2-Aminoethanol hydrochloride

CAS 2002-24-6

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

Molecular structure of 2002-24-6 — 1 HCl

US productionCBI

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

Import value, 2024$63M

Top sourceSaudi Arabia 32%

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. US production volume is confidential. 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 292211 · basket

EPA reports by year

2023: US production Confidential · Imports Confidential
2019: US production Confidential · Imports Confidential

These shares come from HS customs code 292211, which covers 10 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).

SA 32%Saudi ArabiaCN 23%ChinaBR 10%BrazilTW 10%TaiwanMX 10%Mexico

Denmark
Turkey
United Kingdom

EPA-registered manufacturers (2)

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

Ces Energy Solutions · CA Canada

Aes Holdings

Domestic parents -- activity not disclosed (1)

EPA records name a US company for this chemical but do not disclose whether the company made it here or imported it.

Baker Hughes

Why It Matters

Sectors

Energy

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

•Anti-scaling agent in Oil and Gas Drilling, Extraction, and Support activities (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product

Vendor Pricing

$0.14/gAaron Chemicals LLC

CountryHong Kong

Pack$71.00 / 500 g

Purity98%

Vendors6 available

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

5 more vendors

Vendor	Country	$/g	Pack	Purity
Angene Chemical	China → Hong Kong	$0.15	500 g	98%
A2B Chem LLC	United States	$0.20	5 kg	97%
AA BLOCKS	United States	$0.20	10 kg	97%
Angene International Limited	United States	$1.22	100 g	98%
Angene	China → Hong Kong	$4266.67	30 mg	98%

Chemical Identity

CAS2002-24-6

PubChem CID74819

DTXSIDDTXSID8049593

FormulaC2H8ClNO

Mol. Weight97.54 g/mol

SMILESC(CO)N.Cl

Data Sources

EPA CompTox (DSSTox) · DTXSID8049593Retrieved 2026-04-06
PubChem · compound 74819Retrieved 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

2-Aminoethanol hydrochloride (CAS 2002-24-6) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/2002-24-6/ EPA CompTox (DSSTox): DTXSID8049593. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://comptox.epa.gov/dashboard/chemical/details/DTXSID8049593 PubChem: 74819. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/74819 EPA Chemical Data Reporting: 2002-24-6. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting EPA Chemical Data Reporting: CAS 2002-24-6. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting US Census international trade: HS 292211 for CAS 2002-24-6. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/