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Acrylic acid

Drug ingredient

CAS 79-10-7

This drug ingredient has classified U.S. production volumes. EPA withholds the number as confidential business information.

Molecular structure of 79-10-7
US productionCBI
Import value, 2024$31M
Top sourceBrazil 52%

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 291611 · basket

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

These shares come from HS customs code 291611, which covers 10 tracked chemicals in total. They estimate the category's origin mix, not this chemical specifically.

Source Countries
BR 52%BrazilBE 22%BelgiumKR 10%South KoreaDE 7%GermanyCN 5%China
EPA-registered manufacturers (5)
Basf Se · DE Germany
Arkema
Basf
Dow Chemical
Soyventis North America
Domestic parents -- activity not disclosed (7)
Allnex Usa
Cellmark Basic Materials
Colonial Group
Dystar
Polyventive
Show all 7
Rierden Chemical & Trading
Synthomer
EPA-registered importers (11)
Arkema · FR France
Basf Se · DE Germany
Lg Chem · KR South Korea
Covalent Chemical
Doremus Terminal
Show all 11
Lg Chem America
Mapei
Snf Holding
Teckrez
Tribute Energy
Valudor Products
1 FDA-registered drug labeler
Professional Complementary Health Formulas

Why It Matters

Sectors
HealthConstructionMetals & MiningPlastics & RubberTextilesConsumer ProductsPaints & CoatingsCore Chemicals
Downstream Uses

Appears in 1 drug and cosmetic product listings (FDA).

  • •Industriox 6011
FDA Shortage Status
No FDA shortage records

Industrial Uses

Used in 12 sectors as 12 functional roles.

  • •Monomers in Wholesale and Retail Trade (100%)Processing—repackaging
  • •Monomers in All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing (100%)Processing as a reactant
  • •Monomers in All Other Chemical Product and Preparation Manufacturing (100%)Processing as a reactant
  • •Monomers in Asphalt Paving, Roofing, and Coating Materials ManufacturingProcessing—incorporation into article
  • •Monomers in Paint and Coating Manufacturing (30%)Processing as a reactant
  • •Monomers in Plastics Material and Resin Manufacturing (70%)Processing as a reactant
  • •Filler in Textiles, apparel, and leather manufacturing (0%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
  • •Intermediate in Petrochemical ManufacturingProcessing as a reactant
  • •Monomers in Adhesive Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
  • •Intermediate in All Other Chemical Product and Preparation Manufacturing (100%)Processing as a reactant
  • •Intermediate in Plastics Material and Resin ManufacturingUse—non-incorporative activities
  • •Intermediate in Paint and Coating ManufacturingUse—non-incorporative activities
  • •Binder in Paint and Coating ManufacturingProcessing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
  • •Polymerization promoter in Adhesive Manufacturing (20%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
  • •Intermediate in All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing (30%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
  • •Polymerization promoter in Paint and Coating Manufacturing (50%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
  • •Plasticizer in Construction (0%)Processing—incorporation into article
  • •Chemical reaction regulator in Construction (0%)Use—non-incorporative activities
  • •Anti-scaling agent in Construction (0%)Use—non-incorporative activities
  • •Cleaning agent in Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing (0%)Use—non-incorporative activities
  • •Dispersing agent in Paint and Coating Manufacturing (0%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
  • •Pigment in Paint and Coating Manufacturing (0%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
  • •Wrinkle resisting agent in All Other Chemical Product and Preparation Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
  • •Monomers in Plastics Product Manufacturing (100%)Processing as a reactant

Vendor Pricing

$0.03/gA2B Chem LLC
CountryUnited States
Pack$15.00 / 500 g
Purity95%
Vendors11 available

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

10 more vendors
VendorCountry$/gPackPurity
AA BLOCKSUnited States$0.03500 g95%
ALFA AESARGermany$0.062 kg98%
Sigma-Aldrich (Rush Stock)Germany$0.0618 kg99%
Sigma-AldrichGermany$0.0618 kg99%
AK Scientific, Inc.United States$0.17500 g98%
Labotest KGGermany$217.805000 mg90%
Otava, Ltd.Ukraine$2280.0050 mg95%
Otava, Ltd. (2 weeks)Ukraine$2724.0050 mg95%
AsinexNetherlands$6461.40100 mg90%
TimTec, LLC (back-ordered)United States$32000.0015 mg94%

Chemical Identity

CAS79-10-7
PubChem CID6581
DTXSIDDTXSID0039229
FormulaC3H4O2
Mol. Weight72.06 g/mol
SMILESC=CC(=O)O

Data Sources

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Brief citations

Acrylic acid (CAS 79-10-7) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/79-10-7/ EPA CompTox (DSSTox): DTXSID0039229. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://comptox.epa.gov/dashboard/chemical/details/DTXSID0039229 PubChem: 6581. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/6581 EPA Chemical Data Reporting: 79-10-7. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting FDA National Drug Code directory: CAS 79-10-7. Retrieved 2026-04-07. https://open.fda.gov/data/ndc/ US Census international trade: HS 291611 for CAS 79-10-7. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/