Butanoic acid

CAS 107-92-6

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$63M

Top sourceChina 22%

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 291560 · basket

EPA reports by year

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

These shares come from HS customs code 291560, which covers 183 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 22%ChinaDE 19%GermanySE 14%SwedenJP 13%JapanIN 9%India

Ireland
South Korea
United Arab Emirates
Russia
Ukraine
Israel
Brazil
Canada

Domestic parents -- activity not disclosed (3)

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

Eastman Chemical

Emery Oleochemicals

Oq Chemicals

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.

Perstorp Ab · SE Sweden

Berje

Perstorp Polyols

Why It Matters

Sectors

AgricultureCore 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 3 functional roles.

•Intermediate in All Other Basic Organic Chemical ManufacturingProcessing as a reactant
•Lubricating agent in All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing (100%)Processing as a reactant
•Fragrance in Not Known or Reasonably Ascertainable (100%)Not Known or Reasonably Ascertainable

Vendor Pricing

$0.02/gSigma-Aldrich (Rush Stock)

CountryGermany

Pack$426.21 / 25 kg

Purity99%

Vendors15 available

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

14 more vendors

Vendor	Country	$/g	Pack	Purity
Sigma-Aldrich	Germany	$0.02	25 kg	99%
AK Scientific Specialized	United States	$0.29	100 g	98%
AK Scientific, Inc.	United States	$0.41	100 g	99%
A2B Chem LLC	United States	$0.84	25 g	98%
Apollo Scientific UK	United Kingdom	$0.96	100 g	95%
AA BLOCKS	United States	$2.60	5 g	98%
Key Organics Ltd.	United Kingdom	$2.96	25 g	95%
Labotest KG	Germany	$217.80	5000 mg	90%
Otava, Ltd.	Ukraine	$460.00	250 mg	95%
A2B Chem LLC (2 weeks)	United States	$692.00	1 g	95%
Princeton BioMolecular Research (SC)	United States	$2900.00	100 mg	90%
Asinex	Netherlands	$8651.50	100 mg	90%
TimTec, LLC (back-ordered)	United States	$32000.00	15 mg	94%
TimTec, LLC	United States	$90000.00	2 mg	90%

Chemical Identity

CAS107-92-6

PubChem CID264

DTXSIDDTXSID8021515

FormulaC4H8O2

Mol. Weight88.11 g/mol

SMILESCCCC(=O)O

Data Sources

EPA CompTox (DSSTox) · DTXSID8021515Retrieved 2026-04-06
PubChem · compound 264Retrieved 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

Butanoic acid (CAS 107-92-6) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/107-92-6/ EPA CompTox (DSSTox): DTXSID8021515. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://comptox.epa.gov/dashboard/chemical/details/DTXSID8021515 PubChem: 264. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/264 EPA Chemical Data Reporting: 107-92-6. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting EPA Chemical Data Reporting: CAS 107-92-6. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting US Census international trade: HS 291560 for CAS 107-92-6. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/