Methacrylic anhydride

CAS 760-93-0

EPA’s 2023 records show zero U.S. production of this chemical.

US productionZero

Import value, 2024$117M

Import volumeCBI

Confidential Business Information. The EPA withholds this volume because publishing it could reveal the reporting company's trade secrets.

Top sourceChina 50%

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. 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 291619 · basket

EPA reports by year

2023: US production Zero · Imports Confidential
2019: US production Confidential · Imports Confidential

These shares come from HS customs code 291619, which covers 169 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).

CN 50%ChinaDE 21%GermanyTW 12%TaiwanIN 7%IndiaGB 3%United Kingdom

Hungary
Spain
Japan
Belgium
Ukraine
Netherlands
Sweden
Poland
Israel
Brazil
Malaysia
Slovakia
Morocco

Domestic parents -- activity not disclosed (1)

EPA records name a US company for this chemical but do not disclose whether the company made it here or imported it.

Why It Matters

Sectors

Plastics & Rubber

Downstream UsesNot recorded

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

•Intermediate in Plastics Material and Resin Manufacturing (100%)Processing as a reactant

Vendor Pricing

$0.02/gAaron Chemicals LLC

CountryHong Kong

Pack$221.00 / 10 kg

Purity95%

Vendors13 available

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

12 more vendors

Vendor	Country	$/g	Pack	Purity
Angene Chemical	China → Hong Kong	$0.04	500 g	95%
Apollo Scientific UK	United Kingdom	$0.19	25 kg	97%
AK Scientific Specialized	United States	$0.26	500 g	95%
A2B Chem LLC	United States	$0.26	500 g	95%
AA BLOCKS	United States	$0.28	500 g	95%
AstaTech, Inc	United States	$0.29	500 g	95%
ALFA AESAR	Germany	$0.48	250 g	94%
AK Scientific, Inc.	United States	$0.65	500 g	95%
Angene International Limited	United States	$3.20	25 g	95%
MedChemExpress MCE	Sweden	$11.13	5 g	98.83%
TargetMol Chemicals	China → United States	$33.00	1 g	98%
Angene	China → Hong Kong	$4266.67	30 mg	95%

Chemical Identity

CAS760-93-0

PubChem CID12974

DTXSIDDTXSID60862404

FormulaC8H10O3

Mol. Weight154.16 g/mol

SMILESCC(=C)C(=O)OC(=O)C(=C)C

Data Sources

EPA CompTox (DSSTox) · DTXSID60862404Retrieved 2026-04-06
PubChem · compound 12974Retrieved 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

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Brief citations

Methacrylic anhydride (CAS 760-93-0) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/760-93-0/ EPA CompTox (DSSTox): DTXSID60862404. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://comptox.epa.gov/dashboard/chemical/details/DTXSID60862404 PubChem: 12974. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/12974 EPA Chemical Data Reporting: 760-93-0. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting EPA Chemical Data Reporting: CAS 760-93-0. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting US Census international trade: HS 291619 for CAS 760-93-0. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/