Heptanoic acid

CAS 111-14-8

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 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 291590 · basket

EPA reports by year

2023: US production Confidential · Imports Confidential
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

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.

Oq Chemicals

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.

Emery Oleochemicals

Kraton

EPA-registered importers (1)

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

Arkema

Why It Matters

Sectors

EnergyPlastics & RubberCore 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 4 functional roles.

•Lubricating agent in All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing (100%)Processing as a reactant
•Solvent in Plastics Material and Resin Manufacturing (100%)Processing as a reactant
•Intermediate in Petroleum Lubricating Oil and Grease ManufacturingProcessing as a reactant
•Heat transferring agent in All Other Basic Organic Chemical ManufacturingProcessing as a reactant
•Intermediate in All Other Basic Organic Chemical ManufacturingProcessing as a reactant

Vendor Pricing

$0.03/gSigma-Aldrich (Rush Stock)

CountryGermany

Pack$539.78 / 20 kg

Purity97%

Vendors10 available

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

9 more vendors

Vendor	Country	$/g	Pack	Purity
Sigma-Aldrich	Germany	$0.03	20 kg	97%
A2B Chem LLC	United States	$0.30	500 g	98%
Combi-Blocks, Inc.	United States	$0.30	500 g	98%
AA BLOCKS	United States	$0.35	500 g	98%
Fluorochem UK	United Kingdom	$1.37	25 g	97%
AK Scientific Specialized	United States	$2.40	5 g	95%
Cayman Europe	Estonia	$185.64	1 g	98%
Labotest KG	Germany	$217.80	5000 mg	90%
Otava, Ltd.	Ukraine	$460.00	250 mg	95%

Chemical Identity

CAS111-14-8

PubChem CID8094

DTXSIDDTXSID2021600

FormulaC7H14O2

Mol. Weight130.18 g/mol

SMILESCCCCCCC(=O)O

Data Sources

EPA CompTox (DSSTox) · DTXSID2021600Retrieved 2026-04-06
PubChem · compound 8094Retrieved 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

Heptanoic acid (CAS 111-14-8) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/111-14-8/ EPA CompTox (DSSTox): DTXSID2021600. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://comptox.epa.gov/dashboard/chemical/details/DTXSID2021600 PubChem: 8094. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/8094 EPA Chemical Data Reporting: 111-14-8. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting EPA Chemical Data Reporting: CAS 111-14-8. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting US Census international trade: HS 291590 for CAS 111-14-8. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/