Sodium propionate

U.S. production volumes are classified as confidential business information.

Molecular structure of 137-40-6
US ProductionCBI
Import Value$30M
Top SourceCanada 27%

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 291550 · basket

These shares come from HS customs code 291550, which covers 19 chemicals in total. They estimate the bucket's origin mix, not this chemical specifically.

Source Countries
CA 27%CanadaCN 14%ChinaIT 13%ItalyMX 11%MexicoIN 10%India

Why It Matters

Sectors
Food
Downstream UsesNo data available
FDA Shortage Status
No FDA shortage records

Industrial Uses

Used in 1 sector as 1 functional role.

  • Preservative in Food, beverage, and tobacco product manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product

Vendor Pricing

$0.01/gAngene Chemical
CountryChina (registered: Hong Kong)
Pack$6.00 / 500 g
Purity98%
Vendors16 available

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

15 more vendors
VendorCountry$/gPackPurity
Sigma-Aldrich (Rush Stock)Germany$0.0125 kg100.5%
Sigma-AldrichGermany$0.0125 kg100.5%
A2B Chem LLCUnited States$0.0225 kg98%
AA BLOCKSUnited States$0.0225 kg98%
BLD Pharmatech Ltd.China$0.031 kg99%
BLD Pharmatech GmbHGermany$0.05500 g99%
Ambeed, Inc.United States$0.111 kg99%
BLD Pharmatech Co., LimitedUnited States$0.13500 g99%
Combi-Blocks, Inc.United States$0.251 kg98%
AK Scientific SpecializedUnited States$0.27100 g98%
AK Scientific, Inc.United States$0.37100 g99%
Angene International LimitedUnited States$0.93100 g99%
TargetMol ChemicalsChina United States$37.001 g
MedChemExpress MCESweden$55.661 g99%
AngeneChina Hong Kong$4266.6730 mg98%

Chemical Identity

CAS137-40-6
PubChem CID2723816
DTXSIDDTXSID7021996
FormulaC3H5NaO2
Mol. Weight96.06 g/mol
SMILESCCC(=O)[O-].[Na+]

Data Sources

DTXSID70219962026-04-06

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

Archive: data/sources/comptox/dsstox_identifiers.csv

27238162026-04-06

https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/rest/pug/compound/cid/2723816/property/MolecularFormula,MolecularWeight,CanonicalSMILES,InChIKey/JSON

Archive: data/sources/pubchem_properties/2723816.json

137-40-62026-04-24

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

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

CAS 137-40-62026-04-25

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

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