Benzyl benzoate
Drug ingredientThis drug ingredient has classified U.S. production volumes. EPA withholds the number 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$89M
Top SourceEstonia 32%
The EPA did not publish how much of this chemical companies made or imported, or marked that amount confidential. Without that volume, ACID cannot calculate import dependency.
Where It Comes From
Customs basis: HS 291631 · basket
These shares come from HS customs code 291631, which covers 25 chemicals in total. They estimate the bucket's origin mix, not this chemical specifically.
Source Countries
Country of origin for US imports, from Census customs data (2023).
EE 32%EstoniaCN 30%ChinaNL 21%NetherlandsIT 5%ItalyIN 4%India
- Germany
- Malaysia
- Switzerland
- South Korea
- Indonesia
- Japan
- Israel
- Taiwan
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.
Sc Johnson & Son
EPA-registered importers (7)
Companies that report making or importing this chemical to the EPA. Registration is US-centric and does not indicate import origin.
Givaudan Fragrances
Huntsman
International Flavors And Fragrances
Lanxess
Phoenix Aromas & Essential Oils
Show all 7
Ungerer And
Valtris
3 FDA-registered drug labelers
ANUBIS COSMETICS SL
Symrise AG
Unilab Chemicals and Pharmaceuticals Private Limited
Why It Matters
Sectors
Core ChemicalsHealthFoodConsumer ProductsPlastics & RubberMetals & MiningTextiles
Downstream Uses
Appears in 1 drug and cosmetic product listings (FDA).
- •Anubis Barcelona Regul Oil
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 8 sectors as 6 functional roles.
- •Odor agents in Other (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Solvents (which become part of product formulation or mixture) in All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Fragrance in All Other Chemical Product and Preparation Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Surfactant (surface active agent) in Textiles, apparel, and leather manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Odor agents in Plastics Material and Resin Manufacturing (1%)Processing—incorporation into article
- •Odor agents in Soap, Cleaning Compound, and Toilet Preparation Manufacturing (1%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Odor agents in All Other Chemical Product and Preparation Manufacturing (20%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Fragrance in Textiles, apparel, and leather manufacturing (100%)Processing as a reactant
- •Fragrance in All Other Basic Organic Chemical ManufacturingProcessing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Flavoring and nutrient in Food, beverage, and tobacco product manufacturingProcessing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Fragrance in Wholesale and Retail Trade (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Stabilizing agent in Plastics Material and Resin Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
Vendor Pricing
$0.01/gAaron Chemicals LLC
CountryHong Kong
Pack$5.00 / 500 g
Purity99%
Vendors25 available
Prices reflect listed pack sizes. Small research packs run far above bulk rates.
24 more vendors
| Vendor | Country Supplier country. Where available, shows shipping origin. When the supplier ships from a different country than where they are registered, both are shown. Most suppliers show registration country only. | $/g | Pack | Purity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Angene Chemical | China → Hong Kong | $0.01 | 500 g | 99% |
| Sigma-Aldrich (Rush Stock) | Germany | $0.03 | 10 kg | 99% |
| Sigma-Aldrich | Germany | $0.03 | 10 kg | 99% |
| A2B Chem LLC | United States | $0.04 | 500 g | 99% |
| AA BLOCKS | United States | $0.05 | 500 g | 99% |
| ALFA AESAR | Germany | $0.05 | 2.5 kg | 99% |
| Chemscene | United States | $0.05 | 1 kg | — |
| Fluorochem EU | Germany | $0.06 | 1 kg | 98% |
| AK Scientific Specialized | United States | $0.09 | 500 g | 95% |
| Fluorochem UK | United Kingdom | $0.10 | 100 g | 98% |
| Ambeed, Inc. | United States | $0.11 | 1 kg | 99% |
| AK Scientific, Inc. | United States | $0.12 | 500 g | 98% |
| Angene International Limited | United States | $0.23 | 100 g | 99% |
| Combi-Blocks, Inc. | United States | $0.25 | 1 kg | 98% |
| MedChemExpress MCE | Sweden | $1.78 | 100 g | 99.98% |
| AstaTech (2 weeks) | United States | $18.20 | 5 g | 95% |
| TargetMol Chemicals | China → United States | $31.00 | 1 g | 99.75% |
| Labotest KG | Germany | $217.80 | 5000 mg | 90% |
| Molnova | China | $295.00 | 200 mg | 99% |
| Key Organics Ltd. | United Kingdom | $2740.00 | 50 mg | 97% |
| 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 | 99% |
| AnalytiCon Discovery - a Division of BRAIN Biotech AG | Germany | $83288.33 | 30 mg | 85% |
Chemical Identity
CAS120-51-4
PubChem CID2345
DTXSIDDTXSID8029153
FormulaC14H12O2
Mol. Weight212.24 g/mol
SMILESC1=CC=C(C=C1)COC(=O)C2=CC=CC=C2
Data Sources
DTXSID80291532026-04-06
https://doi.org/10.23645/epacomptox.5588566
Archive: data/sources/comptox/dsstox_identifiers.csv
23452026-04-06
https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/rest/pug/compound/cid/2345/property/MolecularFormula,MolecularWeight,CanonicalSMILES,InChIKey/JSON
Archive: data/sources/pubchem_properties/2345.json
120-51-42026-04-24
https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting
Archive: data/sources/epa_cdr/2020_cdr.csv
CAS 120-51-42026-04-07
https://open.fda.gov/data/ndc/
Archive: data/sources/fda/ndc/ndc.json