Hexanedioic acid
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$49M
Top SourceCanada 36%
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 291712 · basket
These shares come from HS customs code 291712, which covers 21 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).
CA 36%CanadaBR 27%BrazilKR 10%South KoreaIN 6%IndiaNL 5%Netherlands
- United Kingdom
- Thailand
- Turkey
- Switzerland
EPA-registered manufacturers (4)
Companies that report making or importing this chemical to the EPA. Registration is US-centric and does not indicate import origin.
Emery Oleochemicals (M) Sdn Bhd · MY Malaysia
Ascend Performance Materials Holdings
Emery Oleochemicals
Ivanhoe Industries
EPA-registered importers (14)
Companies that report making or importing this chemical to the EPA. Registration is US-centric and does not indicate import origin.
Archroma Management Gmbh · CH Switzerland
Basf Se · DE Germany
Dr August Oetker Kg · DE Germany
Archroma U.S
Basf
Show all 14
Brenntag
Budenheim Usa
Dsm Holding
Kemira Chemicals
Lanxess
Snf Holding
Solvay
Soyventis North America
The Sherwin Williams
Why It Matters
Sectors
Plastics & RubberPaints & CoatingsPaper & PrintingCore ChemicalsHealthEnergyConsumer ProductsMetals & MiningWaterTextiles
Downstream Uses
Appears in 1 drug and cosmetic product listings (FDA).
- •Organic Acid Combination 9305
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 15 sectors as 12 functional roles.
- •Intermediate in Synthetic Dye and Pigment Manufacturing (100%)Processing as a reactant
- •Intermediate in All Other Basic Organic Chemical ManufacturingProcessing as a reactant
- •Monomers in Plastics Material and Resin ManufacturingProcessing as a reactant
- •Monomers in Synthetic Rubber ManufacturingProcessing as a reactant
- •Intermediate in All Other Chemical Product and Preparation ManufacturingProcessing as a reactant
- •Monomers in Paper ManufacturingProcessing as a reactant
- •Catalyst in Plastics Material and Resin Manufacturing (0%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Flocculating agent in UtilitiesUse—non-incorporative activities
- •Flotation agent in UtilitiesUse—non-incorporative activities
- •Flocculating agent in Paper ManufacturingUse—non-incorporative activities
- •Lubricating agent in Primary Metal Manufacturing (100%)Processing as a reactant
- •Solids separation agents in Utilities (96%)Use—non-incorporative activities
- •Solids separation agents in Paper Manufacturing (4%)Use—non-incorporative activities
- •Lubricants and lubricant additives in Petroleum Lubricating Oil and Grease Manufacturing (75%)Processing as a reactant
- •Plasticizer in Plastics Material and Resin Manufacturing (25%)Processing as a reactant
- •Intermediate in Wholesale and Retail Trade (100%)Use—non-incorporative activities
- •Intermediate in Plastics Material and Resin ManufacturingProcessing as a reactant
- •Intermediate in Organic Fiber ManufacturingProcessing as a reactant
- •Adsorbents and absorbents in UtilitiesUse—non-incorporative activities
- •Solvents (for cleaning or degreasing) in Textiles, apparel, and leather manufacturingUse—non-incorporative activities
- •Intermediate in Paint and Coating Manufacturing (100%)Processing as a reactant
- •Solvents (which become part of product formulation or mixture) in Miscellaneous Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Monomers in All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing (100%)Processing as a reactant
- •Monomers in Not Known or Reasonably AscertainableProcessing—incorporation into article
Vendor Pricing
$0.01/gAngene Chemical
CountryChina (registered: Hong Kong)
Pack$10.00 / 1 kg
Purity95%
Vendors27 available
Prices reflect listed pack sizes. Small research packs run far above bulk rates.
26 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 | $0.01 | 500 g | 95% |
| Fluorochem UK | United Kingdom | $0.02 | 5 kg | 99% |
| ALFA AESAR | Germany | $0.02 | 25 kg | 99% |
| A2B Chem LLC | United States | $0.02 | 1 kg | 98% |
| AA BLOCKS | United States | $0.02 | 1 kg | 95% |
| Sigma-Aldrich (Rush Stock) | Germany | $0.03 | 3 kg | 99% |
| Sigma-Aldrich | Germany | $0.03 | 3 kg | 99% |
| BLD Pharmatech Co., Limited | United States | $0.03 | 1 kg | 95% |
| BLD Pharmatech Ltd. | China | $0.03 | 1 kg | 95% |
| Ambeed, Inc. | United States | $0.03 | 1 kg | 95% |
| Fluorochem EU | Germany | $0.05 | 500 g | 99% |
| Chemscene | United States | $0.05 | 1 kg | — |
| Angene International Limited | United States | $0.06 | 500 g | 95% |
| AK Scientific Specialized | United States | $0.08 | 500 g | 98% |
| AK Scientific, Inc. | United States | $0.11 | 500 g | 99% |
| AstaTech, Inc | United States | $0.12 | 250 g | 95% |
| MedChemExpress MCE | Sweden | $0.12 | 1 kg | 99.82% |
| Combi-Blocks, Inc. | United States | $0.25 | 1 kg | 95% |
| Interbioscreen | Hong Kong | $10.00 | 10 g | 95% |
| MedKoo Biosciences, Inc | United States | $18.00 | 25 g | 98% |
| Molnova | China | $27.00 | 1 g | 99% |
| Labotest KG | Germany | $217.80 | 5000 mg | 90% |
| Otava, Ltd. | Ukraine | $2280.00 | 50 mg | 95% |
| Otava, Ltd. (2 weeks) | Ukraine | $2724.00 | 50 mg | 95% |
| ChemDiv, Inc. | United States | $4070.00 | 100 mg | 90% |
| Angene | China → Hong Kong | $4266.67 | 30 mg | 95% |
Chemical Identity
CAS124-04-9
PubChem CID196
DTXSIDDTXSID7021605
FormulaC6H10O4
Mol. Weight146.14 g/mol
SMILESC(CCC(=O)O)CC(=O)O
Data Sources
DTXSID70216052026-04-06
https://doi.org/10.23645/epacomptox.5588566
Archive: data/sources/comptox/dsstox_identifiers.csv
1962026-04-06
https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/rest/pug/compound/cid/196/property/MolecularFormula,MolecularWeight,CanonicalSMILES,InChIKey/JSON
Archive: data/sources/pubchem_properties/196.json
124-04-92026-04-24
https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting
Archive: data/sources/epa_cdr/2020_cdr.csv
CAS 124-04-92026-04-25
https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting
Archive: data/sources/epa_cdr/2020_cdr_industrial.csv