2-Hydroxyethyl methacrylate

CAS 868-77-9

U.S. production volumes are classified 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 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 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 (1)

Companies that report making or importing this chemical to the EPA. Registration is US-centric and does not indicate import origin.

Dow Chemical

Domestic parents -- activity not disclosed (3)

EPA records name a US company for this chemical but do not disclose whether the company made it here or imported it.

Allnex Usa

Nippon Shokubai America Industries

Teckrez

EPA-registered importers (13)

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

Kh Chemicals International B V · NL Netherlands

Kowa · JP Japan

Mitsubishi Chemical Group · JP Japan

Show all 13

Anderson Vreeland

Basf

Denka

Geo Specialty Chemicals

Kh Chemicals Na

Kowa Holdings America

Mak Chemicals

Mitsubishi Chemical America

Why It Matters

Sectors

ConstructionMetals & MiningPlastics & RubberPaints & CoatingsPaper & PrintingCore Chemicals

Downstream UsesNot recorded

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 6 sectors as 7 functional roles.

•Binder in Adhesive Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
•Monomers in Plastics Material and Resin Manufacturing (100%)Processing as a reactant
•Intermediate in Plastics Material and Resin Manufacturing (2%)Processing as a reactant
•Intermediate in Adhesive Manufacturing (1%)Processing as a reactant
•Intermediate in Paint and Coating Manufacturing (100%)Processing as a reactant
•Adhesion/cohesion promoter in Adhesive Manufacturing (2%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
•Monomers in All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
•Monomers in Paint and Coating Manufacturing (100%)Processing as a reactant
•Solvent in Paint and Coating Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
•Monomers in Miscellaneous Manufacturing (100%)Processing as a reactant
•Monomers in Adhesive Manufacturing (100%)Processing—repackaging
•Monomers in Printing Ink ManufacturingProcessing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
•Hardener in Paint and Coating ManufacturingProcessing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
•Polymerization promoter in Miscellaneous Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product

Chemical Identity

CAS868-77-9

PubChem CID13360

DTXSIDDTXSID7022128

FormulaC6H10O3

Mol. Weight130.14 g/mol

SMILESCC(=C)C(=O)OCCO

Data Sources

EPA CompTox (DSSTox) · DTXSID7022128Retrieved 2026-04-06
PubChem · compound 13360Retrieved 2026-04-06
EPA Chemical Data ReportingReporting year: 2023 · Retrieved 2026-10-04
EPA Chemical Data ReportingReporting year: 2023 · Retrieved 2026-10-04
US Census international tradeReporting year: 2024 · Retrieved 2026-10-04

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Brief citations

2-Hydroxyethyl methacrylate (CAS 868-77-9) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/868-77-9/ EPA CompTox (DSSTox): DTXSID7022128. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://comptox.epa.gov/dashboard/chemical/details/DTXSID7022128 PubChem: 13360. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/13360 EPA Chemical Data Reporting: 868-77-9. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting EPA Chemical Data Reporting: CAS 868-77-9. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting US Census international trade: HS 291614 for CAS 868-77-9. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/