2-Octanol

CAS 123-96-6

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$83M

Top sourceNetherlands 72%

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 290516 · basket

EPA reports by year

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

These shares come from HS customs code 290516, which covers 6 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).

NL 72%NetherlandsPL 12%PolandGB 5%United KingdomDE 3%GermanyCN 2%China

Malaysia
Canada
Spain
Taiwan
South Korea
Switzerland
Japan

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.

Aurorium

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.

Pht International

Van Horn, Metz &

Why It Matters

Sectors

AgricultureConsumer Products

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

•Solvent in Pesticide, Fertilizer, and Other Agricultural Chemical Manufacturing (100%)Not Known or Reasonably Ascertainable

Vendor Pricing

$0.01/gAaron Chemicals LLC

CountryHong Kong

Pack$7.00 / 500 g

Purity98%

Vendors18 available

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

17 more vendors

Vendor	Country	$/g	Pack	Purity
Angene Chemical	China → Hong Kong	$0.02	500 g	98%
A2B Chem LLC	United States	$0.04	500 g	98%
Sigma-Aldrich (Rush Stock)	Germany	$0.05	8 kg	97%
Sigma-Aldrich	Germany	$0.05	8 kg	97%
AA BLOCKS	United States	$0.05	500 g	98%
A2B Chem LLC (2 weeks)	United States	$0.06	2.5 kg	99%
BLD Pharmatech Co., Limited	United States	$0.06	500 g	98%
BLD Pharmatech GmbH	Germany	$0.06	500 g	98%
BLD Pharmatech Ltd.	China	$0.06	500 g	98%
Ambeed, Inc.	United States	$0.06	500 g	98%
AA BLOCKS (2 weeks)	United States	$0.06	2.5 kg	99%
Combi-Blocks, Inc.	United States	$0.25	1 kg	98%
AstaTech, Inc	United States	$0.72	100 g	95%
Angene International Limited	United States	$1.82	100 g	95%
Labotest KG	Germany	$217.80	5000 mg	90%
TargetMol Chemicals	China → United States	$274.00	500 mg	99.4%
Angene	China → Hong Kong	$4266.67	30 mg	98%

Chemical Identity

CAS123-96-6

PubChem CID20083

DTXSIDDTXSID0027014

FormulaC8H18O

Mol. Weight130.23 g/mol

SMILESCCCCCCC(C)O

Data Sources

EPA CompTox (DSSTox) · DTXSID0027014Retrieved 2026-04-06
PubChem · compound 20083Retrieved 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

2-Octanol (CAS 123-96-6) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/123-96-6/ EPA CompTox (DSSTox): DTXSID0027014. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://comptox.epa.gov/dashboard/chemical/details/DTXSID0027014 PubChem: 20083. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/20083 EPA Chemical Data Reporting: 123-96-6. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting EPA Chemical Data Reporting: CAS 123-96-6. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting US Census international trade: HS 290516 for CAS 123-96-6. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/