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2-Hydroxyethyl acrylate

CAS 818-61-1

U.S. production volumes are classified as confidential business information.

Molecular structure of 818-61-1
US productionCBI
Import value, 2024$196M
Top sourceSouth Korea 24%

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 291612 · basket

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

These shares come from HS customs code 291612, which covers 92 tracked chemicals in total. They estimate the category's origin mix, not this chemical specifically.

Source Countries
KR 24%South KoreaTW 17%TaiwanZA 14%South AfricaIT 13%ItalyJP 12%Japan
EPA-registered manufacturers (2)
Dow Chemical
Igm Resins Charlotte
Domestic parents -- activity not disclosed (3)
Aalborz Chemical
Basf
Nippon Shokubai America Industries
EPA-registered importers (4)
Kowa · JP Japan
Kowa Holdings America
Mak Chemicals
Teckrez

Why It Matters

Sectors
ConstructionPlastics & RubberPaints & CoatingsPaper & Printing
Downstream UsesNot recorded
FDA Shortage Status
No FDA shortage records

Industrial Uses

Used in 5 sectors as 2 functional roles.

  • •Monomers in Plastics Material and Resin ManufacturingProcessing as a reactant
  • •Monomers in Paint and Coating Manufacturing (70%)Processing as a reactant
  • •Monomers in Adhesive Manufacturing (30%)Processing as a reactant
  • •Monomers in Not Known or Reasonably Ascertainable (100%)Processing as a reactant
  • •Monomers in Printing Ink ManufacturingProcessing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
  • •Tanning agents not otherwise specified in Plastics Material and Resin Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product

Vendor Pricing

$0.01/gAaron Chemicals LLC
CountryHong Kong
Pack$5.00 / 500 g
Purity96%
Vendors11 available

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

10 more vendors
VendorCountry$/gPackPurity
Angene ChemicalChina → Hong Kong$0.02500 g95%
AA BLOCKSUnited States$0.05500 g95%
Ambeed, Inc.United States$0.06500 g95%
Fluorochem EUGermany$0.061 kg96%
ALFA AESARGermany$0.151 kg97%
A2B Chem LLCUnited States$0.18100 g95%
AK Scientific, Inc.United States$0.23500 g97%
AstaTech (2 weeks)United States$0.99100 g95%
Angene International LimitedUnited States$3.2825 g97%
AngeneChina → Hong Kong$4266.6730 mg95%

Chemical Identity

CAS818-61-1
PubChem CID13165
DTXSIDDTXSID2022123
FormulaC5H8O3
Mol. Weight116.11 g/mol
SMILESC=CC(=O)OCCO

Data Sources

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Brief citations

2-Hydroxyethyl acrylate (CAS 818-61-1) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/818-61-1/ EPA CompTox (DSSTox): DTXSID2022123. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://comptox.epa.gov/dashboard/chemical/details/DTXSID2022123 PubChem: 13165. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/13165 EPA Chemical Data Reporting: 818-61-1. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting EPA Chemical Data Reporting: CAS 818-61-1. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting US Census international trade: HS 291612 for CAS 818-61-1. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/