Methyl hexanoate

CAS 106-70-7

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$384M

Top sourceMalaysia 21%

At least one company claimed its 2019 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: 2019. Import value and source-country shares describe a shared customs category, not a separate chemical measurement.

Where It Comes From

Customs basis: HS 291590 · basket

EPA reports by year

2019: US production Confidential · Imports Confidential

These shares come from HS customs code 291590, which covers 588 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).

MY 21%MalaysiaDE 13%GermanyNL 13%NetherlandsMX 10%MexicoIT 8%Italy

Singapore
Austria
United Kingdom
Philippines
Canada
Hungary
Turkey
Ukraine
Israel
Denmark
Czech Republic
Slovakia
Norway
Poland
Hong Kong
South Africa
Russia

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.

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Why It Matters

No EPA sector or FDA product records name a use for this chemical.

Vendor Pricing

$0.04/gSigma-Aldrich (Rush Stock)

CountryGermany

Pack$732.73 / 20 kg

Purity99%

Vendors11 available

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

10 more vendors

Vendor	Country	$/g	Pack	Purity
Sigma-Aldrich	Germany	$0.04	20 kg	99%
ALFA AESAR	Germany	$0.23	1 kg	99%
Combi-Blocks, Inc.	United States	$0.25	1 kg	98%
A2B Chem LLC	United States	$0.27	1 kg	98%
AA BLOCKS	United States	$0.28	1 kg	98%
AK Scientific, Inc.	United States	$0.29	100 g	98%
AK Scientific Specialized	United States	$19.80	5 g	99.5%
Interbioscreen	Hong Kong	$24.00	10 g	95%
Cayman Europe	Estonia	$117.81	1 g	98%
Labotest KG	Germany	$217.80	5000 mg	90%

Chemical Identity

CAS106-70-7

PubChem CID7824

DTXSIDDTXSID0047616

FormulaC7H14O2

Mol. Weight130.18 g/mol

SMILESCCCCCC(=O)OC

Data Sources

EPA CompTox (DSSTox) · DTXSID0047616Retrieved 2026-04-06
PubChem · compound 7824Retrieved 2026-04-06
EPA Chemical Data ReportingReporting year: 2019 · Retrieved 2026-10-04
US Census international tradeReporting year: 2024 · Retrieved 2026-10-04

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Brief citations

Methyl hexanoate (CAS 106-70-7) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/106-70-7/ EPA CompTox (DSSTox): DTXSID0047616. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://comptox.epa.gov/dashboard/chemical/details/DTXSID0047616 PubChem: 7824. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/7824 EPA Chemical Data Reporting: 106-70-7. Reporting year: 2019. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting US Census international trade: HS 291590 for CAS 106-70-7. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/