tyrosine

Drug ingredient

CAS 60-18-4

This 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, 2024$652M

Top sourceSingapore 77%

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 292250 · basket

EPA reports by year

2023: US production Confidential · Imports Confidential

These shares come from HS customs code 292250, which covers 76 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).

SG 77%SingaporeCN 12%ChinaIT 4%ItalyIN 2%IndiaGB 1%United Kingdom

Japan
Germany
Denmark
Taiwan
Spain
Bulgaria
Canada
Serbia
Switzerland
Sweden
South Korea
Netherlands
Hong Kong
Ukraine
Austria
Hungary
Belgium
Ireland
Israel
Finland
Mexico
Slovenia
Czech Republic
United Arab Emirates
Latvia

EPA-registered importers (1)

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

Avantor

17 FDA-registered drug labelers

Ajinomoto Co., Inc.

Ajinomoto Health & Nutrition North America Inc.

Apex Energetics Inc.

B. Braun Medical Inc.

Baxter Healthcare Company

Baxter Healthcare Corporation

BioActive Nutritional, Inc.

DNA Labs, Inc.

Energique, Inc.

Fresenius Kabi USA, LLC

Guna spa

ICU Medical Inc.

Liddell Laboratories, Inc.

Nippon Rika Co., Ltd.

Nutritional Specialties, Inc.

ProBlen

Professional Complementary Health Formulas

Why It Matters

Sectors

HealthCore Chemicals

Downstream Uses

Appears in 21 drug and cosmetic product listings (FDA).

•Aminosyn-PF
•Plenamine
•Kabiven
•Clinimix
•Clinimix E
•Clinisol
•D-87
•L-Tyrosine 7427

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•ProSol
•TrophAmine
•GUNA-Matrix
•Metabatone
•Vital Skin Hair Nails
•E08 Bioclock Regulator
•OB Metab
•Travasol
•Perikabiven
•Metab
•HGH Complex
•L-Tyrosine High 7428
•Premasol - sulfite-free (Amino Acid)

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

Chemical Identity

CAS60-18-4

PubChem CID6057

DTXSIDDTXSID1023730

FormulaC9H11NO3

Mol. Weight181.19 g/mol

SMILESC1=CC(=CC=C1CC(C(=O)O)N)O

Data Sources

PubChem · compound 6057Retrieved 2026-04-07
EPA Chemical Data ReportingReporting year: 2023 · Retrieved 2026-10-04
FDA National Drug Code directoryRetrieved 2026-04-07
US Census international tradeReporting year: 2024 · Retrieved 2026-10-04

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Brief citations

tyrosine (CAS 60-18-4) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/60-18-4/ PubChem: 6057. Retrieved 2026-04-07. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/6057 EPA Chemical Data Reporting: 60-18-4. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting FDA National Drug Code directory: bulk match. Retrieved 2026-04-07. https://open.fda.gov/data/ndc/ US Census international trade: HS 292250 for CAS 60-18-4. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/