Sodium 5-sulfoisophthalate

CAS 6362-79-4

U.S. production volumes are classified as confidential business information.

Molecular structure of 6362-79-4
1 Na⁺
US productionCBI
Import value, 2024$316M
Top sourceSouth Korea 19%

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 291739 · basket

EPA reports by year
2023
US production Confidential · Imports Confidential
2019
US production Confidential · Imports Confidential

These shares come from HS customs code 291739, which covers 103 tracked chemicals in total. They estimate the category's origin mix, not this chemical specifically.

Source Countries
KR 19%South KoreaCN 19%ChinaIN 18%IndiaES 13%SpainCA 9%Canada
EPA-registered manufacturers (1)
Futurefuel
Domestic parents -- activity not disclosed (1)
Koch Industries

Why It Matters

Sectors
Core Chemicals
Downstream UsesNot recorded
FDA Shortage Status
No FDA shortage records

Industrial Uses

  • •Monomers in All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing (100%)Processing as a reactant

Vendor Pricing

$0.03/gAaron Chemicals LLC
CountryHong Kong
Pack$14.00 / 500 g
Purity97%
Vendors18 available

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

Chemical Identity

CAS6362-79-4
PubChem CID23670844
DTXSIDDTXSID9029279
FormulaC8H5NaO7S
Mol. Weight268.18 g/mol
SMILESC1=C(C=C(C=C1C(=O)O)S(=O)(=O)[O-])C(=O)O.[Na+]

Data Sources

Brief citations

Sodium 5-sulfoisophthalate (CAS 6362-79-4) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/6362-79-4/ EPA CompTox (DSSTox): DTXSID9029279. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://comptox.epa.gov/dashboard/chemical/details/DTXSID9029279 PubChem: 23670844. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/23670844 EPA Chemical Data Reporting: 6362-79-4. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting EPA Chemical Data Reporting: CAS 6362-79-4. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting US Census international trade: HS 291739 for CAS 6362-79-4. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/