Aluminum lactate

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

Molecular structure of 18917-91-4
US ProductionCBI
Import Value$78M
Top SourceNetherlands 33%

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 291811 · basket

These shares come from HS customs code 291811, which covers 12 chemicals in total. They estimate the bucket's origin mix, not this chemical specifically.

Source Countries
NL 33%NetherlandsBE 14%BelgiumES 13%SpainCN 12%ChinaIT 9%Italy
EPA-registered manufacturers (1)
Evonik
EPA-registered importers (2)
Basf Se · DE Germany
Basf

Why It Matters

Sectors
Core Chemicals
Downstream UsesNo data available
FDA Shortage Status
No FDA shortage records

Industrial Uses

Used in 1 sector as 1 functional role.

  • Intermediate in All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing (97%)Processing as a reactant

Vendor Pricing

$0.21/gBLD Pharmatech Ltd.
CountryChina
Pack$211.00 / 1 kg
Purity98%
Vendors7 available

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

6 more vendors
VendorCountry$/gPackPurity
Aaron Chemicals LLCHong Kong$0.29500 g95%
Angene ChemicalChina Hong Kong$0.29500 g95%
A2B Chem LLCUnited States$0.34500 g95%
AA BLOCKSUnited States$0.401 kg95%
Angene International LimitedUnited States$3.2025 g95%
AngeneChina Hong Kong$4266.6730 mg95%

Chemical Identity

CAS18917-91-4
PubChem CID16683018
DTXSIDDTXSID9036989
FormulaC9H15AlO9
Mol. Weight294.19 g/mol
SMILESCC(C(=O)O[Al](OC(=O)C(C)O)OC(=O)C(C)O)O

Data Sources

DTXSID90369892026-04-06

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

Archive: data/sources/comptox/dsstox_identifiers.csv

166830182026-04-06

https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/rest/pug/compound/cid/16683018/property/MolecularFormula,MolecularWeight,CanonicalSMILES,InChIKey/JSON

Archive: data/sources/pubchem_properties/16683018.json

18917-91-42026-04-24

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

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

CAS 18917-91-42026-04-25

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

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