Anethole

CAS 104-46-1

Used in 1 industrial sector tracked by the EPA.

US production2.1M lb

Import volumeZero

Import dependency0%

Top sourceNo public record

Production is reported production, not a complete census of factories. Production reporting year: 2023. Import value and source-country shares describe a shared customs category, not a separate chemical measurement.

Where It Comes From

Customs basis: HS 290930 · basket

EPA reports by year

2023: US production 2.1M lb · Imports Zero
2019: US production Confidential · Imports Zero

HS customs code 290930 covers 119 tracked chemicals in total. US Census does not break out this chemical's share, so the country-of-origin mix is not available. EPA CDR reports import dependency at the chemical level separately, shown above.

EPA-registered manufacturers (1)

Companies that report making or importing this chemical to the EPA. Registration is US-centric and does not indicate import origin.

Iff Chemical Holdings

Why It Matters

Sectors

Core Chemicals

Downstream UsesNot recorded

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

•Intermediate in All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product

Vendor Pricing

$40.00/gTargetMol Chemicals

CountryChina (registered: United States)

Pack$40.00 / 1 g

Purity99.81%

Vendors3 available

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

2 more vendors

Vendor	Country	$/g	Pack	Purity
TargetMol Chemicals EU	Austria	$60.00	500 mg	99.81%
Cayman Europe	Estonia	$94.84	10 g	98%

Chemical Identity

CAS104-46-1

PubChem CID637563

DTXSIDDTXSID4020086

FormulaC10H12O

Mol. Weight148.2 g/mol

SMILESCC=CC1=CC=C(C=C1)OC

Data Sources

EPA CompTox (DSSTox) · DTXSID4020086Retrieved 2026-04-06
PubChem · compound 637563Retrieved 2026-04-06
EPA Chemical Data ReportingReporting year: 2023 · Retrieved 2026-10-04
EPA Chemical Data ReportingReporting year: 2023 · Retrieved 2026-10-04

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Brief citations

Anethole (CAS 104-46-1) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/104-46-1/ EPA CompTox (DSSTox): DTXSID4020086. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://comptox.epa.gov/dashboard/chemical/details/DTXSID4020086 PubChem: 637563. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/637563 EPA Chemical Data Reporting: 104-46-1. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting EPA Chemical Data Reporting: CAS 104-46-1. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting