2-Ethylhexylamine

CAS 104-75-6

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, 2024$148M

Top sourceChina 34%

At least one company claimed its 2023 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: 2023. Import value and source-country shares describe a shared customs category, not a separate chemical measurement.

Where It Comes From

Customs basis: HS 292119 · basket

EPA reports by year

2023: US production Confidential · Imports Confidential
2019: US production Confidential · Imports Confidential

These shares come from HS customs code 292119, which covers 136 tracked chemicals in total. They estimate the category's origin mix, not this chemical specifically.

Source Countries

Country of origin for US imports, from Census customs data (2024).

CN 34%ChinaPH 22%PhilippinesDE 17%GermanyBE 7%BelgiumJP 4%Japan

Spain
United Kingdom
Taiwan
South Korea
Indonesia
Ukraine
Netherlands
Russia
Hong Kong
Ireland
Armenia
Turkey
Latvia
New Zealand
Singapore
Brazil
Austria
Australia

Domestic parents -- activity not disclosed (1)

EPA records name a US company for this chemical but do not disclose whether the company made it here or imported it.

Oq Chemicals

EPA-registered importers (4)

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

Basf Se · DE Germany

Italmatch Chemicals Spa · IT Italy

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Why It Matters

Sectors

EnergyCore 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

Used in 2 sectors as 2 functional roles.

•Lubricating agent in Petroleum Lubricating Oil and Grease Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
•Intermediate in All Other Basic Organic Chemical ManufacturingProcessing as a reactant

Vendor Pricing

$0.25/gCombi-Blocks, Inc.

CountryUnited States

Pack$250.00 / 1 kg

Purity95%

Vendors5 available

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

4 more vendors

Vendor	Country	$/g	Pack	Purity
A2B Chem LLC	United States	$0.27	1 kg	95%
AA BLOCKS	United States	$0.28	1 kg	95%
Fluorochem UK	United Kingdom	$3.72	10 g	—
Labotest KG	Germany	$453.00	1000 mg	90%

Chemical Identity

CAS104-75-6

PubChem CID7719

DTXSIDDTXSID4025298

FormulaC8H19N

Mol. Weight129.24 g/mol

SMILESCCCCC(CC)CN

Data Sources

EPA CompTox (DSSTox) · DTXSID4025298Retrieved 2026-04-06
PubChem · compound 7719Retrieved 2026-04-06
EPA Chemical Data ReportingReporting year: 2023 · Retrieved 2026-10-04
EPA Chemical Data ReportingReporting year: 2023 · Retrieved 2026-10-04
US Census international tradeReporting year: 2024 · Retrieved 2026-10-04

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Brief citations

2-Ethylhexylamine (CAS 104-75-6) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/104-75-6/ EPA CompTox (DSSTox): DTXSID4025298. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://comptox.epa.gov/dashboard/chemical/details/DTXSID4025298 PubChem: 7719. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/7719 EPA Chemical Data Reporting: 104-75-6. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting EPA Chemical Data Reporting: CAS 104-75-6. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting US Census international trade: HS 292119 for CAS 104-75-6. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/