Sodium benzoate
Drug ingredientThis drug ingredient has classified U.S. production volumes. EPA withholds the number 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$89M
Top SourceEstonia 32%
The EPA did not publish how much of this chemical companies made or imported, or marked that amount confidential. Without that volume, ACID cannot calculate import dependency.
Where It Comes From
Customs basis: HS 291631 · basket
These shares come from HS customs code 291631, which covers 25 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).
EE 32%EstoniaCN 30%ChinaNL 21%NetherlandsIT 5%ItalyIN 4%India
- Germany
- Malaysia
- Switzerland
- South Korea
- Indonesia
- Japan
- Israel
- Taiwan
EPA-registered manufacturers (4)
Companies that report making or importing this chemical to the EPA. Registration is US-centric and does not indicate import origin.
Ter Hell & Co Gmbh · DE Germany
Gehring-Montgomery
Hawkins
Sc Johnson & Son
EPA-registered importers (15)
Companies that report making or importing this chemical to the EPA. Registration is US-centric and does not indicate import origin.
Braskem S/A · BR Brazil
Shell · GB United Kingdom
Braskem America
Brenntag
Brenntag Southwest, Inc., Lanc
Show all 15
Cci Manufacturing Il
Lonza Holdings Na
Marubeni America
Pennzoil-Quaker State
Pressure Vessel Service
The Dow Chemical
Tilley Chemical
Tr International Trading
Velsicol Chemical
Wintersun International
13 FDA-registered drug labelers
Ailex Pharmaceuticals, LLC
BioActive Nutritional, Inc.
Deseret Biologicals, Inc.
Dr. Donna Restivo DC
Fagron Inc
FOSUN PHARMA USA INC
MAIA PHARMACEUTICALS
MAIA PHARMACEUTICALS, INC
MSN Life Sciences Private Limited
Navinta LLC
Omnivium Pharmaceuticals LLC
Sigma-Aldrich Ireland Ltd.
Zydus Pharmaceuticals USA Inc.
Why It Matters
Sectors
FoodPlastics & RubberPaints & CoatingsCore ChemicalsHealthEnergyConsumer ProductsMetals & MiningTextilesConstruction
Downstream Uses
Appears in 5 drug and cosmetic product listings (FDA).
- •Sodium Phenylacetate and Sodium Benzoate
- •Insecticides/Pest/Food Additives Detox
- •Additox
- •Addiclenz
- •Lipotox
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 15 sectors as 12 functional roles.
- •Antioxidant in Plastics Material and Resin Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into article
- •Functional fluids (closed systems) in All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Paint additives and coating additives not described by other categories in Paint and Coating Manufacturing (3%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Preservative in Pharmaceutical and Medicine Manufacturing (50%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Preservative in Food, beverage, and tobacco product manufacturing (50%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Pigment in All Other Chemical Product and Preparation Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Lubricants and lubricant additives in Petroleum Lubricating Oil and Grease Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Finishing agents in Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing (5%)Processing as a reactant
- •Finishing agents in All Other Basic Inorganic Chemical Manufacturing (29%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Abrasives in Oil and Gas Drilling, Extraction, and Support activities (53%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Surface active agents in Soap, Cleaning Compound, and Toilet Preparation Manufacturing (1%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Finishing agents in Mining (except Oil and Gas) and support activities (1%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Adhesives and sealant chemicals in Construction (3%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Emulsifier in Wholesale and Retail Trade (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Laboratory chemicals in OtherProcessing—repackaging
Vendor Pricing
$0.01/gAaron Chemicals LLC
CountryHong Kong
Pack$5.00 / 500 g
Purity99%
Vendors19 available
Prices reflect listed pack sizes. Small research packs run far above bulk rates.
18 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A2B Chem LLC | United States | $0.01 | 25 kg | 98% |
| AA BLOCKS | United States | $0.01 | 25 kg | 98% |
| Angene Chemical | China → Hong Kong | $0.01 | 500 g | 99% |
| BLD Pharmatech Ltd. | China | $0.03 | 1 kg | 98% |
| BLD Pharmatech Co., Limited | United States | $0.04 | 1 kg | 98% |
| Ambeed, Inc. | United States | $0.04 | 1 kg | 98% |
| ALFA AESAR | Germany | $0.04 | 2.5 kg | 99% |
| Sigma-Aldrich (Rush Stock) | Germany | $0.04 | 5 kg | 99% |
| Sigma-Aldrich | Germany | $0.04 | 5 kg | 99% |
| BLD Pharmatech GmbH | Germany | $0.06 | 500 g | 98% |
| Fluorochem EU | Germany | $0.06 | 1 kg | 98% |
| Fluorochem UK | United Kingdom | $0.07 | 100 g | 98% |
| AK Scientific, Inc. | United States | $0.10 | 1 kg | 99% |
| Combi-Blocks, Inc. | United States | $0.25 | 1 kg | 98% |
| Angene International Limited | United States | $0.43 | 500 g | 99% |
| MedChemExpress MCE | Sweden | $5.59 | 100 g | 99.75% |
| Labotest KG | Germany | $217.80 | 5000 mg | 90% |
| Angene | China → Hong Kong | $4266.67 | 30 mg | 99% |
Chemical Identity
CAS532-32-1
PubChem CID517055
DTXSIDDTXSID1020140
FormulaC7H5NaO2
Mol. Weight144.1 g/mol
SMILESC1=CC=C(C=C1)C(=O)[O-].[Na+]
Data Sources
DTXSID10201402026-04-06
https://doi.org/10.23645/epacomptox.5588566
Archive: data/sources/comptox/dsstox_identifiers.csv
5170552026-04-06
https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/rest/pug/compound/cid/517055/property/MolecularFormula,MolecularWeight,CanonicalSMILES,InChIKey/JSON
Archive: data/sources/pubchem_properties/517055.json
532-32-12026-04-24
https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting
Archive: data/sources/epa_cdr/2020_cdr.csv
CAS 532-32-12026-04-07
https://open.fda.gov/data/ndc/
Archive: data/sources/fda/ndc/ndc.json