Oxalic acid

Drug ingredient

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

Molecular structure of 144-62-7
US ProductionCBI
Import Value$11M
Top SourceSpain 45%

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 291711 · basket

These shares come from HS customs code 291711, which covers 7 chemicals in total. They estimate the bucket's origin mix, not this chemical specifically.

Source Countries
ES 45%SpainCN 25%ChinaIN 10%IndiaTW 6%TaiwanIT 6%Italy
EPA-registered manufacturers (1)
Riverside Specialty Chemicals
EPA-registered importers (11)
Astro Chemicals
Brenntag
Brenntag Southwest, Inc., Lanc
Global Chemical Resources
Greenchem Industries
Show all 11
Harcros Chemicals
Icl Specialty Products North America
Lbb Specialties Holdings
Redox
Univar Solutions
Wintersun International
6 FDA-registered drug labelers
Bhp Holdings, Inc.
DNA Labs, Inc.
Energique, Inc.
Guangzhou Renuma Medical Systems Co., Ltd
Nucleic Products, LLC
Professional Complementary Health Formulas

Why It Matters

Sectors
Plastics & RubberCore ChemicalsHealthEnergyConsumer ProductsMetals & MiningPaints & CoatingsAgriculture
Downstream Uses

Appears in 9 drug and cosmetic product listings (FDA).

  • Vascu-Pro T009
  • D-107
  • Circulapar
  • Lyme and Co-Infection Nosode
  • Kidney Stone Drops 2039
  • Pain Formula III Drops 2091
  • Lyme Nosode Drops 2128
  • Oxaltem
Show all 9
  • Flex Drops 2024
FDA Shortage Status
No FDA shortage records

Industrial Uses

Used in 7 sectors as 6 functional roles.

  • Catalyst in Plastics Material and Resin Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
  • Reducing agent in All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing (100%)Processing as a reactant
  • Corrosion inhibitors and anti-scaling agents in Miscellaneous Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
  • Catalyst in Petroleum Refineries (100%)Processing as a reactant
  • Paint additives and coating additives not described by other categories in Paint and Coating Manufacturing (10%)Not Known or Reasonably Ascertainable
  • Surface active agents in Soap, Cleaning Compound, and Toilet Preparation Manufacturing (30%)Not Known or Reasonably Ascertainable
  • Photosensitive chemicals in Photographic Film, Paper, Plate, and Chemical Manufacturing (20%)Not Known or Reasonably Ascertainable

Vendor Pricing

$0.01/gAaron Chemicals LLC
CountryHong Kong
Pack$11.00 / 1 kg
Purity98%
Vendors23 available

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

22 more vendors
VendorCountry$/gPackPurity
Angene ChemicalChina Hong Kong$0.011 kg98%
A2B Chem LLCUnited States$0.021 kg99%
AA BLOCKSUnited States$0.021 kg99%
Ambeed, Inc.United States$0.031 kg98%
Manchester OrganicsUnited Kingdom$0.052.5 kg98%
ChemsceneUnited States$0.051 kg
AK Scientific SpecializedUnited States$0.081 kg98%
Sigma-Aldrich (Rush Stock)Germany$0.101 kg98%
Sigma-AldrichGermany$0.101 kg98%
AK Scientific, Inc.United States$0.121 kg99%
Fluorochem UKUnited Kingdom$0.141 kg97%
Fluorochem EUGermany$0.141 kg97%
Combi-Blocks, Inc.United States$0.251 kg95%
ALFA AESARGermany$0.27250 g98%
Angene International LimitedUnited States$0.28500 g99%
MedChemExpress MCESweden$12.585 g99.72%
AstaTech (2 weeks)United States$16.005 g95%
Labotest KGGermany$217.805000 mg90%
Vitas M Chemical LimitedHong Kong$310.001 g90%
MolnovaChina$370.00100 mg99%
Princeton BioMolecular Research (SC)United States$2900.00100 mg90%
AngeneChina Hong Kong$4266.6730 mg98%

Chemical Identity

CAS144-62-7
PubChem CID971
DTXSIDDTXSID0025816
FormulaC2H2O4
Mol. Weight90.03 g/mol
SMILESC(=O)(C(=O)O)O

Data Sources

DTXSID00258162026-04-06

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

Archive: data/sources/comptox/dsstox_identifiers.csv

9712026-04-06

https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/rest/pug/compound/cid/971/property/MolecularFormula,MolecularWeight,CanonicalSMILES,InChIKey/JSON

Archive: data/sources/pubchem_properties/971.json

144-62-72026-04-24

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

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

CAS 144-62-72026-04-07

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

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