Sodium propionate

CAS 137-40-6

Companies reported imports and no US production of this chemical to EPA for 2023.

US productionZero

Import value, 2024$30M

Import volume2.0K lb

Import dependency100%

Top sourceCanada 27%

Production is reported production, not a complete census of factories. Production reporting year: 2023. Import value and source-country shares describe a shared customs category, not a separate chemical measurement.

Sodium propionate · US import value by year

2013: $27M · Peak 2022: $32M · 2024: $30M · 2025: $30M

Where It Comes From

Customs basis: HS 291550 · basket

EPA reports by year

2023: US production Zero · Imports 2.0K lb
2019: US production Confidential · Imports Confidential

These shares come from HS customs code 291550, which covers 61 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).

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

Slovakia
Sweden
Argentina
Switzerland

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.

Brenntag

Why It Matters

Sectors

Food

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

•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

Vendor	Country	$/g	Pack	Purity
Sigma-Aldrich (Rush Stock)	Germany	$0.01	25 kg	100.5%
Sigma-Aldrich	Germany	$0.01	25 kg	100.5%
A2B Chem LLC	United States	$0.02	25 kg	98%
AA BLOCKS	United States	$0.02	25 kg	98%
BLD Pharmatech Ltd.	China	$0.03	1 kg	99%
BLD Pharmatech GmbH	Germany	$0.05	500 g	99%
Ambeed, Inc.	United States	$0.11	1 kg	99%
BLD Pharmatech Co., Limited	United States	$0.13	500 g	99%
Combi-Blocks, Inc.	United States	$0.25	1 kg	98%
AK Scientific Specialized	United States	$0.27	100 g	98%
AK Scientific, Inc.	United States	$0.37	100 g	99%
Angene International Limited	United States	$0.93	100 g	99%
TargetMol Chemicals	China → United States	$37.00	1 g	—
MedChemExpress MCE	Sweden	$55.66	1 g	99%
Angene	China → Hong Kong	$4266.67	30 mg	98%

Chemical Identity

CAS137-40-6

PubChem CID2723816

DTXSIDDTXSID7021996

FormulaC3H5NaO2

Mol. Weight96.06 g/mol

SMILESCCC(=O)[O-].[Na+]

Data Sources

EPA CompTox (DSSTox) · DTXSID7021996Retrieved 2026-04-06
PubChem · compound 2723816Retrieved 2026-04-06
EPA Chemical Data ReportingReporting year: 2023 · 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

Sodium propionate (CAS 137-40-6) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/137-40-6/ EPA CompTox (DSSTox): DTXSID7021996. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://comptox.epa.gov/dashboard/chemical/details/DTXSID7021996 PubChem: 2723816. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/2723816 EPA Chemical Data Reporting: 137-40-6. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting EPA Chemical Data Reporting: CAS 137-40-6. Reporting year: 2019. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting US Census international trade: HS 291550 for CAS 137-40-6. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/