Lithium benzoate

Drug ingredient

CAS 553-54-8

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

US productionNot reported

Import value, 2024$89M

Top sourceEstonia 32%

This chemical is listed as active in US commerce, but no company reported it to EPA’s survey for 2019 or 2023. Sites may have made or imported less than the threshold amount, or none.

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 291631 · basket

These shares come from HS customs code 291631, which covers 55 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).

EE 32%EstoniaCN 30%ChinaNL 21%NetherlandsIT 5%ItalyIN 4%India

Germany
Malaysia
Switzerland
South Korea
Indonesia
Japan
Israel
Taiwan

2 FDA-registered drug labelers

Deseret Biologicals, Inc.

Professional Complementary Health Formulas

Why It Matters

Sectors

Health

Downstream Uses

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

•Inflammation II
•Kalmia Combination 9228
•Rhododendron Combination 9241

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

$0.18/gAaron Chemicals LLC

CountryHong Kong

Pack$176.00 / 1 kg

Purity99%

Vendors19 available

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

18 more vendors

Vendor	Country	$/g	Pack	Purity
Angene Chemical	China → Hong Kong	$0.20	500 g	99%
AA BLOCKS	United States	$0.24	500 g	98%
Apexbio Technology LLC	United States	$0.25	500 g	99.92%
Combi-Blocks, Inc.	United States	$0.25	1 kg	98%
A2B Chem LLC	United States	$0.26	500 g	98%
Chemscene	United States	$0.29	1 kg	—
BLD Pharmatech Ltd.	China	$0.29	1 kg	99%
Fluorochem EU	Germany	$0.39	100 g	98%
Fluorochem UK	United Kingdom	$0.40	100 g	98%
AK Scientific Specialized	United States	$0.51	100 g	97%
BLD Pharmatech Co., Limited	United States	$0.60	25 g	99%
Ambeed, Inc.	United States	$0.60	25 g	99%
AK Scientific, Inc.	United States	$0.68	100 g	99%
MedChemExpress MCE	Sweden	$0.99	50 g	99.63%
Angene International Limited	United States	$1.14	100 g	97%
AstaTech (2 weeks)	United States	$3.08	25 g	95%
TargetMol Chemicals	China → United States	$29.00	1 g	99.93%
Angene	China → Hong Kong	$4266.67	30 mg	99%

Chemical Identity

CAS553-54-8

PubChem CID2724073

DTXSIDDTXSID4044957

FormulaC7H5LiO2

Mol. Weight128.1 g/mol

SMILES[Li+].C1=CC=C(C=C1)C(=O)[O-]

Data Sources

PubChem · compound 2724073Retrieved 2026-04-07
EPA TSCA InventoryRetrieved 2026-04-24
FDA National Drug Code directoryRetrieved 2026-04-07
US Census international tradeReporting year: 2024 · Retrieved 2026-10-04

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Brief citations

Lithium benzoate (CAS 553-54-8) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/553-54-8/ PubChem: 2724073. Retrieved 2026-04-07. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/2724073 EPA TSCA Inventory: CAS 553-54-8. Retrieved 2026-04-24. https://www.epa.gov/tsca-inventory FDA National Drug Code directory: bulk match. Retrieved 2026-04-07. https://open.fda.gov/data/ndc/ US Census international trade: HS 291631 for CAS 553-54-8. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/