Methyl methacrylate
Drug ingredientCAS 80-62-6
This 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, 2024$257M
Top sourceGermany 26%
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 291614 · basket
EPA reports by year
- 2023
- US production Confidential · Imports Confidential
- 2019
- US production Confidential · Imports Confidential
These shares come from HS customs code 291614, which covers 98 tracked chemicals in total. They estimate the category's origin mix, not this chemical specifically.
Source Countries
Country of origin for US imports, from Census customs data (2024).
DE 26%GermanyKR 17%South KoreaJP 12%JapanCN 9%ChinaSG 9%Singapore
- Italy
- Netherlands
- United Arab Emirates
- Belgium
- Canada
- Turkey
- Switzerland
- Mexico
- Hungary
- Austria
- Poland
- Spain
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 Group · JP Japan
Dow Chemical
Mitsubishi Chemical America
Soyventis North America
Domestic parents -- activity not disclosed (12)
EPA records name a US company for this chemical but do not disclose whether the company made it here or imported it.
Brenntag Global Marketing
Cellmark Basic Materials
Coatings And Adhesives
Covalent Chemical
Doremus Terminal
Show all 12
Icc Industries
Kh Chemicals Na
Lx Hausys America
Polyventive
Roehm America
Scott Bader
Silver Fern Chemical
EPA-registered importers (23)
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
Compagnie De Saint Gobain · FR France
Ibg Industrie-Beteiligungs-Gesellschaft Mbh & Co Kg · DE Germany
Mitsubishi Chemical Group · JP Japan
Samsung C&T · KR South Korea
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Sumitomo · JP Japan
Aalborz Chemical
Aoc
Basf
Catalynt Solutions
Frp Services & Co. (America)
Greenchem Industries
H.B. Fuller
Huntsman
Kemper System America
Mak Chemicals
Miwon North America
Saint Gobain
Samsung C&T America
Snf Holding
Sumitomo Corporation Of Americas
Teckrez
The Sherwin Williams
1 FDA-registered drug labeler
Professional Complementary Health Formulas
Why It Matters
Sectors
HealthElectronicsTransportationConstructionMetals & MiningPlastics & RubberTextilesConsumer ProductsPaints & CoatingsCore Chemicals
Downstream Uses
Appears in 2 drug and cosmetic product listings (FDA).
- •Plastics/BPA Detox 6044
- •Industrial Combination 9320
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 16 sectors as 14 functional roles.
- •Monomers in Plastics Material and Resin Manufacturing (27%)Processing as a reactant
- •Monomers in Adhesive Manufacturing (73%)Processing as a reactant
- •Viscosity modifiers in All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing (100%)Processing as a reactant
- •Adhesion/cohesion promoter in Adhesive Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Monomers in All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing (100%)Processing as a reactant
- •Monomers in Paint and Coating Manufacturing (100%)Processing as a reactant
- •Solvent in Paint and Coating ManufacturingProcessing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Monomers in Transportation Equipment ManufacturingProcessing as a reactant
- •Monomers in Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component ManufacturingProcessing as a reactant
- •Plasticizer in Furniture and Related Product ManufacturingProcessing—incorporation into article
- •Plasticizer in Wood Product ManufacturingProcessing—incorporation into article
- •Monomers in Miscellaneous ManufacturingProcessing as a reactant
- •Monomers in Plastics Product Manufacturing (100%)Processing as a reactant
- •Intermediate in Paint and Coating ManufacturingProcessing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Photosensitive chemicals in Paint and Coating Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Intermediate in Plastics Material and Resin ManufacturingProcessing as a reactant
- •Binder in Paint and Coating ManufacturingProcessing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Stabilizing agent in Plastics Material and Resin ManufacturingProcessing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Monomers in Asphalt Paving, Roofing, and Coating Materials Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Monomers in All Other Chemical Product and Preparation Manufacturing (2%)Processing as a reactant
- •Monomers in Wholesale and Retail Trade (1%)Processing as a reactant
- •Defoamer in Paint and Coating ManufacturingProcessing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Laboratory chemicals in Fabricated Metal Product ManufacturingUse—non-incorporative activities
- •Dispersing agent in Transportation Equipment Manufacturing (0%)Processing—incorporation into article
- •Filler in All Other Chemical Product and Preparation Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Monomers in Textiles, apparel, and leather manufacturing (10%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Monomers in Not Known or Reasonably Ascertainable (20%)Processing—incorporation into article
- •Surfactant (surface active agent) in Paint and Coating ManufacturingProcessing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Adhesion/cohesion promoter in Not Known or Reasonably AscertainableProcessing—incorporation into article
Vendor Pricing
$0.03/gBLD Pharmatech Co., Limited
CountryUnited States
Pack$29.00 / 1 kg
PurityNot recorded
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BLD Pharmatech GmbH | Germany | $0.03 | 1 kg | — |
| BLD Pharmatech Ltd. | China | $0.03 | 1 kg | — |
| Ambeed, Inc. | United States | $0.03 | 1 kg | — |
| Sigma-Aldrich (Rush Stock) | Germany | $0.06 | 10 kg | 99% |
| Sigma-Aldrich | Germany | $0.06 | 10 kg | 99% |
| A2B Chem LLC (1 week) | United States | $0.18 | 800 g | 95% |
| AA BLOCKS (1 week) | United States | $0.18 | 800 g | — |
| Apollo Scientific UK | United Kingdom | $0.72 | 50 g | 99% |
| Fluorochem UK | United Kingdom | $7.15 | 1 g | 99.8% |
| Labotest KG | Germany | $217.80 | 5000 mg | 90% |
| AA BLOCKS (2 weeks) | United States | $473.00 | 1 g | 80% |
| Aaron Chemicals LLC | Hong Kong | $545.00 | 1 g | — |
| Angene Chemical | China → Hong Kong | $578.00 | 1 g | — |
| Otava, Ltd. | Ukraine | $2280.00 | 50 mg | 95% |
| Otava, Ltd. (2 weeks) | Ukraine | $2724.00 | 50 mg | 95% |
Chemical Identity
CAS80-62-6
PubChem CID6658
DTXSIDDTXSID2020844
FormulaC5H8O2
Mol. Weight100.12 g/mol
SMILESCC(=C)C(=O)OC
Data Sources
- EPA CompTox (DSSTox) · DTXSID2020844Retrieved 2026-04-06
- PubChem · compound 6658Retrieved 2026-04-06
- EPA Chemical Data ReportingReporting year: 2023 · Retrieved 2026-10-04
- FDA National Drug Code directoryRetrieved 2026-04-07
- US Census international tradeReporting year: 2024 · Retrieved 2026-10-04
Brief citations
Methyl methacrylate (CAS 80-62-6) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/80-62-6/ EPA CompTox (DSSTox): DTXSID2020844. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://comptox.epa.gov/dashboard/chemical/details/DTXSID2020844 PubChem: 6658. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/6658 EPA Chemical Data Reporting: 80-62-6. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting FDA National Drug Code directory: CAS 80-62-6. Retrieved 2026-04-07. https://open.fda.gov/data/ndc/ US Census international trade: HS 291614 for CAS 80-62-6. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/