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Gallic acid

Drug ingredient

CAS 149-91-7

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

Molecular structure of 149-91-7
US productionZero
Import value, 2024$122M
Import volume46.8K 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.

Gallic acid · US import value by year
$123M2013$151M2022$122M2024$128M2025

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

Where It Comes From

Customs basis: HS 291829 · basket

EPA reports by year
2023
US production Not published · Imports Not published
2019
US production Zero · Imports 46.8K 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
KR 39%South KoreaCN 26%ChinaTW 11%TaiwanJP 9%JapanSG 5%Singapore
EPA-registered importers (1)
Cellmark Usa, Llc.
3 FDA-registered drug labelers
Deseret Biologicals, Inc.
Energetix Corporation
Professional Complementary Health Formulas

Why It Matters

Sectors
Core ChemicalsHealth
Downstream Uses

Appears in 3 drug and cosmetic product listings (FDA).

  • •Gallic Acid 1520
  • •Gallic Acid
  • •Isopathic Phenolic Rings
FDA Shortage Status
No FDA shortage records

Industrial Uses

  • •Cleaning agent in All Other Basic Inorganic Chemical Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product

Vendor Pricing

$0.04/gAA BLOCKS
CountryUnited States
Pack$35.00 / 1 kg
Purity98%
Vendors39 available

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

38 more vendors
VendorCountry$/gPackPurity
A2B Chem LLCUnited States$0.041 kg98%
Aaron Chemicals LLCHong Kong$0.04500 g98%
Angene ChemicalChina → Hong Kong$0.04500 g98%
BLD Pharmatech Co., LimitedUnited States$0.051 kg98%
BLD Pharmatech GmbHGermany$0.051 kg98%
BLD Pharmatech Ltd.China$0.051 kg98%
Ambeed, Inc.United States$0.051 kg98%
ChemsceneUnited States$0.051 kg—
Apollo Scientific USUnited Kingdom$0.065 kg99%
Fluorochem EUGermany$0.061 kg98%
Fluorochem UKUnited Kingdom$0.10250 g98%
Manchester OrganicsUnited Kingdom$0.14500 g97%
AK Scientific SpecializedUnited States$0.251 kg98%
Combi-Blocks, Inc.United States$0.251 kg98%
AK Scientific, Inc.United States$0.341 kg99%
ALFA AESARGermany$0.411 kg99%
Sigma-Aldrich (Rush Stock)Germany$0.64500 g99%
Sigma-AldrichGermany$0.64500 g99%
Angene International LimitedUnited States$0.68500 g99%
Cayman EuropeEstonia$1.24100 g98%
AstaTech (2 weeks)United States$6.005 g95%
InterbioscreenHong Kong$24.0010 g95%
MedChemExpress MCESweden$42.595 g99.99%
Vitas M Chemical LimitedHong Kong$81.605 g90%
TargetMol ChemicalsChina → United States$96.001 g99.95%
Axon MedchemNetherlands$216.00500 mg100%
Labotest KGGermany$217.805000 mg90%
ChemNormChina$350.0020 mg98%
Otava, Ltd.Ukraine$460.00250 mg95%
MolnovaChina$680.0050 mg99%
ChemFacesChina$1500.0020 mg98%
Apexbio Technology LLCUnited States$2500.0020 mg98%
Otava, Ltd. (2 weeks)Ukraine$2724.0050 mg90%
Princeton BioMolecular Research (SC)United States$2900.00100 mg90%
AngeneChina → Hong Kong$4266.6730 mg98%
Key Organics Ltd.United Kingdom$6900.0010 mg97%
ChemDiv, Inc.United States$7666.6715 mg90%
AnalytiCon Discovery - a Division of BRAIN Biotech AGGermany$73652.70100 mg85%

Chemical Identity

CAS149-91-7
PubChem CID370
DTXSIDDTXSID0020650
FormulaC7H6O5
Mol. Weight170.12 g/mol
SMILESC1=C(C=C(C(=C1O)O)O)C(=O)O

Data Sources

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Brief citations

Gallic acid (CAS 149-91-7) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/149-91-7/ EPA CompTox (DSSTox): DTXSID0020650. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://comptox.epa.gov/dashboard/chemical/details/DTXSID0020650 PubChem: 370. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/370 EPA Chemical Data Reporting: 149-91-7. Reporting year: 2019. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting FDA National Drug Code directory: CAS 149-91-7. Retrieved 2026-04-07. https://open.fda.gov/data/ndc/ US Census international trade: HS 291829 for CAS 149-91-7. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/