Ethyl hexanoate

CAS 123-66-0

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

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.

Berje

Reckitt Benckiser

EPA-registered importers (4)

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

Reckitt Benckiser Group · GB United Kingdom

Givaudan Fragrances

International Flavors And Fragrances

P&G

Why It Matters

Sectors

Plastics & RubberConsumer 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 3 sectors as 1 functional role.

•Fragrance in All Other Chemical Product and Preparation Manufacturing (89%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
•Fragrance in Soap, Cleaning Compound, and Toilet Preparation Manufacturing (1%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
•Fragrance in Plastics Material and Resin Manufacturing (2%)Processing—incorporation into article

Vendor Pricing

$0.03/gSigma-Aldrich (Rush Stock)

CountryGermany

Pack$698.53 / 20 kg

Purity98%

Vendors9 available

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

8 more vendors

Vendor	Country	$/g	Pack	Purity
Sigma-Aldrich	Germany	$0.03	20 kg	98%
ALFA AESAR	Germany	$0.12	2.5 kg	99%
AK Scientific Specialized	United States	$0.27	100 g	98%
AK Scientific, Inc.	United States	$0.38	100 g	99%
A2B Chem LLC	United States	$0.40	100 g	98%
Combi-Blocks, Inc.	United States	$0.40	100 g	98%
AA BLOCKS	United States	$0.52	100 g	99%
Labotest KG	Germany	$217.80	5000 mg	90%

Chemical Identity

CAS123-66-0

PubChem CID31265

DTXSIDDTXSID3021980

FormulaC8H16O2

Mol. Weight144.21 g/mol

SMILESCCCCCC(=O)OCC

Data Sources

EPA CompTox (DSSTox) · DTXSID3021980Retrieved 2026-04-06
PubChem · compound 31265Retrieved 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

Ethyl hexanoate (CAS 123-66-0) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/123-66-0/ EPA CompTox (DSSTox): DTXSID3021980. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://comptox.epa.gov/dashboard/chemical/details/DTXSID3021980 PubChem: 31265. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/31265 EPA Chemical Data Reporting: 123-66-0. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting EPA Chemical Data Reporting: CAS 123-66-0. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting US Census international trade: HS 291590 for CAS 123-66-0. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/