Glyoxylic acid
CAS 298-12-4
U.S. production volumes are classified as confidential business information.
At least one company claimed its 2023 production or import volume for this chemical as confidential, so EPA withholds it.
Why supply is unknownProduction 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 291830 · basket
- 2023
- US production Confidential · Imports Confidential
- 2019
- US production Confidential · Imports Confidential
These shares come from HS customs code 291830, which covers 98 tracked chemicals in total. They estimate the category's origin mix, not this chemical specifically.
- Netherlands
- Ukraine
- United Kingdom
- New Zealand
- Taiwan
- Malaysia
- Belgium
- Madagascar
- South Korea
- Israel
Why It Matters
Industrial Uses
Used in 2 sectors as 2 functional roles.
- •Corrosion inhibitor in Oil and Gas Drilling, Extraction, and Support activities (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Intermediate in All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing (100%)Processing as a reactant
Vendor Pricing
Prices reflect listed pack sizes. Small research packs run far above bulk rates.
21 more vendors
| Vendor | Country Supplier country. Where available, shows shipping origin. When the supplier ships from a different country than where they are registered, both are shown. Most suppliers show registration country only. | $/g | Pack | Purity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Angene Chemical | China → Hong Kong | $0.01 | 5 kg | 50% |
| A2B Chem LLC | United States | $0.02 | 1 kg | — |
| AA BLOCKS | United States | $0.02 | 1 kg | — |
| BLD Pharmatech Co., Limited | United States | $0.03 | 1 kg | 50% |
| Ambeed, Inc. | United States | $0.03 | 1 kg | 50% |
| Fluorochem EU | Germany | $0.07 | 500 g | 95% |
| Fluorochem UK | United Kingdom | $0.07 | 500 g | 95% |
| ALFA AESAR | Germany | $0.09 | 5 kg | — |
| AK Scientific, Inc. | United States | $0.09 | 1 kg | 50% |
| Sigma-Aldrich (Rush Stock) | Germany | $0.12 | 1 kg | — |
| Sigma-Aldrich | Germany | $0.12 | 1 kg | — |
| MedChemExpress MCE | Sweden | $0.20 | 500 g | 95% |
| AstaTech, Inc | United States | $0.25 | 500 g | 95% |
| Combi-Blocks, Inc. | United States | $0.25 | 1 kg | 95% |
| Angene International Limited | United States | $2.52 | 25 g | 50% |
| Apexbio Technology LLC | United States | $200.00 | 500 mg | 98.45% |
| Otava, Ltd. | Ukraine | $2280.00 | 50 mg | 95% |
| Otava, Ltd. (2 weeks) | Ukraine | $2724.00 | 50 mg | 95% |
| Princeton BioMolecular Research (SC) | United States | $2900.00 | 100 mg | 90% |
| Vitas M Chemical Limited | Hong Kong | $3170.00 | 100 mg | 90% |
| Angene | China → Hong Kong | $4266.67 | 30 mg | 50% |
Chemical Identity
Data Sources
- EPA CompTox (DSSTox) · DTXSID5021594Retrieved 2026-04-06
- PubChem · compound 760Retrieved 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
Brief citations
Glyoxylic acid (CAS 298-12-4) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/298-12-4/ EPA CompTox (DSSTox): DTXSID5021594. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://comptox.epa.gov/dashboard/chemical/details/DTXSID5021594 PubChem: 760. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/760 EPA Chemical Data Reporting: 298-12-4. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting EPA Chemical Data Reporting: CAS 298-12-4. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting US Census international trade: HS 291830 for CAS 298-12-4. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/