Sodium decanoate

Drug ingredient

CAS 1002-62-6

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

Molecular structure of 1002-62-6
1 Na⁺
US productionCBI
Import value, 2024$384M
Import volumeZero
Top sourceMalaysia 21%

At least one company claimed its 2019 production or import volume for this chemical as confidential, so EPA withholds it.

Why supply is unknown

Production is reported production, not a complete census of factories. US production volume is confidential. Production reporting year: 2019. Import value and source-country shares describe a shared customs category, not a separate chemical measurement.

Where It Comes From

Customs basis: HS 291590 · basket

EPA reports by year
2019
US production Confidential · Imports Zero

These shares come from HS customs code 291590, which covers 588 tracked chemicals in total. They estimate the category's origin mix, not this chemical specifically.

Source Countries
MY 21%MalaysiaDE 13%GermanyNL 13%NetherlandsMX 10%MexicoIT 8%Italy
EPA-registered manufacturers (1)
Sc Johnson & Son

Why It Matters

Sectors
HealthConsumer Products
Downstream UsesNot recorded
FDA Shortage Status
No FDA shortage records

Industrial Uses

  • •Surfactant (surface active agent) in Wholesale and Retail Trade (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product

Vendor Pricing

$0.19/gAaron Chemicals LLC
CountryHong Kong
Pack$94.00 / 500 g
Purity98%
Vendors25 available

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

Chemical Identity

CAS1002-62-6
PubChem CID4457968
DTXSIDDTXSID0027351
FormulaC10H19NaO2
Mol. Weight194.25 g/mol
SMILESCCCCCCCCCC(=O)[O-].[Na+]

Data Sources

Brief citations

Sodium decanoate (CAS 1002-62-6) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/1002-62-6/ EPA CompTox (DSSTox): DTXSID0027351. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://comptox.epa.gov/dashboard/chemical/details/DTXSID0027351 PubChem: 4457968. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/4457968 EPA Chemical Data Reporting: 1002-62-6. Reporting year: 2019. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting EPA Chemical Data Reporting: CAS 1002-62-6. Reporting year: 2019. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting US Census international trade: HS 291590 for CAS 1002-62-6. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/