4-Methyl-2-pentanone
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$8M
Top SourceSouth Africa 88%
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 291413 · exact
Source Countries
Country of origin for US imports, from Census customs data (2023).
ZA 88%South AfricaMX 12%MexicoKR 1%South Korea
- Canada
- India
EPA-registered manufacturers (5)
Companies that report making or importing this chemical to the EPA. Registration is US-centric and does not indicate import origin.
Altivia Services, Llc And Ketones & Additives
Monument Chemical
Sabic Innovative Plastics Us
Solvchem
The Dow Chemical
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.
Miki & · JP Japan
Mitsui & · JP Japan
Sasol · ZA South Africa
Celanese
Icc Industries
Show all 14
Lanxess
Miki Sangyo (Usa)
Mitsui & Co. (U. S. A.)
Ppg Industries
Sasol Chemicals (Usa)
Solvay
The Dow Chemical
The Sherwin Williams
U-Pol Us
Why It Matters
Sectors
AgricultureConstructionPlastics & RubberConsumer ProductsPaints & CoatingsCore 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 10 sectors as 4 functional roles.
- •Solvents (which become part of product formulation or mixture) in All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing (50%)Processing as a reactant
- •Solvent in Paint and Coating ManufacturingProcessing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Solvent in Synthetic Rubber Manufacturing (20%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Solvent in Not Known or Reasonably Ascertainable (100%)Not Known or Reasonably Ascertainable
- •Solvents (which become part of product formulation or mixture) in Paint and Coating Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Paint additives and coating additives not described by other categories in Paint and Coating ManufacturingProcessing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Solvents (which become part of product formulation or mixture) in Petrochemical Manufacturing (50%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Solvents (which become part of product formulation or mixture) in Wholesale and Retail Trade (40%)Processing—repackaging
- •Intermediate in All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing (100%)Processing as a reactant
- •Solvent in All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Solvent in Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting (1%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Solvent in Adhesive Manufacturing (1%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Solvent in Furniture and Related Product ManufacturingProcessing—incorporation into article
- •Solvent in ConstructionProcessing—incorporation into article
Chemical Identity
CAS108-10-1
PubChem CID7909
DTXSIDDTXSID5021889
FormulaC6H12O
Mol. Weight100.16 g/mol
SMILESCC(C)CC(=O)C
Data Sources
DTXSID50218892026-04-06
https://doi.org/10.23645/epacomptox.5588566
Archive: data/sources/comptox/dsstox_identifiers.csv
79092026-04-06
https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/rest/pug/compound/cid/7909/property/MolecularFormula,MolecularWeight,CanonicalSMILES,InChIKey/JSON
Archive: data/sources/pubchem_properties/7909.json
108-10-12026-04-24
https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting
Archive: data/sources/epa_cdr/2020_cdr.csv
CAS 108-10-12026-04-25
https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting
Archive: data/sources/epa_cdr/2020_cdr_industrial.csv