Dimethyl 2,6-naphthalenedicarboxylate

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

Molecular structure of 840-65-3
US ProductionCBI
Import Value$316M
Top SourceSouth Korea 19%

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 291739 · basket

These shares come from HS customs code 291739, which covers 32 chemicals in total. They estimate the bucket's origin mix, not this chemical specifically.

Source Countries
KR 19%South KoreaCN 19%ChinaIN 18%IndiaES 13%SpainCA 9%Canada
EPA-registered manufacturers (1)
Indorama Ventures Xylenes & Pta

Why It Matters

Sectors
Plastics & Rubber
Downstream UsesNo data available
FDA Shortage Status
No FDA shortage records

Industrial Uses

Used in 1 sector as 1 functional role.

  • Intermediate in Plastics Material and Resin Manufacturing (100%)Processing as a reactant

Vendor Pricing

$0.54/gA2B Chem LLC
CountryUnited States
Pack$54.00 / 100 g
Purity99%
Vendors24 available

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

23 more vendors
VendorCountry$/gPackPurity
Combi-Blocks, Inc.United States$0.55500 g98%
AA BLOCKSUnited States$0.5625 g99%
Aaron Chemicals LLCHong Kong$0.59500 g99%
Angene ChemicalChina Hong Kong$0.60500 g98%
ChemsceneUnited States$0.64500 g
BLD Pharmatech Co., LimitedUnited States$0.64500 g99%
BLD Pharmatech Ltd.China$0.64500 g99%
Ambeed, Inc.United States$0.64500 g99%
BLD Pharmatech GmbHGermany$0.8425 g99%
Fluorochem EUGermany$0.93100 g98%
Angene International LimitedUnited States$1.3225 g99%
AK Scientific SpecializedUnited States$1.35100 g95%
AK Scientific, Inc.United States$1.80100 g99%
Fluorochem UKUnited Kingdom$2.575 g98%
SynthonixUnited States$3.0010 g99%
Sigma-Aldrich (Rush Stock)Germany$6.3625 g98%
Sigma-AldrichGermany$6.3625 g98%
Manchester OrganicsUnited Kingdom$6.98100 g99%
ALFA AESARGermany$13.38100 g99%
AstaTech (2 weeks)United States$30.001 g95%
Labotest KGGermany$453.001000 mg90%
AngeneChina Hong Kong$4266.6730 mg98%
TimTec, LLC (back-ordered)United States$32000.0015 mg94%

Chemical Identity

CAS840-65-3
PubChem CID61225
DTXSIDDTXSID6029202
FormulaC14H12O4
Mol. Weight244.24 g/mol
SMILESCOC(=O)C1=CC2=C(C=C1)C=C(C=C2)C(=O)OC

Data Sources

DTXSID60292022026-04-06

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

Archive: data/sources/comptox/dsstox_identifiers.csv

612252026-04-06

https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/rest/pug/compound/cid/61225/property/MolecularFormula,MolecularWeight,CanonicalSMILES,InChIKey/JSON

Archive: data/sources/pubchem_properties/61225.json

840-65-32026-04-24

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

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

CAS 840-65-32026-04-25

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

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