3-Methylbenzoic acid
U.S. production volumes are classified as confidential business information.
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 291639 · basket
These shares come from HS customs code 291639, which covers 18 chemicals in total. They estimate the bucket's origin mix, not this chemical specifically.
- Spain
- Ukraine
- Singapore
- Turkey
- Norway
- Czech Republic
- Taiwan
- South Korea
- Japan
- Mexico
- New Zealand
- Canada
- Sweden
- Hong Kong
- Latvia
Why It Matters
Industrial Uses
Used in 3 sectors as 1 functional role.
- •Intermediate in Construction (100%)Processing as a reactant
- •Intermediate in Plastics Product Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Intermediate in Pesticide, Fertilizer, and Other Agricultural Chemical Manufacturing (100%)Processing as a reactant
Vendor Pricing
Prices reflect listed pack sizes. Small research packs run far above bulk rates.
31 more vendors
| Vendor | Country Supplier country. Where available, shows shipping origin. When the supplier ships from a different country than where they are registered, both are shown. Most suppliers show registration country only. | $/g | Pack | Purity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Angene Chemical | China → Hong Kong | $0.02 | 500 g | 98% |
| A2B Chem LLC | United States | $0.03 | 25 kg | 99% |
| AA BLOCKS | United States | $0.03 | 25 kg | 99% |
| BLD Pharmatech GmbH | Germany | $0.03 | 1 kg | 97% |
| BLD Pharmatech Ltd. | China | $0.03 | 1 kg | 97% |
| Apollo Scientific US | United Kingdom | $0.05 | 500 g | 95% |
| MedChemExpress MCE | Sweden | $0.05 | 1 kg | 99.88% |
| Chemscene | United States | $0.05 | 1 kg | — |
| ALFA AESAR | Germany | $0.09 | 5 kg | 99% |
| AK Scientific Specialized | United States | $0.10 | 1 kg | 95% |
| Fluorochem EU | Germany | $0.11 | 100 g | 95% |
| BLD Pharmatech Co., Limited | United States | $0.11 | 1 kg | 97% |
| Ambeed, Inc. | United States | $0.11 | 1 kg | 98% |
| AK Scientific, Inc. | United States | $0.13 | 1 kg | 98% |
| Aldlab | United States | $0.14 | 100 g | 95% |
| Sigma-Aldrich (Rush Stock) | Germany | $0.15 | 500 g | 99% |
| Sigma-Aldrich | Germany | $0.15 | 500 g | 99% |
| Combi-Blocks, Inc. | United States | $0.25 | 1 kg | 98% |
| Angene International Limited | United States | $0.29 | 500 g | 98% |
| AstaTech (2 weeks) | United States | $0.99 | 100 g | 95% |
| TargetMol Chemicals | China → United States | $50.00 | 1 g | 99.01% |
| Specs | Netherlands | $181.26 | 5 g | 90% |
| Labotest KG | Germany | $217.80 | 5000 mg | 90% |
| HTS Biochemie Innovationen | Germany | $400.00 | 1 g | 95% |
| Otava, Ltd. | Ukraine | $2280.00 | 50 mg | 95% |
| Otava, Ltd. (2 weeks) | Ukraine | $2724.00 | 50 mg | 95% |
| Princeton BioMolecular Research (SC) | United States | $2900.00 | 100 mg | 90% |
| Vitas M Chemical Limited | Hong Kong | $3170.00 | 100 mg | 90% |
| Angene | China → Hong Kong | $4266.67 | 30 mg | 98% |
| Asinex | Netherlands | $8651.50 | 100 mg | 90% |
| TimTec, LLC (back-ordered) | United States | $32000.00 | 15 mg | 94% |
Chemical Identity
Data Sources
https://doi.org/10.23645/epacomptox.5588566
Archive: data/sources/comptox/dsstox_identifiers.csv
https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/rest/pug/compound/cid/7418/property/MolecularFormula,MolecularWeight,CanonicalSMILES,InChIKey/JSON
Archive: data/sources/pubchem_properties/7418.json
https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting
Archive: data/sources/epa_cdr/2020_cdr.csv
https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting
Archive: data/sources/epa_cdr/2020_cdr_industrial.csv