Acrylic 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$31M
Top SourceBrazil 52%
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 291611 · basket
These shares come from HS customs code 291611, which covers 7 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).
BR 52%BrazilBE 22%BelgiumKR 10%South KoreaDE 7%GermanyCN 5%China
- Indonesia
- Italy
- Japan
- Czech Republic
- Canada
EPA-registered manufacturers (5)
Companies that report making or importing this chemical to the EPA. Registration is US-centric and does not indicate import origin.
Basf Se · DE Germany
American Acryl
Arkema
Basf
The Dow Chemical
EPA-registered importers (17)
Companies that report making or importing this chemical to the EPA. Registration is US-centric and does not indicate import origin.
Basf Se · DE Germany
Lg Chem · KR South Korea
Nippon Shokubai · JP Japan
Synthomer Plc · GB United Kingdom
Allnex Usa
Show all 17
Arkema
Basf
G.J. Chemical
Greenchem Industries
Itochu International
Lg Chem America
Nippon Shokubai America Industries
Rierden Chemical & Trading
Snf Holding
Synthomer Usa
Teckrez
Valudor Products
1 FDA-registered drug labeler
Professional Complementary Health Formulas
Why It Matters
Sectors
Plastics & RubberCore ChemicalsHealthEnergyConsumer ProductsMetals & MiningPaints & CoatingsConstruction
Downstream Uses
Appears in 1 drug and cosmetic product listings (FDA).
- •Industriox 6011
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 9 sectors as 14 functional roles.
- •Paint additives and coating additives not described by other categories in Plastics Material and Resin Manufacturing (100%)Processing as a reactant
- •Intermediate in All Other Basic Organic Chemical ManufacturingProcessing as a reactant
- •Adhesives and sealant chemicals in Soap, Cleaning Compound, and Toilet Preparation ManufacturingProcessing as a reactant
- •Adhesives and sealant chemicals in All Other Chemical Product and Preparation ManufacturingProcessing as a reactant
- •Adsorbents and absorbents in All Other Chemical Product and Preparation ManufacturingProcessing as a reactant
- •Solids separation agents in All Other Chemical Product and Preparation ManufacturingProcessing as a reactant
- •Intermediate in Plastics Material and Resin ManufacturingUse—non-incorporative activities
- •Intermediate in Paint and Coating ManufacturingUse—non-incorporative activities
- •Plasticizer in Construction (0%)Processing—incorporation into article
- •Pigment in Paint and Coating Manufacturing (0%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Dispersing agent in Paint and Coating Manufacturing (0%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Cleaning agent in Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing (0%)Use—non-incorporative activities
- •Anti-scaling agent in Construction (0%)Use—non-incorporative activities
- •Process regulators in Construction (0%)Use—non-incorporative activities
- •Monomers in Wholesale and Retail Trade (100%)Processing—repackaging
- •Absorbent in Plastics Material and Resin ManufacturingProcessing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Monomers in Paint and Coating Manufacturing (100%)Processing as a reactant
- •Monomers in Plastics Material and Resin Manufacturing (100%)Processing as a reactant
- •Monomers in All Other Chemical Product and Preparation Manufacturing (100%)Processing as a reactant
- •Cleaning agent in All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing (50%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Surfactant (surface active agent) in Paint and Coating Manufacturing (50%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Monomers in Oil and Gas Drilling, Extraction, and Support activities (70%)Processing as a reactant
- •Monomers in All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing (5%)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
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AA BLOCKS | United States | $0.03 | 500 g | 95% |
| ALFA AESAR | Germany | $0.06 | 2 kg | 98% |
| Sigma-Aldrich (Rush Stock) | Germany | $0.06 | 18 kg | 99% |
| Sigma-Aldrich | Germany | $0.06 | 18 kg | 99% |
| AK Scientific, Inc. | United States | $0.17 | 500 g | 98% |
| Labotest KG | Germany | $217.80 | 5000 mg | 90% |
| Otava, Ltd. | Ukraine | $2280.00 | 50 mg | 95% |
| Otava, Ltd. (2 weeks) | Ukraine | $2724.00 | 50 mg | 95% |
| Asinex | Netherlands | $6461.40 | 100 mg | 90% |
| TimTec, LLC (back-ordered) | United States | $32000.00 | 15 mg | 94% |
Chemical Identity
CAS79-10-7
PubChem CID6581
DTXSIDDTXSID0039229
FormulaC3H4O2
Mol. Weight72.06 g/mol
SMILESC=CC(=O)O
Data Sources
DTXSID00392292026-04-06
https://doi.org/10.23645/epacomptox.5588566
Archive: data/sources/comptox/dsstox_identifiers.csv
65812026-04-06
https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/rest/pug/compound/cid/6581/property/MolecularFormula,MolecularWeight,CanonicalSMILES,InChIKey/JSON
Archive: data/sources/pubchem_properties/6581.json
79-10-72026-04-24
https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting
Archive: data/sources/epa_cdr/2020_cdr.csv
CAS 79-10-72026-04-07
https://open.fda.gov/data/ndc/
Archive: data/sources/fda/ndc/ndc.json