1,4-Cyclohexanedimethanol

CAS 105-08-8

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$118M

Top sourceGermany 19%

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 290619 · basket

EPA reports by year

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

These shares come from HS customs code 290619, which covers 137 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).

DE 19%GermanyCH 17%SwitzerlandBR 17%BrazilIN 11%IndiaIT 10%Italy

Netherlands
Ukraine
Canada
United Kingdom
Malaysia
Australia
Indonesia
Czech Republic
Belgium

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.

Eastman Chemical

EPA-registered importers (3)

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

Alfa Sab De Cv · MX Mexico

Alpek Polyester Usa

Wego Chemical Group

Why It Matters

Sectors

Plastics & RubberCore 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

•Monomers in Plastics Material and Resin Manufacturing (100%)Processing as a reactant

Vendor Pricing

$0.01/gAaron Chemicals LLC

CountryHong Kong

Pack$5.00 / 500 g

Purity99%

Vendors20 available

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

19 more vendors

Vendor	Country	$/g	Pack	Purity
Angene Chemical	China → Hong Kong	$0.01	500 g	99%
Sigma-Aldrich (Rush Stock)	Germany	$0.03	17 kg	99%
Sigma-Aldrich	Germany	$0.03	17 kg	99%
A2B Chem LLC	United States	$0.04	500 g	99%
AA BLOCKS	United States	$0.04	500 g	99%
Chemscene	United States	$0.07	1 kg	—
Fluorochem EU	Germany	$0.08	1 kg	97%
Apollo Scientific US	United Kingdom	$0.18	1 kg	95%
ALFA AESAR	Germany	$0.19	500 g	99%
AK Scientific Specialized	United States	$0.19	500 g	98%
Ambeed, Inc.	United States	$0.25	100 g	99%
Combi-Blocks, Inc.	United States	$0.25	1 kg	98%
AK Scientific, Inc.	United States	$0.38	500 g	99%
MedChemExpress MCE	Sweden	$0.63	100 g	99.81%
Angene International Limited	United States	$0.65	500 g	99%
AstaTech (2 weeks)	United States	$1.48	25 g	95%
Labotest KG	Germany	$217.80	5000 mg	90%
Key Organics Ltd.	United Kingdom	$1960.00	100 mg	90%
Angene	China → Hong Kong	$4266.67	30 mg	99%

Chemical Identity

CAS105-08-8

PubChem CID7735

DTXSIDDTXSID9026712

FormulaC8H16O2

Mol. Weight144.21 g/mol

SMILESC1CC(CCC1CO)CO

Data Sources

EPA CompTox (DSSTox) · DTXSID9026712Retrieved 2026-04-06
PubChem · compound 7735Retrieved 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

1,4-Cyclohexanedimethanol (CAS 105-08-8) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/105-08-8/ EPA CompTox (DSSTox): DTXSID9026712. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://comptox.epa.gov/dashboard/chemical/details/DTXSID9026712 PubChem: 7735. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/7735 EPA Chemical Data Reporting: 105-08-8. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting EPA Chemical Data Reporting: CAS 105-08-8. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting US Census international trade: HS 290619 for CAS 105-08-8. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/