Methylparaben

Drug ingredient

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

Molecular structure of 99-76-3
US ProductionCBI
Import Value$122M
Top SourceSouth Korea 39%

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 291829 · basket

These shares come from HS customs code 291829, which covers 20 chemicals in total. They estimate the bucket's origin mix, not this chemical specifically.

Source Countries
KR 39%South KoreaCN 26%ChinaTW 11%TaiwanJP 9%JapanSG 5%Singapore
EPA-registered importers (2)
Acme-Hardesty Co A Division Of Jacob Stern & Sons
Avantor
6 FDA-registered drug labelers
ANUBIS COSMETICS SL
BioActive Nutritional, Inc.
Deseret Biologicals, Inc.
Dr. Donna Restivo DC
Energique, Inc.
Fagron Inc

Why It Matters

Sectors
Health
Downstream Uses

Appears in 8 drug and cosmetic product listings (FDA).

  • •Anubis Barcelona Regul Oil
  • •Household Detox
  • •Insecticides/Pest/Food Additives Detox
  • •Additox
  • •Addiclenz
  • •Household Antigens
  • •Anubis Barcelona
  • •Lipotox
FDA Shortage Status
No FDA shortage records

Vendor Pricing

$0.01/gAaron Chemicals LLC
CountryHong Kong
Pack$7.00 / 500 g
Purity98%
Vendors36 available

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

35 more vendors
VendorCountry$/gPackPurity
Angene ChemicalChina → Hong Kong$0.02500 g99%
AA BLOCKSUnited States$0.02500 g98%
A2B Chem LLCUnited States$0.02500 g98%
BLD Pharmatech Co., LimitedUnited States$0.031 kg98%
BLD Pharmatech GmbHGermany$0.031 kg98%
BLD Pharmatech Ltd.China$0.031 kg98%
Ambeed, Inc.United States$0.031 kg98%
ChemsceneUnited States$0.051 kg—
Fluorochem EUGermany$0.061 kg95%
Fluorochem UKUnited Kingdom$0.07500 g95%
Sigma-Aldrich (Rush Stock)Germany$0.0810 kg99%
Sigma-AldrichGermany$0.0810 kg99%
Apollo Scientific UKUnited Kingdom$0.081 kg98%
AstaTech, IncUnited States$0.13500 g95%
ALFA AESARGermany$0.171 kg99%
Angene International LimitedUnited States$0.21100 g98%
AK Scientific SpecializedUnited States$0.22100 g95%
Combi-Blocks, Inc.United States$0.251 kg98%
AK Scientific, Inc.United States$0.29100 g98%
MedChemExpress MCESweden$2.96100 g99.99%
InterbioscreenHong Kong$10.0010 g95%
TargetMol ChemicalsChina → United States$41.001 g99.96%
ChemNormChina$150.00100 mg98%
Labotest KGGermany$217.805000 mg90%
Vitas M Chemical LimitedHong Kong$225.001 g90%
MolnovaChina$380.00100 mg99%
ChemFacesChina$1500.0020 mg98%
SpecsNetherlands$1502.821 g90%
Otava, Ltd.Ukraine$2280.0050 mg95%
Otava, Ltd. (2 weeks)Ukraine$2724.0050 mg90%
Princeton BioMolecular Research (SC)United States$2900.00100 mg90%
ChemDiv, Inc.United States$4070.00100 mg90%
AngeneChina → Hong Kong$4266.6730 mg99%
TimTec, LLC (back-ordered)United States$32000.0015 mg94%
AnalytiCon Discovery - a Division of BRAIN Biotech AGGermany$83288.3330 mg85%

Chemical Identity

CAS99-76-3
PubChem CID7456
DTXSIDDTXSID4022529
FormulaC8H8O3
Mol. Weight152.15 g/mol
SMILESCOC(=O)C1=CC=C(C=C1)O

Data Sources

DTXSID40225292026-04-06

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

Archive: data/sources/comptox/dsstox_identifiers.csv

74562026-04-06

https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/rest/pug/compound/cid/7456/property/MolecularFormula,MolecularWeight,CanonicalSMILES,InChIKey/JSON

Archive: data/sources/pubchem_properties/7456.json

99-76-32026-04-24

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

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

CAS 99-76-32026-04-07

https://open.fda.gov/data/ndc/

Archive: data/sources/fda/ndc/ndc.json

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