Salicylaldehyde

CAS 90-02-8

Companies reported imports and no US production of this chemical to EPA for 2023.

US productionZero

Import value, 2024$26M

Import volume1.8K lb

Import dependency100%

Top sourceChina 43%

Production is reported production, not a complete census of factories. Production reporting year: 2023. Import value and source-country shares describe a shared customs category, not a separate chemical measurement.

Salicylaldehyde · US import value by year

2013: $21M · Peak 2022: $27M · 2024: $26M · 2025: $24M

Where It Comes From

Customs basis: HS 291249 · basket

EPA reports by year

2023: US production Zero · Imports 1.8K lb
2019: US production Not published · Imports Not published

These shares come from HS customs code 291249, which covers 48 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).

CN 43%ChinaDE 20%GermanyIN 13%IndiaJP 9%JapanES 7%Spain

Canada
Malaysia
Italy
Ukraine
United Kingdom

EPA-registered importers (1)

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

Aceto Us

Why It Matters

Sectors

Metals & Mining

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

•Corrosion inhibitor in Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing (100%)Processing as a reactant

Vendor Pricing

$0.04/gSigma-Aldrich (Rush Stock)

CountryGermany

Pack$961.10 / 25 kg

Purity98%

Vendors15 available

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

14 more vendors

Vendor	Country	$/g	Pack	Purity
Sigma-Aldrich	Germany	$0.04	25 kg	98%
AA BLOCKS	United States	$0.07	25 kg	99.37%
A2B Chem LLC	United States	$0.07	10 kg	99.37%
AK Scientific Specialized	United States	$0.08	1 kg	95%
AK Scientific, Inc.	United States	$0.09	1 kg	98%
ALFA AESAR	Germany	$0.14	2.5 kg	99%
Combi-Blocks, Inc.	United States	$0.25	1 kg	98%
MedKoo Biosciences, Inc	United States	$0.26	1 kg	98%
Fluorochem UK	United Kingdom	$1.14	25 g	95%
Interbioscreen	Hong Kong	$10.00	10 g	95%
Labotest KG	Germany	$217.80	5000 mg	90%
Otava, Ltd.	Ukraine	$460.00	250 mg	95%
Princeton BioMolecular Research (SC)	United States	$2900.00	100 mg	90%
TimTec, LLC	United States	$14666.67	30 mg	90%

Chemical Identity

CAS90-02-8

PubChem CID6998

DTXSIDDTXSID1021792

FormulaC7H6O2

Mol. Weight122.12 g/mol

SMILESC1=CC=C(C(=C1)C=O)O

Data Sources

EPA CompTox (DSSTox) · DTXSID1021792Retrieved 2026-04-06
PubChem · compound 6998Retrieved 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

Salicylaldehyde (CAS 90-02-8) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/90-02-8/ EPA CompTox (DSSTox): DTXSID1021792. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://comptox.epa.gov/dashboard/chemical/details/DTXSID1021792 PubChem: 6998. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/6998 EPA Chemical Data Reporting: 90-02-8. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting EPA Chemical Data Reporting: CAS 90-02-8. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting US Census international trade: HS 291249 for CAS 90-02-8. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/