Sarcosine sodium salt

CAS 4316-73-8

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

Molecular structure of 4316-73-8 — 1 Na⁺

US productionCBI

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

Import value, 2024$503M

Top sourceChina 25%

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 292249 · basket

EPA reports by year

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

These shares come from HS customs code 292249, which covers 170 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).

CN 25%ChinaIN 17%IndiaSG 13%SingaporeIT 9%ItalyCH 7%Switzerland

Argentina
Poland
Portugal
Lithuania
Ukraine
Finland
Spain
Egypt
Sweden
Austria
Israel
Latvia
Belgium
Ireland
Mexico
Australia
Peru
Czech Republic
Colombia
Hong Kong

EPA-registered importers (3)

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

Connect Chemicals Usa

Industrial Chemicals

Nedam

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

Used in 1 sector as 2 functional roles.

•Surfactant (surface active agent) in All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing (100%)Processing as a reactant
•Intermediate in All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing (100%)Processing as a reactant

Vendor Pricing

$0.11/gAaron Chemicals LLC

CountryHong Kong

Pack$57.00 / 500 g

Purity35%

Vendors10 available

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

9 more vendors

Vendor	Country	$/g	Pack	Purity
Angene Chemical	China → Hong Kong	$0.13	500 g	35%
A2B Chem LLC (2 weeks)	United States	$0.23	500 g	32%
AA BLOCKS (2 weeks)	United States	$0.25	500 g	32%
Ambeed, Inc.	United States	$0.26	500 g	35%
A2B Chem LLC	United States	$0.26	100 g	35%
AA BLOCKS	United States	$0.29	100 g	35%
Combi-Blocks, Inc.	United States	$0.36	500 g	96%
AK Scientific, Inc.	United States	$1.08	25 g	35%
Angene	China → Hong Kong	$4266.67	30 mg	35%

Chemical Identity

CAS4316-73-8

PubChem CID23667259

DTXSIDDTXSID5027568

FormulaC3H6NNaO2

Mol. Weight111.08 g/mol

SMILESCNCC(=O)[O-].[Na+]

Data Sources

EPA CompTox (DSSTox) · DTXSID5027568Retrieved 2026-04-06
PubChem · compound 23667259Retrieved 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

Sarcosine sodium salt (CAS 4316-73-8) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/4316-73-8/ EPA CompTox (DSSTox): DTXSID5027568. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://comptox.epa.gov/dashboard/chemical/details/DTXSID5027568 PubChem: 23667259. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/23667259 EPA Chemical Data Reporting: 4316-73-8. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting EPA Chemical Data Reporting: CAS 4316-73-8. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting US Census international trade: HS 292249 for CAS 4316-73-8. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/