Nonanoic acid

CAS 112-05-0

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 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 (4)

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

Croda

Ecolab

Emery Oleochemicals

Lamberti Synthesis Usa

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.

Rierden Chemical & Trading

Why It Matters

Sectors

AgricultureFoodEnergyPlastics & RubberTextilesConsumer ProductsCore 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 7 sectors as 3 functional roles.

•Lubricating agent in Wholesale and Retail TradeProcessing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
•Lubricating agent in All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing (40%)Processing as a reactant
•Soil amendments (fertilizers) in Food, beverage, and tobacco product manufacturing (20%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
•Intermediate in Petroleum Lubricating Oil and Grease ManufacturingProcessing as a reactant
•Intermediate in Textiles, apparel, and leather manufacturingProcessing as a reactant
•Intermediate in Plastics Material and Resin ManufacturingProcessing as a reactant
•Intermediate in Pesticide, Fertilizer, and Other Agricultural Chemical ManufacturingProcessing as a reactant
•Intermediate in All Other Basic Organic Chemical ManufacturingProcessing—repackaging

Vendor Pricing

$0.02/gAaron Chemicals LLC

CountryHong Kong

Pack$9.00 / 500 g

Purity97%

Vendors27 available

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

26 more vendors

Vendor	Country	$/g	Pack	Purity
Angene Chemical	China → Hong Kong	$0.02	500 g	97%
A2B Chem LLC	United States	$0.03	25 kg	97%
Sigma-Aldrich (Rush Stock)	Germany	$0.04	20 kg	96%
Sigma-Aldrich	Germany	$0.04	20 kg	96%
AA BLOCKS	United States	$0.04	25 kg	97%
BLD Pharmatech GmbH	Germany	$0.05	500 g	95%
BLD Pharmatech Ltd.	China	$0.05	500 g	95%
Chemscene	United States	$0.11	1 kg	—
MedChemExpress MCE	Sweden	$0.12	1 kg	98.83%
BLD Pharmatech Co., Limited	United States	$0.13	500 g	95%
Ambeed, Inc.	United States	$0.13	500 g	95%
Combi-Blocks, Inc.	United States	$0.25	1 kg	97%
Fluorochem EU	Germany	$0.34	25 g	95%
Fluorochem UK	United Kingdom	$0.34	25 g	95%
Angene International Limited	United States	$0.61	250 g	98%
Interbioscreen	Hong Kong	$10.00	10 g	95%
Molnova	China	$174.00	500 mg	99%
Labotest KG	Germany	$217.80	5000 mg	90%
Otava, Ltd.	Ukraine	$460.00	250 mg	90%
Cayman Europe	Estonia	$511.70	100 mg	98%
Otava, Ltd. (2 weeks)	Ukraine	$2724.00	50 mg	90%
Princeton BioMolecular Research (SC)	United States	$2900.00	100 mg	90%
Vitas M Chemical Limited	Hong Kong	$3170.00	100 mg	90%
Angene	China → Hong Kong	$4266.67	30 mg	97%
Asinex	Netherlands	$6461.40	100 mg	90%
TimTec, LLC (back-ordered)	United States	$32000.00	15 mg	94%

Chemical Identity

CAS112-05-0

PubChem CID8158

DTXSIDDTXSID3021641

FormulaC9H18O2

Mol. Weight158.24 g/mol

SMILESCCCCCCCCC(=O)O

Data Sources

EPA CompTox (DSSTox) · DTXSID3021641Retrieved 2026-04-06
PubChem · compound 8158Retrieved 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

Nonanoic acid (CAS 112-05-0) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/112-05-0/ EPA CompTox (DSSTox): DTXSID3021641. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://comptox.epa.gov/dashboard/chemical/details/DTXSID3021641 PubChem: 8158. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/8158 EPA Chemical Data Reporting: 112-05-0. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting EPA Chemical Data Reporting: CAS 112-05-0. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting US Census international trade: HS 291590 for CAS 112-05-0. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/