Methyl hexadecanoate

CAS 112-39-0

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$114M

Top sourceIndonesia 27%

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 291570 · basket

EPA reports by year

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

These shares come from HS customs code 291570, which covers 96 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).

ID 27%IndonesiaMY 25%MalaysiaSG 12%SingaporeIN 10%IndiaIT 6%Italy

United Kingdom
Colombia
Argentina
Vietnam
Peru
Brazil
Sweden
Denmark
Switzerland

Domestic parents -- activity not disclosed (1)

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

P&G

EPA-registered importers (2)

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

Acme-Hardesty Co A Division Of Jacob Stern & Sons

Oleon Americas

Why It Matters

Sectors

Energy

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 Petroleum Lubricating Oil and Grease Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product

Vendor Pricing

$0.08/gSigma-Aldrich (Rush Stock)

CountryGermany

Pack$642.37 / 8 kg

Purity97%

Vendors23 available

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

22 more vendors

Vendor	Country	$/g	Pack	Purity
Sigma-Aldrich	Germany	$0.08	8 kg	97%
A2B Chem LLC	United States	$0.08	1 kg	98%
AA BLOCKS	United States	$0.09	1 kg	98%
BLD Pharmatech GmbH	Germany	$0.10	1 kg	99%
BLD Pharmatech Ltd.	China	$0.10	1 kg	99%
Chemscene	United States	$0.11	1 kg	—
Ambeed, Inc.	United States	$0.11	1 kg	99%
BLD Pharmatech Co., Limited	United States	$0.14	500 g	99%
Combi-Blocks, Inc.	United States	$0.25	1 kg	98%
ALFA AESAR	Germany	$0.38	500 g	97%
Fluorochem EU	Germany	$0.63	25 g	95%
AK Scientific Specialized	United States	$1.14	100 g	98%
AK Scientific, Inc.	United States	$1.52	100 g	99.5%
Interbioscreen	Hong Kong	$10.00	10 g	95%
Cayman Europe	Estonia	$12.57	25 g	99%
MedChemExpress MCE	Sweden	$18.63	5 g	99.34%
TargetMol Chemicals	China → United States	$31.00	1 g	99.76%
Apollo Scientific UK	United Kingdom	$48.00	1 g	98%
Molnova	China	$74.00	500 mg	99%
Labotest KG	Germany	$217.80	5000 mg	90%
ChemFaces	China	$1500.00	20 mg	98%
TimTec, LLC (back-ordered)	United States	$32000.00	15 mg	94%

Chemical Identity

CAS112-39-0

PubChem CID8181

DTXSIDDTXSID4029149

FormulaC17H34O2

Mol. Weight270.5 g/mol

SMILESCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC(=O)OC

Data Sources

EPA CompTox (DSSTox) · DTXSID4029149Retrieved 2026-04-06
PubChem · compound 8181Retrieved 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

Methyl hexadecanoate (CAS 112-39-0) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/112-39-0/ EPA CompTox (DSSTox): DTXSID4029149. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://comptox.epa.gov/dashboard/chemical/details/DTXSID4029149 PubChem: 8181. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/8181 EPA Chemical Data Reporting: 112-39-0. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting EPA Chemical Data Reporting: CAS 112-39-0. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting US Census international trade: HS 291570 for CAS 112-39-0. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/