24

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

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

CAS 12068-03-02026-04-25

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

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