Albendazole

Drug ingredient

CAS 54965-21-8

This chemical is an active pharmaceutical ingredient used in FDA-regulated drugs.

US productionNot reported

Import value, 2024$1.4B

Top sourceIreland 33%

This chemical is not on EPA’s Toxic Substances Control Act inventory, the list behind EPA’s production survey.

Why supply is unknown

Production is reported production, not a complete census of factories. Import value and source-country shares describe a shared customs category, not a separate chemical measurement.

Where It Comes From

Customs basis: HS 293399 · basket

These shares come from HS customs code 293399, which covers 518 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).

IE 33%IrelandCN 26%ChinaIN 11%IndiaDE 9%GermanyIT 4%Italy

Taiwan
Poland
Canada
Ivory Coast
Greece
Hungary
Indonesia
Latvia
Belgium
Slovakia
Czech Republic
Austria
Netherlands
Finland
Denmark
Croatia
Australia
South Africa
Sweden
Hong Kong
Malta
Singapore
Lithuania
Malaysia
Oman
Serbia

22 FDA-registered drug labelers

Actavis Pharma, Inc.

Alembic Pharmaceuticals Inc.

Alembic Pharmaceuticals Limited

Alivira Animal Health Limited

Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC

Amneal Pharmaceuticals of New York LLC

AX Pharmaceutical Corp

Bryant Ranch Prepack

Cipla Ltd.

DARMERICA, LLC

Dr.Reddys Laboratories Inc

Edenbridge Pharmaceuticals LLC.

Golden State Medical Supply, Inc.

Kalchem International inc

MAHI DRUGS PRIVATE LIMITED

MSN Life Sciences Private Limited

Novadoz Pharmaceuticals LLC

Professional Compounding Centers of America

Professional Compounding Centers of America dba PCCA

Qingdao Biopeptek Co., Ltd.

SOLARA ACTIVE PHARMA SCIENCES LIMITED

UQUIFA Mexico, S.A. DE C.V.

Why It Matters

Sectors

Health

Downstream Uses

Appears in 3 drug and cosmetic product listings (FDA).

•Albendazole
•Albenza
•Albendazole 200 mg

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

Vendor Pricing

$0.25/gCombi-Blocks, Inc.

CountryUnited States

Pack$250.00 / 1 kg

Purity98%

Vendors13 available

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

12 more vendors

Vendor	Country	$/g	Pack	Purity
A2B Chem LLC	United States	$0.27	1 kg	98%
AA BLOCKS	United States	$0.28	1 kg	98%
Cayman Europe	Estonia	$5.59	50 g	98%
Fluorochem UK	United Kingdom	$5.72	5 g	98%
HTS Biochemie Innovationen	Germany	$120.00	10 g	95%
Molnova	China	$146.00	500 mg	99%
Vitas M Chemical Limited	Hong Kong	$225.00	1 g	90%
Apexbio Technology LLC	United States	$500.00	100 mg	98.25%
MedChemExpress MCE	Sweden	$822.80	100 mg	99.05%
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%

Chemical Identity

CAS54965-21-8

PubChem CID2082

DTXSIDDTXSID0022563

FormulaC12H15N3O2S

Mol. Weight265.33 g/mol

SMILESCCCSC1=CC2=C(C=C1)N=C(N2)NC(=O)OC

Data Sources

PubChem · compound 2082Retrieved 2026-04-07
FDA National Drug Code directoryRetrieved 2026-04-25
FDA National Drug Code directoryRetrieved 2026-04-07
US Census international tradeReporting year: 2024 · Retrieved 2026-10-04

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Brief citations

Albendazole (CAS 54965-21-8) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/54965-21-8/ PubChem: 2082. Retrieved 2026-04-07. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/2082 FDA National Drug Code directory: CAS 54965-21-8. Retrieved 2026-04-25. https://open.fda.gov/data/ndc/ FDA National Drug Code directory: bulk match. Retrieved 2026-04-07. https://open.fda.gov/data/ndc/ US Census international trade: HS 293399 for CAS 54965-21-8. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/