2-Phenoxyethanol
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$132M
Top SourceIndia 18%
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 290949 · basket
These shares come from HS customs code 290949, which covers 44 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).
IN 18%IndiaJP 14%JapanDE 13%GermanyKR 11%South KoreaTW 11%Taiwan
- Switzerland
- Poland
- Brazil
- Singapore
- Norway
- Kyrgyzstan
- Ukraine
- Israel
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.
Canberra
Solvay
The Dow Chemical
EPA-registered importers (19)
Companies that report making or importing this chemical to the EPA. Registration is US-centric and does not indicate import origin.
Azelis S A · LU Luxembourg
Basf Se · DE Germany
Clariant International · CH Switzerland
Galaxy Surfactants · IN India
Industrias Alen S A De C V · MX Mexico
Show all 19
Acme-Hardesty Co A Division Of Jacob Stern & Sons
Alen Usa
Allchem Industries Holding
Avantor
Azelis
Azelis Us Holding
Basf
Bic Graphic Usa Manufacturing
Bic Usa
Clariant
Colonial Group
Connect Chemicals Usa
Silver Fern Chemical
Tri-K Industries
Why It Matters
Sectors
Plastics & RubberTransportationPaper & PrintingCore ChemicalsHealthEnergyConsumer ProductsMetals & MiningPaints & CoatingsConstruction
Downstream Uses
Appears in 10 drug and cosmetic product listings (FDA).
- •Anubis Barcelona Regul Oil
- •Anubis Barcelona New Even
- •Anubis Barcelona
- •AnubisMed
- •Anubis Barcelona Vital Line
- •Anubis Barcelona Protective Line
- •CPAP Wipes
- •Anubis Barcelona Spa Line
Show all 10
- •Anubis Barcelona Total Hydrating
- •Antiseptic Cleansing WIPE(0.9% NACL)
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 11 sectors as 10 functional roles.
- •Preservative in Wholesale and Retail Trade (100%)Use—non-incorporative activities
- •Solvents (which become part of product formulation or mixture) in Petroleum Lubricating Oil and Grease Manufacturing (100%)Processing as a reactant
- •Paint additives and coating additives not described by other categories in Transportation Equipment Manufacturing (0%)Processing—incorporation into article
- •Solvent in Adhesive Manufacturing (0%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Surface modifier in Soap, Cleaning Compound, and Toilet Preparation Manufacturing (0%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Solvent in Printing Ink Manufacturing (0%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Solvent in Soap, Cleaning Compound, and Toilet Preparation ManufacturingProcessing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Odor agents in Other (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Paint additives and coating additives not described by other categories in Paint and Coating Manufacturing (50%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Plasticizer in Non-metallic Mineral Product Manufacturing (includes clay, glass, cement, concrete, lime, gypsum, and other non-metallic mineral product manufacturing) (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Cleaning agent in Soap, Cleaning Compound, and Toilet Preparation Manufacturing (100%)Not Known or Reasonably Ascertainable
- •Preservative in Other (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Anti-adhesive/cohesive in Miscellaneous Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Preservative in Soap, Cleaning Compound, and Toilet Preparation Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Solvent in Paint and Coating Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Surfactant (surface active agent) in All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Cleaning agent in All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing (20%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Solvent in All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing (20%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
Vendor Pricing
$0.02/gApollo Scientific US
CountryUnited Kingdom
Pack$47.00 / 2.5 kg
Purity98%
Vendors28 available
Prices reflect listed pack sizes. Small research packs run far above bulk rates.
27 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aaron Chemicals LLC | Hong Kong | $0.02 | 500 g | 98% |
| Angene Chemical | China → Hong Kong | $0.03 | 500 g | 98% |
| A2B Chem LLC | United States | $0.03 | 25 kg | 95% |
| AA BLOCKS | United States | $0.03 | 25 kg | 95% |
| Ambeed, Inc. | United States | $0.03 | 1 kg | 94% |
| Chemscene | United States | $0.05 | 1 kg | — |
| ALFA AESAR | Germany | $0.06 | 5 kg | 94% |
| Fluorochem EU | Germany | $0.07 | 500 g | 94% |
| Fluorochem UK | United Kingdom | $0.07 | 500 g | 94% |
| Angene International Limited | United States | $0.07 | 500 g | 95% |
| Acrotein ChemBio, Inc. | United States | $0.08 | 1 kg | — |
| Combi-Blocks, Inc. | United States | $0.25 | 1 kg | 94% |
| AK Scientific Specialized | United States | $0.40 | 100 g | 98% |
| AK Scientific, Inc. | United States | $0.57 | 100 g | 99% |
| Molnova | China | $43.00 | 1 g | 99% |
| TargetMol Chemicals | China → United States | $48.00 | 1 g | 99.47% |
| Interbioscreen | Hong Kong | $51.00 | 10 g | 95% |
| MedChemExpress MCE | Sweden | $75.02 | 1 g | 99.81% |
| Sigma-Aldrich (Rush Stock) | Germany | $75.50 | 10 g | — |
| Sigma-Aldrich | Germany | $75.50 | 10 g | — |
| AstaTech (2 weeks) | United States | $91.00 | 1 g | 95% |
| Labotest KG | Germany | $217.80 | 5000 mg | 90% |
| Otava, Ltd. | Ukraine | $460.00 | 250 mg | 95% |
| Fulfilled by Molport | Latvia | $1000.00 | 5 mg | — |
| Otava, Ltd. (2 weeks) | Ukraine | $2724.00 | 50 mg | 90% |
| Key Organics Ltd. | United Kingdom | $2740.00 | 50 mg | 95% |
| Angene | China → Hong Kong | $4266.67 | 30 mg | 98% |
Chemical Identity
CAS122-99-6
PubChem CID31236
DTXSIDDTXSID9021976
FormulaC8H10O2
Mol. Weight138.16 g/mol
SMILESC1=CC=C(C=C1)OCCO
Data Sources
DTXSID90219762026-04-06
https://doi.org/10.23645/epacomptox.5588566
Archive: data/sources/comptox/dsstox_identifiers.csv
312362026-04-06
https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/rest/pug/compound/cid/31236/property/MolecularFormula,MolecularWeight,CanonicalSMILES,InChIKey/JSON
Archive: data/sources/pubchem_properties/31236.json
122-99-62026-04-24
https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting
Archive: data/sources/epa_cdr/2020_cdr.csv
CAS 122-99-62026-04-25
https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting
Archive: data/sources/epa_cdr/2020_cdr_industrial.csv