Methacrylic acid
U.S. production volumes are classified 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$26M
Top SourceSouth Korea 54%
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 291613 · basket
These shares come from HS customs code 291613, which covers 3 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).
KR 54%South KoreaJP 33%JapanMY 6%MalaysiaDE 5%GermanyIN 2%India
- China
- Taiwan
- United Kingdom
EPA-registered manufacturers (4)
Companies that report making or importing this chemical to the EPA. Registration is US-centric and does not indicate import origin.
Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings · JP Japan
Mitsubishi Chemical America
Roehm America
The Dow Chemical
EPA-registered importers (21)
Companies that report making or importing this chemical to the EPA. Registration is US-centric and does not indicate import origin.
Ineos · GB United Kingdom
Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings · JP Japan
Mitsui & · JP Japan
Samsung C&T · KR South Korea
Synthomer Plc · GB United Kingdom
Show all 21
Arkema
Brenntag
Charkit Chemical
Dsm Holding
Greenchem Industries
Ineos Enterprises Us Hold
Mitsubishi Chemical America
Mitsui & Co. (U. S. A.)
Mitsuya Boeki Usa
Samsung C&T America
Solvay
Soyventis North America
Synthomer Usa
Teckrez
The Sherwin Williams
Tribute Energy
Why It Matters
Sectors
ConstructionPlastics & RubberTextilesPaints & CoatingsCore Chemicals
Downstream UsesNo data available
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 8 sectors as 8 functional roles.
- •Intermediate in All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing (100%)Processing as a reactant
- •Binder in Paint and Coating ManufacturingProcessing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Binder in Textiles, apparel, and leather manufacturingProcessing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Monomers in All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing (7%)Processing as a reactant
- •Monomers in Paint and Coating Manufacturing (60%)Processing as a reactant
- •Monomers in Adhesive Manufacturing (33%)Processing as a reactant
- •Paint additives and coating additives not described by other categories in Plastics Material and Resin Manufacturing (0%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Monomers in All Other Chemical Product and Preparation Manufacturing (100%)Processing as a reactant
- •Photosensitive chemicals in Paint and Coating Manufacturing (0%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Monomers in Plastics Material and Resin Manufacturing (100%)Processing as a reactant
- •Adhesion/cohesion promoter in Paint and Coating Manufacturing (35%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Intermediate in Petrochemical ManufacturingProcessing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Intermediate in Paint and Coating ManufacturingProcessing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Intermediate in Plastics Material and Resin ManufacturingProcessing 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
- •Intermediate in ConstructionProcessing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
Vendor Pricing
$0.05/gA2B Chem LLC
CountryUnited States
Pack$25.00 / 500 g
Purity98%
Vendors16 available
Prices reflect listed pack sizes. Small research packs run far above bulk rates.
15 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 | $0.05 | 500 g | 98% |
| Sigma-Aldrich (Rush Stock) | Germany | $0.05 | 18 kg | 99% |
| Sigma-Aldrich | Germany | $0.05 | 18 kg | 99% |
| ALFA AESAR | Germany | $0.07 | 2 kg | 99% |
| AK Scientific Specialized | United States | $0.21 | 100 g | 98% |
| AK Scientific, Inc. | United States | $0.29 | 100 g | 99% |
| Combi-Blocks, Inc. | United States | $0.30 | 500 g | 98% |
| Interbioscreen | Hong Kong | $10.00 | 10 g | 95% |
| MedKoo Biosciences, Inc | United States | $10.00 | 25 g | 98% |
| 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% |
| Vitas M Chemical Limited | Hong Kong | $14000.00 | 5 mg | 90% |
| Princeton BioMolecular Research (SC) | United States | $18000.00 | 5 mg | 90% |
| TimTec, LLC (back-ordered) | United States | $32000.00 | 15 mg | 94% |
Chemical Identity
CAS79-41-4
PubChem CID4093
DTXSIDDTXSID3025542
FormulaC4H6O2
Mol. Weight86.09 g/mol
SMILESCC(=C)C(=O)O
Data Sources
DTXSID30255422026-04-06
https://doi.org/10.23645/epacomptox.5588566
Archive: data/sources/comptox/dsstox_identifiers.csv
40932026-04-06
https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/rest/pug/compound/cid/4093/property/MolecularFormula,MolecularWeight,CanonicalSMILES,InChIKey/JSON
Archive: data/sources/pubchem_properties/4093.json
79-41-42026-04-24
https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting
Archive: data/sources/epa_cdr/2020_cdr.csv
CAS 79-41-42026-04-25
https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting
Archive: data/sources/epa_cdr/2020_cdr_industrial.csv