Benzoic acid
Drug ingredientThis 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$89M
Top SourceEstonia 32%
The EPA did not publish how much of this chemical companies made or imported, or marked that amount confidential. Without that volume, ACID cannot calculate import dependency.
Where It Comes From
Customs basis: HS 291631 · basket
These shares come from HS customs code 291631, which covers 25 chemicals in total. They estimate the bucket's origin mix, not this chemical specifically.
Source Countries
Country of origin for US imports, from Census customs data (2023).
EE 32%EstoniaCN 30%ChinaNL 21%NetherlandsIT 5%ItalyIN 4%India
- Germany
- Malaysia
- Switzerland
- South Korea
- Indonesia
- Japan
- Israel
- Taiwan
EPA-registered importers (11)
Companies that report making or importing this chemical to the EPA. Registration is US-centric and does not indicate import origin.
Perstorp Ab · SE Sweden
Brenntag
Hydrite Chemical
Ivanhoe Industries
Lanxess
Show all 11
Perstorp Polyols
Polynt Composites Usa
Reichhold Llc 2
Superior Oil
Univar Solutions
Velsicol Chemical
28 FDA-registered drug labelers
ANUBIS COSMETICS SL
Apex Energetics Inc.
Apothecon Pharmaceuticals Pvt Ltd
Bestmade Natural Products
BioActive Nutritional, Inc
Boiron
Deseret Biologicals, Inc.
Energetix Corp
Energetix Corporation
Energique, Inc.
Fagron Inc
GMP Laboratories of America, Inc.
Hahnemann Laboratories, INC.
Health Masters LLC
Homeolab International (Canada) inc
Laboratoires Boiron
Mission Pharmacal Company
Newton Laboratories, Inc.
Nutritional Specialties, Inc.
OHM PHARMA INC.
PEKANA Naturheilmittel GmbH
PEKANA Nautrheilmittel GmbH
Professional Complementary Health Formulas
Seroyal USA
Silver Star Brands
Supplement Clinic, LLC.
VitaminMed, LLC
Xymogen
Why It Matters
Sectors
FoodPlastics & RubberPaints & CoatingsCore ChemicalsHealthMetals & MiningTextilesAgricultureConstruction
Downstream Uses
Appears in 55 drug and cosmetic product listings (FDA).
- •Bestmade Natural Products BM230
- •Chemstat
- •Benzoicum Acidum
- •Detoxifier
- •Tobacco Withdrawal
- •Acidum Benzoicum
- •Tox-Chord
- •Bestmade Natural Products BM184
Show all 55
- •Anubis Barcelona New Even
- •Chemtox
- •Uribel TABS
- •Lymphatic Care
- •Renelix
- •Kidney Stim Liquescence 3013
- •Renal Drops 5024
- •Detox Complex
- •Anubis Barcelona
- •Dairy Allergen Mix
- •Rheumatic-Joint Care
- •Real Relief
- •OHM Fatigue Relief
- •Sciatica-Nerve Care
- •Incontinence
- •Drainer
- •Akutur
- •HKI
- •Aesculus Combination 9202
- •Joint Care
- •Advance Plus
- •Hepatatox
- •Lymphatic Drainer
- •CardCare
- •Bestmade Natural Products BM151
- •Lipotox
- •Sciatica-Back Care
- •Bolym-EX Drops
- •Renal Sarcode
- •Allermilk
- •Inflammation
- •Rhododendron Combination 9241
- •NativeRemedies Gout-Gone
- •Drainage
- •Homeoplex D
- •Uric Acid Balancer
- •Viril
- •Immunogesic
- •Kidney Drainage
- •Arnicare Arthritis
- •Renapath
- •Anubis Barcelona Vital Line
- •Anubis Barcelona Total Hydrating
- •Gout Drops 2080
- •Arnica Combination 9208
- •N03 Exchem
- •Arthritis Ease
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
Industrial Uses
Used in 12 sectors as 10 functional roles.
