2-Hydroxy-3-methylbenzoic acid

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

Molecular structure of 83-40-9
US ProductionCBI
Import Value$122M
Top SourceSouth Korea 39%

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 291829 · basket

These shares come from HS customs code 291829, which covers 20 chemicals in total. They estimate the bucket'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 UsesNo data available
FDA Shortage Status
No FDA shortage records

Industrial Uses

Used in 1 sector as 1 functional role.

  • 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

DTXSID90386862026-04-06

https://doi.org/10.23645/epacomptox.5588566

Archive: data/sources/comptox/dsstox_identifiers.csv

67382026-04-06

https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/rest/pug/compound/cid/6738/property/MolecularFormula,MolecularWeight,CanonicalSMILES,InChIKey/JSON

Archive: data/sources/pubchem_properties/6738.json

83-40-92026-04-24

https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting

Archive: data/sources/epa_cdr/2020_cdr.csv

CAS 83-40-92026-04-25

https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting

Archive: data/sources/epa_cdr/2020_cdr_industrial.csv