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2-Hydroxy-3-methylbenzoic acid

CAS 83-40-9

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

Molecular structure of 83-40-9
US productionCBI
Import value, 2024$122M
Top sourceSouth Korea 39%

At least one company claimed its 2019 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: 2019. Import value and source-country shares describe a shared customs category, not a separate chemical measurement.

Where It Comes From

Customs basis: HS 291829 · basket

EPA reports by year
2019
US production Confidential · Imports Confidential

These shares come from HS customs code 291829, which covers 85 tracked chemicals in total. They estimate the category's origin mix, not this chemical specifically.

Source Countries
KR 39%South KoreaCN 26%ChinaTW 11%TaiwanJP 9%JapanSG 5%Singapore

Why It Matters

Sectors
Textiles
Downstream UsesNot recorded
FDA Shortage Status
No FDA shortage records

Industrial Uses

  • •Intermediate in Synthetic Dye and Pigment Manufacturing (100%)Processing as a reactant

Vendor Pricing

$0.03/gAaron Chemicals LLC
CountryHong Kong
Pack$16.00 / 500 g
Purity96%
Vendors31 available

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

30 more vendors
VendorCountry$/gPackPurity
Angene ChemicalChina → Hong Kong$0.04500 g98%
A2B Chem LLCUnited States$0.041 kg98%
Apollo Scientific UKUnited Kingdom$0.052.5 kg95%
AA BLOCKSUnited States$0.051 kg98%
ChemsceneUnited States$0.061 kg—
BLD Pharmatech Ltd.China$0.061 kg98%
Fluorochem EUGermany$0.061 kg96%
BLD Pharmatech GmbHGermany$0.07500 g98%
AK Scientific SpecializedUnited States$0.08500 g95%
MedChemExpress MCESweden$0.091 kg99.63%
BLD Pharmatech Co., LimitedUnited States$0.111 kg98%
Ambeed, Inc.United States$0.111 kg98%
AK Scientific, Inc.United States$0.11500 g98%
Acrotein ChemBio, Inc.United States$0.141 kg—
Angene International LimitedUnited States$0.24500 g98%
Combi-Blocks, Inc.United States$0.251 kg98%
ALFA AESARGermany$0.35100 g99%
Cayman EuropeEstonia$0.55500 g98%
AstaTech (2 weeks)United States$0.99100 g95%
MedKoo Biosciences, IncUnited States$10.0025 g98%
TargetMol ChemicalsChina → United States$29.001 g98.11%
MolnovaChina$70.00500 mg99%
Labotest KGGermany$217.805000 mg90%
Vitas M Chemical LimitedHong Kong$310.001 g90%
Otava, Ltd.Ukraine$2280.0050 mg95%
Otava, Ltd. (2 weeks)Ukraine$2724.0050 mg95%
Princeton BioMolecular Research (SC)United States$2900.00100 mg90%
ChemDiv, Inc.United States$4070.00100 mg90%
AngeneChina → Hong Kong$4266.6730 mg99%
TimTec, LLC (back-ordered)United States$32000.0015 mg94%

Chemical Identity

CAS83-40-9
PubChem CID6738
DTXSIDDTXSID9038686
FormulaC8H8O3
Mol. Weight152.15 g/mol
SMILESCC1=C(C(=CC=C1)C(=O)O)O

Data Sources

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Brief citations

2-Hydroxy-3-methylbenzoic acid (CAS 83-40-9) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/83-40-9/ EPA CompTox (DSSTox): DTXSID9038686. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://comptox.epa.gov/dashboard/chemical/details/DTXSID9038686 PubChem: 6738. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/6738 EPA Chemical Data Reporting: 83-40-9. Reporting year: 2019. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting EPA Chemical Data Reporting: CAS 83-40-9. Reporting year: 2019. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting US Census international trade: HS 291829 for CAS 83-40-9. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/