Polyacrylic acid
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$1.1B
Top SourceJapan 21%
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 390690 · basket
These shares come from HS customs code 390690, which covers 11 chemicals in total. They estimate the bucket's origin mix, not this chemical specifically.
Source Countries
Country of origin for US imports, from Census customs data (2023).
JP 21%JapanCA 18%CanadaDE 13%GermanyIT 8%ItalyMX 8%Mexico
- India
- Austria
- Switzerland
- Singapore
- South Africa
- Poland
- Australia
- Denmark
- United Arab Emirates
- Vietnam
- Colombia
- Ireland
- Indonesia
- Dominican Republic
- Luxembourg
- Portugal
- Czech Republic
- Lithuania
- Costa Rica
- Egypt
- Chile
- Greece
- Norway
- Liechtenstein
- Bulgaria
- Guatemala
- Hungary
- Peru
- Philippines
- Jordan
- Finland
- Slovenia
- New Zealand
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.
Huntsman
Why It Matters
No data available
Chemical Identity
CAS9003-01-4
PubChem CIDNo data available
DTXSIDDTXSID50873988
FormulaNo data available
Mol. WeightNo data available
SMILESNo data available
Data Sources
DTXSID508739882026-04-06
https://doi.org/10.23645/epacomptox.5588566
Archive: data/sources/comptox/dsstox_identifiers.csv
9003-01-42026-04-24
https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting
Archive: data/sources/epa_cdr/2020_cdr.csv