Di-n-octyl phthalate

CAS 117-84-0

EPA’s 2023 records show zero U.S. production of this chemical.

US productionZero

Import value, 2024$11M

Import volumeCBI

Confidential Business Information. The EPA withholds this volume because publishing it could reveal the reporting company's trade secrets.

Top sourceSouth Korea 41%

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. 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 291732 · narrow

EPA reports by year

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

These shares come from HS customs code 291732, which covers 4 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).

KR 41%South KoreaMX 24%MexicoCO 23%ColombiaCL 4%ChilePT 3%Portugal

Netherlands
Japan
Germany

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.

Icc Industries

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.

H.B. Fuller

Why It Matters

Sectors

Construction

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

•Adhesion/cohesion promoter in Adhesive Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product

Vendor Pricing

$1.28/gCombi-Blocks, Inc.

CountryUnited States

Pack$640.00 / 500 g

Purity98%

Vendors11 available

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

10 more vendors

Vendor	Country	$/g	Pack	Purity
A2B Chem LLC	United States	$1.36	500 g	98%
AA BLOCKS	United States	$1.44	500 g	98%
TargetMol Chemicals	China → United States	$118.00	1 g	99.61%
Aaron Chemicals LLC	Hong Kong	$136.00	2 g	—
Angene Chemical	China → Hong Kong	$137.50	2 g	—
Sigma-Aldrich (Rush Stock)	Germany	$194.72	250 mg	—
Sigma-Aldrich	Germany	$194.72	250 mg	—
MedChemExpress MCE	Sweden	$556.60	100 mg	99.4%
Key Organics Ltd.	United Kingdom	$600.00	250 mg	95%
Molnova	China	$964.00	500 mg	99%

Chemical Identity

CAS117-84-0

PubChem CID8346

DTXSIDDTXSID1021956

FormulaC24H38O4

Mol. Weight390.6 g/mol

SMILESCCCCCCCCOC(=O)C1=CC=CC=C1C(=O)OCCCCCCCC

Data Sources

EPA CompTox (DSSTox) · DTXSID1021956Retrieved 2026-04-06
PubChem · compound 8346Retrieved 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

← Back to Dashboard ← Back to Construction

Brief citations

Di-n-octyl phthalate (CAS 117-84-0) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/117-84-0/ EPA CompTox (DSSTox): DTXSID1021956. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://comptox.epa.gov/dashboard/chemical/details/DTXSID1021956 PubChem: 8346. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/8346 EPA Chemical Data Reporting: 117-84-0. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting EPA Chemical Data Reporting: CAS 117-84-0. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting US Census international trade: HS 291732 for CAS 117-84-0. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/