Hydroquinone
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$5M
Top SourceItaly 70%
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 290722 · exact
Source Countries
Country of origin for US imports, from Census customs data (2023).
IT 70%ItalyIN 14%IndiaMX 7%MexicoCN 5%ChinaGB 4%United Kingdom
- Japan
EPA-registered manufacturers (1)
Companies that report making or importing this chemical to the EPA. Registration is US-centric and does not indicate import origin.
Solvay
EPA-registered importers (4)
Companies that report making or importing this chemical to the EPA. Registration is US-centric and does not indicate import origin.
Mitsui & · JP Japan
Carestream Health
Mitsui & Co. (U. S. A.)
Solvay
24 FDA-registered drug labelers
Acella Pharmaceuticals, LLC
Akron Pharma Inc
AMCOL Health & Beauty Solutions, Inc. DBA
APNAR PHARMA LP
Asclemed USA Inc.
Bryant Ranch Prepack
Dermavance Pharmaceuticals
Deseret Biologicals, Inc.
Eastman Chemical Company
Galderma Laboratories, L.P.
Global Calcium Private Limited
LETCO MEDICAL, LLC
Marlex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Medilux Laboratories Pvt. Ltd.
Medisca Inc.
Nivagen Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
O Skin Care LLC
Obagi Cosmeceuticals LLC
Professional Compounding Centers of America dba PCCA
SOHM, Inc.
Spectrum Laboratory Products, Inc.
Vivant Pharmaceuticals, LLC
Westminster Pharmaceuticals, LLC
ZO Skin Health, Inc.
Why It Matters
Sectors
Core ChemicalsHealthConsumer ProductsPlastics & RubberMetals & Mining
Downstream Uses
Appears in 17 drug and cosmetic product listings (FDA).
- •Hydro-Q
- •ZO Skin Health Pigment Control Plus Blending Creme Hydroquinone
- •Hydroquinone 4%
- •Bio Cytotox Phase
- •NU-DERM Clear Skin Bleaching and Corrector
- •NU-DERM Blender Skin Lightener and Blending
- •Obagi-C Rx system C-Clarifying Serum Normal TO oily SKIN Lightening Serum WITH Vitamin C
- •Obagi-C Rx system C-Therapy Night Skin Lightening with Vitamins C and E
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- •Hydroquinone
- •NU-DERM Sunfader Skin Lightener with Sunscreen (SPF 15) PABA FREE
- •Hydroquinone cream
- •ZO Skin Health Pigment Control plus Brightening Creme Hydroquinone plus Vitamin C
- •Obagi C RX system C Clarifying Serum
- •ZO Skin Health Pigment Control Creme Hydroquinone
- •Olivia Quido Blemish Eraser
- •Vivant True Tone Forte
- •TRI-LUMA
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.
- •Antioxidant in Rubber Product Manufacturing (100%)Processing—repackaging
- •Photosensitive chemicals in Photographic Film, Paper, Plate, and Chemical ManufacturingProcessing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Intermediate in All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing (100%)Processing as a reactant
- •Process regulators in Plastics Material and Resin ManufacturingProcessing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
Vendor Pricing
$0.06/gA2B Chem LLC
CountryUnited States
Pack$32.00 / 500 g
PurityNo data available
Vendors16 available
Prices reflect listed pack sizes. Small research packs run far above bulk rates.
15 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AA BLOCKS | United States | $0.07 | 500 g | — |
| Sigma-Aldrich (Rush Stock) | Germany | $0.07 | 2 kg | 99% |
| Sigma-Aldrich | Germany | $0.07 | 2 kg | 99% |
| AK Scientific Specialized | United States | $0.12 | 500 g | 98% |
| AK Scientific, Inc. | United States | $0.16 | 500 g | 99% |
| Fluorochem UK | United Kingdom | $0.18 | 500 g | 99% |
| Combi-Blocks, Inc. | United States | $0.25 | 1 kg | 98% |
| AstaTech, Inc | United States | $0.39 | 100 g | 95% |
| Interbioscreen | Hong Kong | $10.00 | 10 g | 95% |
| Labotest KG | Germany | $217.80 | 5000 mg | 90% |
| Otava, Ltd. | Ukraine | $460.00 | 250 mg | 95% |
| ChemFaces | China | $1500.00 | 20 mg | 98% |
| Otava, Ltd. (2 weeks) | Ukraine | $2724.00 | 50 mg | 90% |
| Princeton BioMolecular Research (SC) | United States | $2900.00 | 100 mg | 90% |
| Vitas M Chemical Limited | Hong Kong | $3170.00 | 100 mg | 90% |
Chemical Identity
CAS123-31-9
PubChem CID785
DTXSIDDTXSID7020716
FormulaC6H6O2
Mol. Weight110.11 g/mol
SMILESC1=CC(=CC=C1O)O
Data Sources
DTXSID70207162026-04-06
https://doi.org/10.23645/epacomptox.5588566
Archive: data/sources/comptox/dsstox_identifiers.csv
7852026-04-06
https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/rest/pug/compound/cid/785/property/MolecularFormula,MolecularWeight,CanonicalSMILES,InChIKey/JSON
Archive: data/sources/pubchem_properties/785.json
123-31-92026-04-24
https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting
Archive: data/sources/epa_cdr/2020_cdr.csv
CAS 123-31-92026-04-07
https://open.fda.gov/data/ndc/
Archive: data/sources/fda/ndc/ndc.json