L-Tartaric acid

Drug ingredient

This drug ingredient has classified U.S. production volumes. EPA withholds the number as confidential business information.

Molecular structure of 87-69-4
US ProductionCBI
Import Value$39M
Top SourceItaly 56%

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 291812 · narrow

These shares come from HS customs code 291812, which covers 2 chemicals in total. They estimate the bucket's origin mix, not this chemical specifically.

Source Countries
IT 56%ItalyES 21%SpainCN 13%ChinaAR 6%ArgentinaIL 1%Israel
EPA-registered importers (3)
Brenntag
Columbus Chemical Industries
Uzin Utz

Why It Matters

Sectors
HealthElectronicsConstruction
Downstream Uses

Appears in 3 drug and cosmetic product listings (FDA).

  • •Joint Tonic R II
  • •Aller-Chord F
  • •D02 Digestive Drainage
FDA Shortage Status
No FDA shortage records

Vendor Pricing

$0.08/gA2B Chem LLC
CountryUnited States
Pack$79.00 / 1 kg
Purity95%
Vendors14 available

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

13 more vendors
VendorCountry$/gPackPurity
AA BLOCKSUnited States$0.101 kg97%
ChemsceneUnited States$0.111 kg—
Fluorochem EUGermany$0.141 kg97%
ALFA AESARGermany$0.191 kg99%
Combi-Blocks, Inc.United States$0.251 kg95%
MedChemExpress MCESweden$0.31100 g98%
InterbioscreenHong Kong$10.0010 g95%
TargetMol ChemicalsChina → United States$290.00100 mg99.98%
MolnovaChina$900.0050 mg99%
ChemFacesChina$1500.0020 mg98%
Otava, Ltd. (2 weeks)Ukraine$2724.0050 mg90%
Princeton BioMolecular Research (SC)United States$2900.00100 mg90%
Vitas M Chemical LimitedHong Kong$3170.00100 mg90%

Chemical Identity

CAS87-69-4
PubChem CID444305
DTXSIDDTXSID8023632
FormulaC4H6O6
Mol. Weight150.09 g/mol
SMILESC(C(C(=O)O)O)(C(=O)O)O

Data Sources

DTXSID80236322026-04-06

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

Archive: data/sources/comptox/dsstox_identifiers.csv

4443052026-04-06

https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/rest/pug/compound/cid/444305/property/MolecularFormula,MolecularWeight,CanonicalSMILES,InChIKey/JSON

Archive: data/sources/pubchem_properties/444305.json

87-69-42026-04-24

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

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

CAS 87-69-42026-04-25

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

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

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