1,3-Benzenedicarboxylic acid, polymer with 1,4-benzenedicarboxylic acid and 4,4'-(1-methylethylidene)bis[phenol]
No U.S. production. America imports the entire domestic supply.
US ProductionZero
Import Value$660M
Import Volume44.1K lbs
Import Dependency100%
Top SourceGermany 17%
1,3-Benzenedicarboxylic acid, polymer with 1,4-benzenedicarboxylic acid and 4,4'-(1-methylethylidene)bis[phenol] · US import value by year
Where It Comes From
Customs basis: HS 390799 · basket
These shares come from HS customs code 390799, which covers 1 chemicals in total. They estimate the bucket's origin mix, not this chemical specifically.
Source Countries
Country of origin for US imports, from Census customs data (2023).
DE 17%GermanyTW 15%TaiwanCA 14%CanadaKR 12%South KoreaMX 7%Mexico
- Portugal
- Greece
- Singapore
- India
- Turkey
- Brazil
- Poland
- Sweden
- Ireland
- United Arab Emirates
- Colombia
- Vietnam
- Norway
- Czech Republic
- Slovenia
- Finland
- Romania
- Egypt
- Costa Rica
- Hungary
- Lithuania
- South Africa
- El Salvador
- Honduras
- Denmark
- Bulgaria
- Pakistan
- Georgia
- Latvia
- Australia
EPA-registered importers (1)
Companies that report making or importing this chemical to the EPA. Registration is US-centric and does not indicate import origin.
Unitika America
Why It Matters
Sectors
Plastics & Rubber
Downstream UsesNo data available
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
Chemical Identity
CAS26590-50-1
PubChem CIDNo data available
DTXSIDDTXSID701009543
FormulaNo data available
Mol. WeightNo data available
SMILESNo data available
Data Sources
DTXSID7010095432026-04-06
https://doi.org/10.23645/epacomptox.5588566
Archive: data/sources/comptox/dsstox_identifiers.csv
26590-50-12026-04-24
https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting
Archive: data/sources/epa_cdr/2020_cdr.csv
CAS 26590-50-12026-04-25
https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting
Archive: data/sources/epa_cdr/2020_cdr_industrial.csv