4-Hydroxybenzoic acid

Drug ingredient

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

Molecular structure of 99-96-7
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)
Celanese
Solvay
2 FDA-registered drug labelers
DARMERICA, LLC
Qingdao Biopeptek Co., Ltd.

Why It Matters

Sectors
Core ChemicalsHealthPlastics & RubberAgriculture
Downstream UsesNo data available
FDA Shortage Status
No FDA shortage records

Industrial Uses

Used in 3 sectors as 1 functional role.

  • Intermediate in All Other Basic Organic Chemical ManufacturingProcessing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
  • Intermediate in Plastics Material and Resin ManufacturingProcessing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
  • Intermediate in Pesticide, Fertilizer, and Other Agricultural Chemical ManufacturingProcessing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product

Vendor Pricing

$0.01/gAaron Chemicals LLC
CountryHong Kong
Pack$5.00 / 500 g
Purity99%
Vendors31 available

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

30 more vendors
VendorCountry$/gPackPurity
Angene ChemicalChina Hong Kong$0.02500 g99%
AA BLOCKSUnited States$0.021 kg98%
A2B Chem LLCUnited States$0.021 kg98%
Ambeed, Inc.United States$0.041 kg98%
ChemsceneUnited States$0.061 kg
Fluorochem EUGermany$0.07500 g98%
Fluorochem UKUnited Kingdom$0.07500 g98%
AstaTech, IncUnited States$0.08250 g95%
ALFA AESARGermany$0.081 kg99%
Sigma-Aldrich (Rush Stock)Germany$0.101 kg99%
Sigma-AldrichGermany$0.101 kg99%
AK Scientific SpecializedUnited States$0.101 kg98%
AK Scientific, Inc.United States$0.141 kg99%
Cayman EuropeEstonia$0.19250 g98%
MedChemExpress MCESweden$0.231 kg99.98%
Combi-Blocks, Inc.United States$0.251 kg99%
Angene International LimitedUnited States$0.32500 g99%
AldlabUnited States$0.8325 g95%
InterbioscreenHong Kong$10.0010 g95%
SpecsNetherlands$132.1310 g90%
ChemNormChina$150.00100 mg99%
Labotest KGGermany$217.805000 mg90%
Otava, Ltd.Ukraine$460.00250 mg90%
ChemFacesChina$1500.0020 mg98%
Otava, Ltd. (2 weeks)Ukraine$2724.0050 mg90%
Vitas M Chemical LimitedHong Kong$3170.00100 mg90%
Princeton BioMolecular Research (SC)United States$4200.0050 mg90%
AngeneChina Hong Kong$4266.6730 mg99%
Key Organics Ltd.United Kingdom$6900.0010 mg95%
AnalytiCon Discovery - a Division of BRAIN Biotech AGGermany$73652.70100 mg85%

Chemical Identity

CAS99-96-7
PubChem CID135
DTXSIDDTXSID3026647
FormulaC7H6O3
Mol. Weight138.12 g/mol
SMILESC1=CC(=CC=C1C(=O)O)O

Data Sources

DTXSID30266472026-04-06

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

Archive: data/sources/comptox/dsstox_identifiers.csv

1352026-04-06

https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/rest/pug/compound/cid/135/property/MolecularFormula,MolecularWeight,CanonicalSMILES,InChIKey/JSON

Archive: data/sources/pubchem_properties/135.json

99-96-72026-04-24

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

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

CAS 99-96-72026-04-07

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

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