- •Intermediate in Synthetic Dye and Pigment ManufacturingProcessing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Intermediate in All Other Basic Organic Chemical ManufacturingProcessing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •pH regulating agent in Food, beverage, and tobacco product manufacturingProcessing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Plasticizer in Plastics Material and Resin Manufacturing (30%)Processing as a reactant
- •Paint additives and coating additives not described by other categories in Paint and Coating Manufacturing (10%)Processing as a reactant
- •Adhesives and sealant chemicals in Adhesive Manufacturing (30%)Processing as a reactant
- •Intermediate in Miscellaneous Manufacturing (30%)Processing as a reactant
- •Paint additives and coating additives not described by other categories in Textiles, apparel, and leather manufacturingProcessing as a reactant
- •Intermediate in Paint and Coating Manufacturing (100%)Processing as a reactant
- •Intermediate in Plastics Product Manufacturing (100%)Processing as a reactant
- •Agricultural chemicals (non-pesticidal) in Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Monomers in Plastics Material and Resin Manufacturing (100%)Processing as a reactant
- •Insulators in All Other Chemical Product and Preparation Manufacturing (5%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •pH regulating agent in Miscellaneous Manufacturing (15%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Lubricants and lubricant additives in Miscellaneous Manufacturing (5%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Laboratory chemicals in OtherProcessing—repackaging
Vendor Pricing
$0.01/gAngene Chemical
CountryChina (registered: Hong Kong)
Pack$157.00 / 25 kg
Purity99%
Vendors29 available
Prices reflect listed pack sizes. Small research packs run far above bulk rates.
28 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sigma-Aldrich (Rush Stock) | Germany | $0.02 | 25 kg | 99.5% |
| Sigma-Aldrich | Germany | $0.02 | 25 kg | 99.5% |
| Apollo Scientific UK | United Kingdom | $0.03 | 1 kg | 99% |
| AA BLOCKS | United States | $0.04 | 1 kg | 99% |
| A2B Chem LLC | United States | $0.04 | 1 kg | 97% |
| Fluorochem EU | Germany | $0.04 | 1 kg | 99% |
| Fluorochem UK | United Kingdom | $0.04 | 1 kg | 99% |
| ALFA AESAR | Germany | $0.05 | 1 kg | 99% |
| Chemscene | United States | $0.05 | 1 kg | — |
| MedChemExpress MCE | Sweden | $0.07 | 500 g | — |
| AK Scientific Specialized | United States | $0.11 | 500 g | 98% |
| AK Scientific, Inc. | United States | $0.13 | 500 g | 99.5% |
| Combi-Blocks, Inc. | United States | $0.25 | 1 kg | 98% |
| AstaTech, Inc | United States | $0.29 | 500 g | 95% |
| Angene International Limited | United States | $0.95 | 100 g | 98% |
| Cayman Europe | Estonia | $19.99 | 5 g | 99% |
| TargetMol Chemicals | China → United States | $29.00 | 1 g | 99.99% |
| HTS Biochemie Innovationen | Germany | $120.00 | 10 g | 95% |
| ChemNorm | China | $150.00 | 100 mg | 98% |
| Labotest KG | Germany | $217.80 | 5000 mg | 90% |
| Molnova | China | $380.00 | 100 mg | 99% |
| ChemFaces | China | $1250.00 | 20 mg | 98% |
| Otava, Ltd. | Ukraine | $2280.00 | 50 mg | 95% |
| Otava, Ltd. (2 weeks) | Ukraine | $2724.00 | 50 mg | 95% |
| Angene | China → Hong Kong | $4266.67 | 30 mg | 99% |
| Asinex | Netherlands | $6461.40 | 100 mg | 90% |
| TimTec, LLC (back-ordered) | United States | $32000.00 | 15 mg | 94% |
| AnalytiCon Discovery - a Division of BRAIN Biotech AG | Germany | $73652.70 | 100 mg | 85% |
Chemical Identity
CAS65-85-0
PubChem CID243
DTXSIDDTXSID6020143
FormulaC7H6O2
Mol. Weight122.12 g/mol
SMILESC1=CC=C(C=C1)C(=O)O
Data Sources
DTXSID60201432026-04-06
https://doi.org/10.23645/epacomptox.5588566
Archive: data/sources/comptox/dsstox_identifiers.csv
2432026-04-06
https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/rest/pug/compound/cid/243/property/MolecularFormula,MolecularWeight,CanonicalSMILES,InChIKey/JSON
Archive: data/sources/pubchem_properties/243.json
65-85-02026-04-24
https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting
Archive: data/sources/epa_cdr/2020_cdr.csv
CAS 65-85-02026-04-07
https://open.fda.gov/data/ndc/
Archive: data/sources/fda/ndc/ndc.json