Acrylamide
CAS 79-06-1
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 292419 · basket
- 2023
- US production Confidential · Imports Confidential
- 2019
- US production Confidential · Imports Confidential
These shares come from HS customs code 292419, which covers 211 tracked chemicals in total. They estimate the category's origin mix, not this chemical specifically.
- Hungary
- Austria
- Spain
- Egypt
- Canada
- Sweden
- Ukraine
- Denmark
- Israel
- Lithuania
- Greece
- Ireland
- Taiwan
- Uruguay
- Turkey
- Australia
- Singapore
- Latvia
- Colombia
Why It Matters
Industrial Uses
Used in 3 sectors as 2 functional roles.
- •Monomers in All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing (100%)Processing as a reactant
- •Processing aids, specific to petroleum production in Oil and Gas Drilling, Extraction, and Support activities (1%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Monomers in All Other Chemical Product and Preparation Manufacturing (5%)Processing—repackaging
Vendor Pricing
Prices reflect listed pack sizes. Small research packs run far above bulk rates.
16 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 | Germany | $0.05 | 5 kg | 98% |
| A2B Chem LLC | United States | $0.06 | 500 g | 98% |
| AA BLOCKS | United States | $0.07 | 500 g | 98% |
| ALFA AESAR | Germany | $0.09 | 500 g | 98% |
| Apollo Scientific UK | United Kingdom | $0.10 | 25 kg | 8% |
| AK Scientific Specialized | United States | $0.14 | 500 g | 99% |
| Aaron Chemicals LLC | Hong Kong | $0.17 | 250 g | — |
| Angene Chemical | China → Hong Kong | $0.18 | 250 g | — |
| AK Scientific, Inc. | United States | $0.18 | 500 g | 99.9% |
| Combi-Blocks, Inc. | United States | $0.25 | 1 kg | 98% |
| AstaTech, Inc | United States | $1.60 | 25 g | 95% |
| Angene International Limited | United States | $2.05 | 100 g | 95% |
| A2B Chem LLC (1 week) | United States | $833.00 | 1 g | 98% |
| AA BLOCKS (1 week) | United States | $882.00 | 1 g | 98% |
| Otava, Ltd. | Ukraine | $2280.00 | 50 mg | 95% |
| Otava, Ltd. (2 weeks) | Ukraine | $2724.00 | 50 mg | 95% |
Chemical Identity
Data Sources
- EPA CompTox (DSSTox) · DTXSID5020027Retrieved 2026-04-06
- PubChem · compound 6579Retrieved 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
Acrylamide (CAS 79-06-1) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/79-06-1/ EPA CompTox (DSSTox): DTXSID5020027. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://comptox.epa.gov/dashboard/chemical/details/DTXSID5020027 PubChem: 6579. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/6579 EPA Chemical Data Reporting: 79-06-1. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting EPA Chemical Data Reporting: CAS 79-06-1. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting US Census international trade: HS 292419 for CAS 79-06-1. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/