Putrescine

CAS 110-60-1

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$119M

Top sourceJapan 33%

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 292129 · basket

EPA reports by year

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

These shares come from HS customs code 292129, which covers 69 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).

JP 33%JapanCA 14%CanadaNL 10%NetherlandsSE 7%SwedenDE 7%Germany

United Arab Emirates
Czech Republic
Mexico
Malaysia
South Korea
Turkey
Norway
Australia
Ukraine
Russia
Spain
Latvia

EPA-registered manufacturers (1)

Companies that report making or importing this chemical to the EPA. Registration is US-centric and does not indicate import origin.

Ascend Performance Materials

Why It Matters

Sectors

EnergyConstructionCore 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 3 sectors as 3 functional roles.

•Intermediate in All Other Basic Organic Chemical ManufacturingProcessing as a reactant
•Sealant (barrier) in Asphalt Paving, Roofing, and Coating Materials ManufacturingProcessing as a reactant
•Corrosion inhibitor in Oil and Gas Drilling, Extraction, and Support activitiesProcessing as a reactant

Vendor Pricing

$0.24/gApollo Scientific US

CountryUnited Kingdom

Pack$603.00 / 2.5 kg

PurityNot recorded

Vendors10 available

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

9 more vendors

Vendor	Country	$/g	Pack	Purity
ALFA AESAR	Germany	$0.45	500 g	98%
AstaTech, Inc	United States	$0.63	100 g	95%
Sigma-Aldrich (Rush Stock)	Germany	$0.72	500 g	99%
Sigma-Aldrich	Germany	$0.72	500 g	99%
AK Scientific, Inc.	United States	$1.08	100 g	98%
Fluorochem UK	United Kingdom	$2.00	25 g	98%
Interbioscreen	Hong Kong	$24.00	10 g	95%
Labotest KG	Germany	$217.80	5000 mg	90%
Otava, Ltd.	Ukraine	$460.00	250 mg	95%

Chemical Identity

CAS110-60-1

PubChem CID1045

DTXSIDDTXSID4041107

FormulaC4H12N2

Mol. Weight88.15 g/mol

SMILESC(CCN)CN

Data Sources

EPA CompTox (DSSTox) · DTXSID4041107Retrieved 2026-04-06
PubChem · compound 1045Retrieved 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

Putrescine (CAS 110-60-1) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/110-60-1/ EPA CompTox (DSSTox): DTXSID4041107. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://comptox.epa.gov/dashboard/chemical/details/DTXSID4041107 PubChem: 1045. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/1045 EPA Chemical Data Reporting: 110-60-1. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting EPA Chemical Data Reporting: CAS 110-60-1. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting US Census international trade: HS 292129 for CAS 110-60-1. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/