Caprolactam
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$12M
Top SourceBelgium 92%
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 293371 · exact
Source Countries
Country of origin for US imports, from Census customs data (2023).
BE 92%BelgiumDE 4%GermanyJP 2%JapanCA 1%CanadaIN 1%India
- Italy
- China
- Malaysia
EPA-registered manufacturers (2)
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
Basf
EPA-registered importers (14)
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
Covestro Ag · DE Germany
Ems-Chemie Ag · CH Switzerland
Ube Industries · JP Japan
Basf
Show all 14
Covestro
Ems-Chemie (North America)
Huntsman
Lanxess
Mohawk Industries
Suddekor
Ube America
Univar Solutions
Yara North America
Why It Matters
Sectors
TransportationMetals & 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 7 functional roles.
- •Monomers in Plastics Material and Resin Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Dye in Paper ManufacturingProcessing—incorporation into article
- •Finishing agents in Plastics Product Manufacturing (0%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Terminator/Blocker in Paint and Coating Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Monomers in Plastics Product Manufacturing (100%)Processing as a reactant
- •Dye in Textiles, apparel, and leather manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into article
- •Intermediate in Not Known or Reasonably AscertainableProcessing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Catalyst in Plastics Material and Resin Manufacturing (1%)Processing as a reactant
- •Paint additives and coating additives not described by other categories in Printing and Related Support Activities (21%)Processing—incorporation into article
- •Intermediate in Machinery Manufacturing (87%)Processing as a reactant
- •Intermediate in Transportation Equipment Manufacturing (13%)Processing as a reactant
Vendor Pricing
$0.01/gAaron Chemicals LLC
CountryHong Kong
Pack$5.00 / 500 g
Purity99%
Vendors29 available
Prices reflect listed pack sizes. Small research packs run far above bulk rates.
28 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Angene Chemical | China → Hong Kong | $0.01 | 500 g | 99% |
| AA BLOCKS | United States | $0.02 | 1 kg | 99% |
| A2B Chem LLC | United States | $0.02 | 500 g | 98% |
| BLD Pharmatech GmbH | Germany | $0.03 | 1 kg | 99% |
| BLD Pharmatech Ltd. | China | $0.03 | 1 kg | 99% |
| BLD Pharmatech Co., Limited | United States | $0.04 | 1 kg | 99% |
| Ambeed, Inc. | United States | $0.04 | 1 kg | 99% |
| ALFA AESAR | Germany | $0.04 | 2.5 kg | 99% |
| Chemscene | United States | $0.05 | 1 kg | — |
| Angene International Limited | United States | $0.06 | 500 g | 99% |
| Fluorochem EU | Germany | $0.07 | 500 g | 98% |
| Sigma-Aldrich (Rush Stock) | Germany | $0.07 | 1 kg | 99% |
| Sigma-Aldrich | Germany | $0.07 | 1 kg | 99% |
| MedChemExpress MCE | Sweden | $0.08 | 1 kg | 99.98% |
| AK Scientific Specialized | United States | $0.08 | 500 g | 98% |
| AK Scientific, Inc. | United States | $0.11 | 500 g | 99.5% |
| AstaTech, Inc | United States | $0.99 | 100 g | 95% |
| Interbioscreen | Hong Kong | $24.00 | 10 g | 95% |
| HTS Biochemie Innovationen | Germany | $120.00 | 10 g | 95% |
| Labotest KG | Germany | $217.80 | 5000 mg | 90% |
| Otava, Ltd. (2 weeks) | Ukraine | $2724.00 | 50 mg | 90% |
| Key Organics Ltd. | United Kingdom | $2740.00 | 50 mg | 95% |
| Princeton BioMolecular Research (SC) | United States | $2900.00 | 100 mg | 90% |
| Vitas M Chemical Limited | Hong Kong | $3170.00 | 100 mg | 90% |
| ChemDiv, Inc. | United States | $4070.00 | 100 mg | 90% |
| Angene | China → Hong Kong | $4266.67 | 30 mg | 99% |
| Molnova | China | $9000.00 | 5 mg | 99% |
| TimTec, LLC (back-ordered) | United States | $32000.00 | 15 mg | 94% |
Chemical Identity
CAS105-60-2
PubChem CID7768
DTXSIDDTXSID4020240
FormulaC6H11NO
Mol. Weight113.16 g/mol
SMILESC1CCC(=O)NCC1
Data Sources
DTXSID40202402026-04-06
https://doi.org/10.23645/epacomptox.5588566
Archive: data/sources/comptox/dsstox_identifiers.csv
77682026-04-06
https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/rest/pug/compound/cid/7768/property/MolecularFormula,MolecularWeight,CanonicalSMILES,InChIKey/JSON
Archive: data/sources/pubchem_properties/7768.json
105-60-22026-04-24
https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting
Archive: data/sources/epa_cdr/2020_cdr.csv
CAS 105-60-22026-04-25
https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting
Archive: data/sources/epa_cdr/2020_cdr_industrial.csv