Trimethyl benzene-1,2,4-tricarboxylate

CAS 2459-10-1

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

US productionCBI

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

Import value, 2024$316M

Top sourceSouth Korea 19%

At least one company claimed its 2019 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: 2019. Import value and source-country shares describe a shared customs category, not a separate chemical measurement.

Where It Comes From

Customs basis: HS 291739 · basket

EPA reports by year

2019: US production Confidential · Imports Confidential

These shares come from HS customs code 291739, which covers 103 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).

KR 19%South KoreaCN 19%ChinaIN 18%IndiaES 13%SpainCA 9%Canada

Netherlands
Malaysia
Colombia
Switzerland
Turkey
Germany
Peru
Brazil
Sweden
Belgium
Denmark
Czech Republic
Ukraine
Hong Kong

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.

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Why It Matters

No EPA sector or FDA product records name a use for this chemical.

Vendor Pricing

$0.42/gAaron Chemicals LLC

CountryHong Kong

Pack$209.00 / 500 g

Purity98%

Vendors9 available

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

8 more vendors

Vendor	Country	$/g	Pack	Purity
Angene Chemical	China → Hong Kong	$0.42	500 g	98%
AK Scientific Specialized	United States	$0.50	100 g	95%
Combi-Blocks, Inc.	United States	$0.56	500 g	95%
A2B Chem LLC	United States	$0.60	500 g	97%
AA BLOCKS	United States	$0.64	500 g	98%
AK Scientific, Inc.	United States	$0.67	100 g	97%
Angene International Limited	United States	$17.40	5 g	97%
Angene	China → Hong Kong	$4266.67	30 mg	98%

Chemical Identity

CAS2459-10-1

PubChem CID17159

DTXSIDDTXSID8044620

FormulaC12H12O6

Mol. Weight252.22 g/mol

SMILESCOC(=O)C1=CC(=C(C=C1)C(=O)OC)C(=O)OC

Data Sources

EPA CompTox (DSSTox) · DTXSID8044620Retrieved 2026-04-06
PubChem · compound 17159Retrieved 2026-04-06
EPA Chemical Data ReportingReporting year: 2019 · Retrieved 2026-10-04
US Census international tradeReporting year: 2024 · Retrieved 2026-10-04

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Brief citations

Trimethyl benzene-1,2,4-tricarboxylate (CAS 2459-10-1) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/2459-10-1/ EPA CompTox (DSSTox): DTXSID8044620. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://comptox.epa.gov/dashboard/chemical/details/DTXSID8044620 PubChem: 17159. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/17159 EPA Chemical Data Reporting: 2459-10-1. Reporting year: 2019. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting US Census international trade: HS 291739 for CAS 2459-10-1. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/