Dimethyl phthalate

Drug ingredient

This drug ingredient has classified U.S. production volumes. EPA withholds the number as confidential business information.

Molecular structure of 131-11-3
US ProductionCBI
Import Value$28M
Top SourceIndia 39%

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 291734 · basket

These shares come from HS customs code 291734, which covers 14 chemicals in total. They estimate the bucket's origin mix, not this chemical specifically.

Source Countries
IN 39%IndiaCA 27%CanadaKR 8%South KoreaJP 6%JapanDE 6%Germany
EPA-registered importers (5)
Basf Se · DE Germany
Basf
Industrial Chemicals
Mak Chemicals
Nouryon Chemicals
1 FDA-registered drug labeler
Professional Complementary Health Formulas

Why It Matters

Sectors
Core ChemicalsHealthConsumer ProductsPlastics & Rubber
Downstream Uses

Appears in 1 drug and cosmetic product listings (FDA).

  • •Glyoxal Combination 9303
FDA Shortage Status
No FDA shortage records

Industrial Uses

Used in 5 sectors as 5 functional roles.

  • •Intermediate in All Other Basic Organic Chemical ManufacturingProcessing as a reactant
  • •Corrosion inhibitors and anti-scaling agents in All Other Chemical Product and Preparation Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
  • •Plasticizer in Plastics Material and Resin ManufacturingProcessing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
  • •Hardener in Photographic Film, Paper, Plate, and Chemical Manufacturing (1%)Processing as a reactant
  • •Hardener in Plastics Product Manufacturing (20%)Processing as a reactant
  • •Catalyst in Plastics Product Manufacturing (70%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
  • •Plasticizer in Plastics Product Manufacturing (0%)Processing—incorporation into article

Vendor Pricing

$0.01/gAaron Chemicals LLC
CountryHong Kong
Pack$5.00 / 500 g
Purity99%
Vendors23 available

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

22 more vendors
VendorCountry$/gPackPurity
Angene ChemicalChina → Hong Kong$0.02500 g99%
Sigma-Aldrich (Rush Stock)Germany$0.0225 kg99%
Sigma-AldrichGermany$0.0225 kg99%
BLD Pharmatech GmbHGermany$0.031 kg99%
BLD Pharmatech Ltd.China$0.031 kg99%
A2B Chem LLCUnited States$0.03500 g99%
AA BLOCKSUnited States$0.03500 g99%
ALFA AESARGermany$0.042.5 kg99%
Fluorochem UKUnited Kingdom$0.07500 g98%
AK Scientific, Inc.United States$0.17500 g99%
MedChemExpress MCESweden$0.17500 g99.87%
Combi-Blocks, Inc.United States$0.251 kg99%
Angene International LimitedUnited States$0.28100 g98%
AstaTech (2 weeks)United States$2.0025 g95%
MedKoo Biosciences, IncUnited States$10.0025 g98%
AK Scientific SpecializedUnited States$19.405 g99.5%
Labotest KGGermany$217.805000 mg90%
ChemFacesChina$1500.0020 mg98%
Otava, Ltd.Ukraine$2280.0050 mg95%
Otava, Ltd. (2 weeks)Ukraine$2724.0050 mg95%
Key Organics Ltd.United Kingdom$2740.0050 mg95%
AngeneChina → Hong Kong$4266.6730 mg99%

Chemical Identity

CAS131-11-3
PubChem CID8554
DTXSIDDTXSID3022455
FormulaC10H10O4
Mol. Weight194.18 g/mol
SMILESCOC(=O)C1=CC=CC=C1C(=O)OC

Data Sources

DTXSID30224552026-04-06

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

Archive: data/sources/comptox/dsstox_identifiers.csv

85542026-04-06

https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/rest/pug/compound/cid/8554/property/MolecularFormula,MolecularWeight,CanonicalSMILES,InChIKey/JSON

Archive: data/sources/pubchem_properties/8554.json

131-11-32026-04-24

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

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

CAS 131-11-32026-04-07

https://open.fda.gov/data/ndc/

Archive: data/sources/fda/ndc/ndc.json

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