Bisphenol A
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$22M
Top SourceTaiwan 32%
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 290723 · narrow
These shares come from HS customs code 290723, which covers 2 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).
TW 32%TaiwanKR 31%South KoreaMY 26%MalaysiaES 3%SpainEC 2%Ecuador
- Japan
- Switzerland
EPA-registered manufacturers (6)
Companies that report making or importing this chemical to the EPA. Registration is US-centric and does not indicate import origin.
Covestro Ag · DE Germany
Covestro
Dynachem
Hexion Holdings
Olin
Show all 6
Sabic Innovative Plastics Us
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.
Basf Se · DE Germany
Kao · JP Japan
Lg Chem · KR South Korea
Sumitomo · JP Japan
Aalborz Chemical
Show all 21
Basf
Brenntag
Evonik
Helm Us
Hexion Holdings
Icc Industries
Kao America
Lg Chem America
Olin
Ppg Industries
Silver Fern Chemical
Sumitomo Corporation Of Americas
The Dow Chemical
The Sherwin Williams
Tr International Trading
Whitaker Oil
4 FDA-registered drug labelers
Deseret Biologicals, Inc.
Dr. Donna Restivo DC
Energique, Inc.
Professional Complementary Health Formulas
Why It Matters
Sectors
Plastics & RubberTransportationPaper & PrintingCore ChemicalsHealthConsumer ProductsMetals & MiningPaints & CoatingsConstruction
Downstream Uses
Appears in 8 drug and cosmetic product listings (FDA).
- •D3 Organ Support
- •Household Detox
- •Insecticides/Pest/Food Additives Detox
- •Addiclenz
- •Household Antigens
- •Plastics/BPA Detox 6044
- •Detox III
- •Aspartame/MSG Detox
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 12 sectors as 9 functional roles.
- •Paint additives and coating additives not described by other categories in Paint and Coating Manufacturing (0%)Processing as a reactant
- •Monomers in OtherProcessing as a reactant
- •Hydraulic fluids in Transportation Equipment Manufacturing (0%)Use—non-incorporative activities
- •Lubricating agent in Not Known or Reasonably Ascertainable (0%)Use—non-incorporative activities
- •Hydraulic fluids in Wholesale and Retail Trade (100%)Use—non-incorporative activities
- •Adhesives and sealant chemicals in Adhesive ManufacturingProcessing as a reactant
- •Intermediate in Printing and Related Support Activities (1%)Processing as a reactant
- •Intermediate in All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing (1%)Processing as a reactant
- •Monomers in Plastics Material and Resin Manufacturing (95%)Processing as a reactant
- •Intermediate in Paint and Coating Manufacturing (1%)Processing as a reactant
- •Intermediate in Transportation Equipment Manufacturing (2%)Processing as a reactant
- •Intermediate in Wholesale and Retail Trade (100%)Use—non-incorporative activities
- •Propellants and blowing agents in Plastics Product Manufacturing (50%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Paint additives and coating additives not described by other categories in Not Known or Reasonably AscertainableProcessing—incorporation into article
- •Paint additives and coating additives not described by other categories in Custom Compounding of Purchased Resins (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Intermediate in Plastics Material and Resin Manufacturing (100%)Processing as a reactant
- •Hardener in All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Flame retardants in Petrochemical Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Adhesives and sealant chemicals in Plastics Material and Resin Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Hardener in Not Known or Reasonably AscertainableProcessing—incorporation into article
- •Hardener in Paint and Coating Manufacturing (60%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Monomers in Paint and Coating Manufacturing (10%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
Chemical Identity
CAS80-05-7
PubChem CID6623
DTXSIDDTXSID7020182
FormulaC15H16O2
Mol. Weight228.29 g/mol
SMILESCC(C)(C1=CC=C(C=C1)O)C2=CC=C(C=C2)O
Data Sources
DTXSID70201822026-04-06
https://doi.org/10.23645/epacomptox.5588566
Archive: data/sources/comptox/dsstox_identifiers.csv
66232026-04-06
https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/rest/pug/compound/cid/6623/property/MolecularFormula,MolecularWeight,CanonicalSMILES,InChIKey/JSON
Archive: data/sources/pubchem_properties/6623.json
80-05-72026-04-24
https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting
Archive: data/sources/epa_cdr/2020_cdr.csv
CAS 80-05-72026-04-07
https://open.fda.gov/data/ndc/
Archive: data/sources/fda/ndc/ndc.json