Phenyl 1-hydroxy-2-naphthoate

CAS 132-54-7

Companies reported imports and no US production of this chemical to EPA for 2019.

US productionZero

Import value, 2024$122M

Import volume23.0K lb

Import dependency100%

Top sourceSouth Korea 39%

Production is reported production, not a complete census of factories. Production reporting year: 2019. Import value and source-country shares describe a shared customs category, not a separate chemical measurement.

Phenyl 1-hydroxy-2-naphthoate · US import value by year

2013: $123M · Peak 2022: $151M · 2024: $122M · 2025: $128M

Where It Comes From

Customs basis: HS 291829 · basket

EPA reports by year

2019: US production Zero · Imports 23.0K lb

These shares come from HS customs code 291829, which covers 85 tracked chemicals in total. They estimate the category's origin mix, not this chemical specifically.

Source Countries

Country of origin for US imports, from Census customs data (2024).

KR 39%South KoreaCN 26%ChinaTW 11%TaiwanJP 9%JapanSG 5%Singapore

United Kingdom
Germany
Malaysia
Mexico
Ireland
Ukraine
Slovakia
Hungary
Spain

EPA-registered importers (1)

Companies that report making or importing this chemical to the EPA. Registration is US-centric and does not indicate import origin.

Eastman Kodak

Why It Matters

Sectors

Consumer Products

Downstream UsesNot recorded

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

•Intermediate in Photographic Film, Paper, Plate, and Chemical Manufacturing (100%)Processing as a reactant

Vendor Pricing

$0.45/gAaron Chemicals LLC

CountryHong Kong

Pack$223.00 / 500 g

Purity98%

Vendors17 available

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

16 more vendors

Vendor	Country	$/g	Pack	Purity
Angene Chemical	China → Hong Kong	$0.48	500 g	98%
AK Scientific Specialized	United States	$0.54	500 g	97%
Combi-Blocks, Inc.	United States	$0.54	500 g	98%
A2B Chem LLC	United States	$0.58	500 g	95%
AA BLOCKS	United States	$0.60	500 g	98%
AK Scientific, Inc.	United States	$0.72	500 g	99%
Angene International Limited	United States	$0.90	500 g	97%
BLD Pharmatech Ltd.	China	$1.40	25 g	98%
BLD Pharmatech Co., Limited	United States	$2.00	5 g	98%
BLD Pharmatech GmbH	Germany	$2.00	5 g	98%
Ambeed, Inc.	United States	$2.00	5 g	98%
Labotest KG	Germany	$453.00	1000 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	98%
TimTec, LLC (back-ordered)	United States	$32000.00	15 mg	94%

Chemical Identity

CAS132-54-7

PubChem CID67236

DTXSIDDTXSID1038876

FormulaC17H12O3

Mol. Weight264.27 g/mol

SMILESC1=CC=C(C=C1)OC(=O)C2=C(C3=CC=CC=C3C=C2)O

Data Sources

EPA CompTox (DSSTox) · DTXSID1038876Retrieved 2026-04-06
PubChem · compound 67236Retrieved 2026-04-06
EPA Chemical Data ReportingReporting year: 2019 · Retrieved 2026-10-04
EPA Chemical Data ReportingReporting year: 2019 · Retrieved 2026-10-04
US Census international tradeReporting year: 2024 · Retrieved 2026-10-04

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Brief citations

Phenyl 1-hydroxy-2-naphthoate (CAS 132-54-7) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/132-54-7/ EPA CompTox (DSSTox): DTXSID1038876. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://comptox.epa.gov/dashboard/chemical/details/DTXSID1038876 PubChem: 67236. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/67236 EPA Chemical Data Reporting: 132-54-7. Reporting year: 2019. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting EPA Chemical Data Reporting: CAS 132-54-7. Reporting year: 2019. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting US Census international trade: HS 291829 for CAS 132-54-7. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/