1,3-Benzenedicarboxylic acid
U.S. production volumes are classified 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$316M
Top SourceSouth Korea 19%
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 291739 · basket
These shares come from HS customs code 291739, which covers 32 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).
KR 19%South KoreaCN 19%ChinaIN 18%IndiaES 13%SpainCA 9%Canada
- Netherlands
- Malaysia
- Colombia
- Switzerland
- Turkey
- Germany
- Peru
- Brazil
- Sweden
- Belgium
- Denmark
- Czech Republic
- Ukraine
- Hong Kong
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.
Ineos Enterprises Holdings New · GB United Kingdom
Indorama Ventures Xylenes & Pta
Ineos Enterprises Us Hold
EPA-registered importers (24)
Companies that report making or importing this chemical to the EPA. Registration is US-centric and does not indicate import origin.
Alfa Sab De Cv · MX Mexico
Basf Se · DE Germany
Ineos · GB United Kingdom
Pos · KR South Korea
Toray Industries · JP Japan
Show all 24
Akzo Nobel Coatings
Allnex Usa
Basf
Coim Usa In.
Colonial Group
Dak Americas
Dsm Holding
Greenchem Industries
Henkel
Ineos Enterprises Us Hold
Ivanhoe Industries
Mitsubishi Gas Chemical
Polynt Composites Usa
Posco International America
Reichhold Llc 2
Soyventis North America
The Sherwin Williams
Toray Industries (America)
Vertellus
Why It Matters
Sectors
Plastics & RubberTextilesConsumer ProductsPaints & CoatingsCore Chemicals
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 4 sectors as 4 functional roles.
- •Monomers in Plastics Material and Resin Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Paint additives and coating additives not described by other categories in Plastics Material and Resin Manufacturing (100%)Processing as a reactant
- •Monomers in Paint and Coating ManufacturingProcessing as a reactant
- •Intermediate in Plastics Material and Resin Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Intermediate in All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Intermediate in Textiles, apparel, and leather manufacturing (10%)Processing as a reactant
- •Solvents (which become part of product formulation or mixture) in Plastics Material and Resin Manufacturing (100%)Processing as a reactant
Vendor Pricing
$0.01/gAaron Chemicals LLC
CountryHong Kong
Pack$5.00 / 500 g
PurityNo data available
Vendors25 available
Prices reflect listed pack sizes. Small research packs run far above bulk rates.
24 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 | — |
| A2B Chem LLC | United States | $0.02 | 10 kg | 95% |
| AA BLOCKS | United States | $0.02 | 10 kg | 95% |
| ALFA AESAR | Germany | $0.03 | 5 kg | 99% |
| BLD Pharmatech Co., Limited | United States | $0.03 | 1 kg | 98% |
| BLD Pharmatech GmbH | Germany | $0.03 | 1 kg | 98% |
| BLD Pharmatech Ltd. | China | $0.03 | 1 kg | 98% |
| Ambeed, Inc. | United States | $0.03 | 1 kg | 98% |
| Sigma-Aldrich (Rush Stock) | Germany | $0.04 | 2 kg | 99% |
| Sigma-Aldrich | Germany | $0.04 | 2 kg | 99% |
| Chemscene | United States | $0.05 | 1 kg | — |
| Fluorochem EU | Germany | $0.07 | 500 g | 95% |
| Fluorochem UK | United Kingdom | $0.07 | 500 g | 95% |
| MedChemExpress MCE | Sweden | $0.07 | 1 kg | 99.96% |
| AK Scientific Specialized | United States | $0.10 | 500 g | 98% |
| AK Scientific, Inc. | United States | $0.14 | 500 g | 99% |
| Combi-Blocks, Inc. | United States | $0.25 | 1 kg | 95% |
| Angene International Limited | United States | $0.28 | 500 g | 99% |
| MedKoo Biosciences, Inc | United States | $10.00 | 25 g | 98% |
| Interbioscreen | Hong Kong | $10.00 | 10 g | 95% |
| Labotest KG | Germany | $217.80 | 5000 mg | 90% |
| Princeton BioMolecular Research (SC) | United States | $2900.00 | 100 mg | 90% |
| Vitas M Chemical Limited | Hong Kong | $3170.00 | 100 mg | 90% |
| Angene | China → Hong Kong | $4266.67 | 30 mg | — |
Chemical Identity
CAS121-91-5
PubChem CID8496
DTXSIDDTXSID3021485
FormulaC8H6O4
Mol. Weight166.13 g/mol
SMILESC1=CC(=CC(=C1)C(=O)O)C(=O)O
Data Sources
DTXSID30214852026-04-06
https://doi.org/10.23645/epacomptox.5588566
Archive: data/sources/comptox/dsstox_identifiers.csv
84962026-04-06
https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/rest/pug/compound/cid/8496/property/MolecularFormula,MolecularWeight,CanonicalSMILES,InChIKey/JSON
Archive: data/sources/pubchem_properties/8496.json
121-91-52026-04-24
https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting
Archive: data/sources/epa_cdr/2020_cdr.csv
CAS 121-91-52026-04-25
https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting
Archive: data/sources/epa_cdr/2020_cdr_industrial.csv