Nonanoic acid, 8-methylnonyl ester

CAS 109-32-0

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 (2)

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

Basf

Zschimmer&Schwarz

Why It Matters

Sectors

Core 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

•Lubricating agent in All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing (100%)Use—non-incorporative activities

Vendor Pricing

$0.40/gA2B Chem LLC

CountryUnited States

Pack$198.00 / 500 g

Purity95%

Vendors12 available

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

11 more vendors

Vendor	Country	$/g	Pack	Purity
AA BLOCKS	United States	$0.44	500 g	95%
Combi-Blocks, Inc.	United States	$0.49	500 g	95%
BLD Pharmatech Ltd.	China	$0.51	500 g	95%
Aaron Chemicals LLC	Hong Kong	$0.51	500 g	95%
BLD Pharmatech Co., Limited	United States	$0.56	500 g	95%
Ambeed, Inc.	United States	$0.56	500 g	95%
Angene Chemical	China → Hong Kong	$0.59	500 g	95%
BLD Pharmatech GmbH	Germany	$0.73	100 g	95%
AK Scientific, Inc.	United States	$1.32	25 g	95%
Angene International Limited	United States	$3.44	25 g	95%
Angene	China → Hong Kong	$4266.67	30 mg	95%

Chemical Identity

CAS109-32-0

PubChem CID66957

DTXSIDDTXSID3052727

FormulaC19H38O2

Mol. Weight298.5 g/mol

SMILESCCCCCCCCC(=O)OCCCCCCCC(C)C

Data Sources

EPA CompTox (DSSTox) · DTXSID3052727Retrieved 2026-04-06
PubChem · compound 66957Retrieved 2026-04-06
EPA Chemical Data ReportingReporting year: 2019 · Retrieved 2026-10-04
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

Nonanoic acid, 8-methylnonyl ester (CAS 109-32-0) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/109-32-0/ EPA CompTox (DSSTox): DTXSID3052727. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://comptox.epa.gov/dashboard/chemical/details/DTXSID3052727 PubChem: 66957. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/66957 EPA Chemical Data Reporting: 109-32-0. Reporting year: 2019. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting EPA Chemical Data Reporting: CAS 109-32-0. Reporting year: 2019. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting US Census international trade: HS 291590 for CAS 109-32-0. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/