2-Mercaptobenzimidazole
CAS 583-39-1
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 293399 · basket
- 2023
- US production Confidential · Imports Confidential
- 2019
- US production Confidential · Imports Confidential
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.
- 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
Why It Matters
Industrial Uses
- •Heat stabilizer in Plastics Product ManufacturingProcessing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
Vendor Pricing
Prices reflect listed pack sizes. Small research packs run far above bulk rates.
23 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 | $0.02 | 500 g | 97% |
| A2B Chem LLC | United States | $0.04 | 500 g | 95% |
| AA BLOCKS | United States | $0.04 | 500 g | 95% |
| Fluorochem EU | Germany | $0.06 | 1 kg | 95% |
| AK Scientific, Inc. | United States | $0.11 | 500 g | 98% |
| ALFA AESAR | Germany | $0.14 | 2.5 kg | 97% |
| Combi-Blocks, Inc. | United States | $0.25 | 1 kg | 97% |
| AstaTech, Inc | United States | $0.29 | 100 g | 95% |
| Fluorochem UK | United Kingdom | $1.43 | 5 g | 95% |
| Angene International Limited | United States | $2.40 | 25 g | 98% |
| Apollo Scientific UK | United Kingdom | $4.20 | 5 g | 97% |
| Ambeed, Inc. | United States | $14.60 | 25 g | 97% |
| Interbioscreen | Hong Kong | $24.00 | 10 g | 95% |
| Specs | Netherlands | $68.97 | 10 g | 90% |
| Labotest KG | Germany | $217.80 | 5000 mg | 90% |
| Maybridge, Ltd. | United Kingdom | $2414.30 | 100 mg | 90% |
| Key Organics Ltd. | United Kingdom | $2740.00 | 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% |
| Otava, Ltd. | Ukraine | $3663.33 | 30 mg | 95% |
| Angene | China → Hong Kong | $4266.67 | 30 mg | 97% |
| Life Chemicals Inc. | Ukraine → Canada | $6000.00 | 20 mg | 90% |
| TimTec, LLC (back-ordered) | United States | $32000.00 | 15 mg | 94% |
Chemical Identity
Data Sources
- EPA CompTox (DSSTox) · DTXSID9025536Retrieved 2026-04-06
- PubChem · compound 707035Retrieved 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
2-Mercaptobenzimidazole (CAS 583-39-1) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/583-39-1/ EPA CompTox (DSSTox): DTXSID9025536. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://comptox.epa.gov/dashboard/chemical/details/DTXSID9025536 PubChem: 707035. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/707035 EPA Chemical Data Reporting: 583-39-1. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting EPA Chemical Data Reporting: CAS 583-39-1. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting US Census international trade: HS 293399 for CAS 583-39-1. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/