Aluminum lactate

CAS 18917-91-4

Used in 1 industrial sector tracked by the EPA.

US production779.8K lb

Import value, 2024$78M

Import volumeCBI

Confidential Business Information. The EPA withholds this volume because publishing it could reveal the reporting company's trade secrets.

Top sourceNetherlands 33%

At least one company claimed its 2023 production or import volume for this chemical as confidential, so EPA withholds it.

Why supply is unknown

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.

Where It Comes From

Customs basis: HS 291811 · basket

EPA reports by year

2023: US production 779.8K lb · Imports Confidential
2019: US production Confidential · Imports Confidential

These shares come from HS customs code 291811, which covers 35 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).

NL 33%NetherlandsBE 14%BelgiumES 13%SpainCN 12%ChinaIT 9%Italy

Mexico
United Kingdom
Switzerland
Austria
South Korea
Sweden
Taiwan
Ukraine

EPA-registered manufacturers (1)

Companies that report making or importing this chemical to the EPA. Registration is US-centric and does not indicate import origin.

Evonik

EPA-registered importers (2)

Companies that report making or importing this chemical to the EPA. Registration is US-centric and does not indicate import origin.

Basf Se · DE Germany

Basf

Why It Matters

Sectors

Core Chemicals

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

•Intermediate in All Other Basic Organic Chemical ManufacturingProcessing 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

Vendor	Country	$/g	Pack	Purity
Aaron Chemicals LLC	Hong Kong	$0.29	500 g	95%
Angene Chemical	China → Hong Kong	$0.29	500 g	95%
A2B Chem LLC	United States	$0.34	500 g	95%
AA BLOCKS	United States	$0.40	1 kg	95%
Angene International Limited	United States	$3.20	25 g	95%
Angene	China → Hong Kong	$4266.67	30 mg	95%

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

EPA CompTox (DSSTox) · DTXSID9036989Retrieved 2026-04-06
PubChem · compound 16683018Retrieved 2026-04-06
EPA Chemical Data ReportingReporting year: 2023 · Retrieved 2026-10-04
EPA Chemical Data ReportingReporting year: 2023 · Retrieved 2026-10-04
US Census international tradeReporting year: 2024 · Retrieved 2026-10-04

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Brief citations

Aluminum lactate (CAS 18917-91-4) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/18917-91-4/ EPA CompTox (DSSTox): DTXSID9036989. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://comptox.epa.gov/dashboard/chemical/details/DTXSID9036989 PubChem: 16683018. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/16683018 EPA Chemical Data Reporting: 18917-91-4. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting EPA Chemical Data Reporting: CAS 18917-91-4. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting US Census international trade: HS 291811 for CAS 18917-91-4. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/