Triacetin
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$123M
Top SourceIndia 31%
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 291539 · basket
These shares come from HS customs code 291539, which covers 52 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).
IN 31%IndiaCN 18%ChinaDE 13%GermanyMX 8%MexicoGB 7%United Kingdom
- Indonesia
- Costa Rica
- South Korea
- Netherlands
- Canada
- Paraguay
- Madagascar
- South Africa
- Vietnam
- Slovakia
- Hong Kong
- Israel
- Singapore
- Argentina
- Ukraine
EPA-registered importers (10)
Companies that report making or importing this chemical to the EPA. Registration is US-centric and does not indicate import origin.
Httenes-Albertus Chemische Werke Gmbh · DE Germany
Ter Hell & Co Gmbh · DE Germany
Acme-Hardesty Co A Division Of Jacob Stern & Sons
Brenntag
Gehring-Montgomery
Show all 10
Ha International
Lanxess
Polynt Composites Usa
The Dow Chemical
Vitusa Products
Why It Matters
Sectors
HealthAgricultureFoodEnergyMetals & MiningPlastics & RubberTextilesPaints & CoatingsPaper & PrintingCore Chemicals
Downstream UsesNo data available
FDA Shortage Status
Whether any manufacturer currently reports this drug as in shortage on the FDA Drug Shortages database. "Active Shortage" means at least one presentation has status "current."
No FDA shortage records
Industrial Uses
Used in 9 sectors as 11 functional roles.
- •Intermediate in Food, beverage, and tobacco product manufacturingProcessing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Solvents (which become part of product formulation or mixture) in Paint and Coating ManufacturingProcessing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Finishing agents in Textiles, apparel, and leather manufacturing (0%)Processing as a reactant
- •Solvents (which become part of product formulation or mixture) in Textiles, apparel, and leather manufacturing (0%)Processing as a reactant
- •Surface active agents in Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Fragrance in Food, beverage, and tobacco product manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Process regulators in Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing (100%)Use—non-incorporative activities
- •Plasticizer in Plastics Product Manufacturing (39%)Processing as a reactant
- •Plasticizer in Food, beverage, and tobacco product manufacturing (61%)Processing as a reactant
- •Humectant in Food, beverage, and tobacco product manufacturingProcessing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Solvents (which become part of product formulation or mixture) in Printing Ink Manufacturing (60%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Solvents (for cleaning or degreasing) in Oil and Gas Drilling, Extraction, and Support activities (2%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Adhesives and sealant chemicals in Paint and Coating Manufacturing (2%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Agricultural chemicals (non-pesticidal) in Mining (except Oil and Gas) and support activities (1%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Solvents (which become part of product formulation or mixture) in Food, beverage, and tobacco product manufacturing (1%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
Vendor Pricing
$0.01/gAA BLOCKS
CountryUnited States
Pack$1864.00 / 240 kg
Purity98.5%
Vendors18 available
Prices reflect listed pack sizes. Small research packs run far above bulk rates.
17 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aaron Chemicals LLC | Hong Kong | $0.01 | 500 g | 99% |
| Angene Chemical | China → Hong Kong | $0.02 | 500 g | 99% |
| A2B Chem LLC | United States | $0.02 | 50 kg | 98.5% |
| Sigma-Aldrich (Rush Stock) | Germany | $0.02 | 25 kg | 99% |
| Sigma-Aldrich | Germany | $0.02 | 25 kg | 99% |
| BLD Pharmatech GmbH | Germany | $0.04 | 1 kg | 99% |
| BLD Pharmatech Ltd. | China | $0.04 | 1 kg | 99% |
| AK Scientific Specialized | United States | $0.20 | 100 g | 98% |
| Combi-Blocks, Inc. | United States | $0.25 | 1 kg | 98% |
| MedKoo Biosciences, Inc | United States | $0.40 | 1 kg | 98% |
| AK Scientific, Inc. | United States | $0.54 | 100 g | 99.5% |
| Angene International Limited | United States | $0.67 | 100 g | 98% |
| MedChemExpress MCE | Sweden | $1.09 | 100 g | 99.87% |
| TargetMol Chemicals | China → United States | $29.00 | 1 g | 98.08% |
| Labotest KG | Germany | $217.80 | 5000 mg | 90% |
| Molnova | China | $295.00 | 200 mg | 99% |
| Angene | China → Hong Kong | $4266.67 | 30 mg | 99% |
Chemical Identity
CAS102-76-1
PubChem CID5541
DTXSIDDTXSID3026691
FormulaC9H14O6
Mol. Weight218.2 g/mol
SMILESCC(=O)OCC(COC(=O)C)OC(=O)C
Data Sources
DTXSID30266912026-04-06
https://doi.org/10.23645/epacomptox.5588566
Archive: data/sources/comptox/dsstox_identifiers.csv
55412026-04-06
https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/rest/pug/compound/cid/5541/property/MolecularFormula,MolecularWeight,CanonicalSMILES,InChIKey/JSON
Archive: data/sources/pubchem_properties/5541.json
102-76-12026-04-24
https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting
Archive: data/sources/epa_cdr/2020_cdr.csv
CAS 102-76-12026-04-25
https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting
Archive: data/sources/epa_cdr/2020_cdr_industrial.csv