Octanoic acid
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$384M
Top SourceMalaysia 21%
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 291590 · basket
These shares come from HS customs code 291590, which covers 180 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).
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
EPA-registered manufacturers (4)
Companies that report making or importing this chemical to the EPA. Registration is US-centric and does not indicate import origin.
Emery Oleochemicals (M) Sdn Bhd · MY Malaysia
Altivia Specialty Chemicals
Emery Oleochemicals
The Procter & Gamble
EPA-registered importers (16)
Companies that report making or importing this chemical to the EPA. Registration is US-centric and does not indicate import origin.
Azelis S A · LU Luxembourg
Ioi Acidchem Sdn Bhd · MY Malaysia
Oleon Nv · BE Belgium
Abitec
Acidchem (Usa)
Show all 16
Acme-Hardesty Co A Division Of Jacob Stern & Sons
Azelis Us Holding
Brenntag
Colonial Group
Kic Chemicals
Oleon Americas
Pulcra Chemicals
Rierden Chemical & Trading
Sea-Land Chemical
Univar Solutions
Vitusa Products
Why It Matters
Sectors
FoodPlastics & RubberCore ChemicalsHealthEnergyConsumer ProductsMetals & MiningTextilesAgriculture
Downstream Uses
Appears in 1 drug and cosmetic product listings (FDA).
- •Organic Acid Combination 9305
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 11 sectors as 13 functional roles.
- •Surfactant (surface active agent) in All Other Chemical Product and Preparation ManufacturingProcessing as a reactant
- •Lubricants and lubricant additives in Fabricated Metal Product ManufacturingProcessing as a reactant
- •Intermediate in All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing (100%)Processing as a reactant
- •Preservative in Wholesale and Retail Trade (0%)Not Known or Reasonably Ascertainable
- •Intermediate in Wholesale and Retail Trade (0%)Not Known or Reasonably Ascertainable
- •Lubricating agent in Wholesale and Retail TradeNot Known or Reasonably Ascertainable
- •Fixing agent (mordant) in Synthetic Dye and Pigment Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Lubricants and lubricant additives in All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing (40%)Processing as a reactant
- •Agricultural chemicals (non-pesticidal) in Food, beverage, and tobacco product manufacturing (20%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Lubricants and lubricant additives in Petroleum Lubricating Oil and Grease Manufacturing (50%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Intermediate in All Other Chemical Product and Preparation Manufacturing (50%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Cleaning agent in Soap, Cleaning Compound, and Toilet Preparation Manufacturing (100%)Processing as a reactant
- •Intermediate in Textiles, apparel, and leather manufacturing (100%)Processing as a reactant
- •Lubricating agent in All Other Chemical Product and Preparation ManufacturingProcessing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Intermediate in Petroleum Lubricating Oil and Grease Manufacturing (27%)Processing as a reactant
- •Corrosion inhibitor in Petroleum Lubricating Oil and Grease Manufacturing (73%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Lubricating agent in All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing (17%)Processing as a reactant
- •Intermediate in Synthetic Rubber Manufacturing (23%)Processing as a reactant
- •Corrosion inhibitors and anti-scaling agents in Petroleum Lubricating Oil and Grease Manufacturing (6%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Adhesives and sealant chemicals in Soap, Cleaning Compound, and Toilet Preparation Manufacturing (33%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Corrosion inhibitors and anti-scaling agents in Soap, Cleaning Compound, and Toilet Preparation Manufacturing (1%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Corrosion inhibitors and anti-scaling agents in All Other Chemical Product and Preparation Manufacturing (1%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Dyes in All Other Chemical Product and Preparation Manufacturing (13%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Viscosity adjustors in All Other Chemical Product and Preparation Manufacturing (7%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Corrosion inhibitors and anti-scaling agents in Wholesale and Retail Trade (5%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Agricultural chemicals (non-pesticidal) in Pesticide, Fertilizer, and Other Agricultural Chemical Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
Vendor Pricing
$0.01/gAaron Chemicals LLC
CountryHong Kong
Pack$9.00 / 1 kg
Purity99%
Vendors22 available
Prices reflect listed pack sizes. Small research packs run far above bulk rates.
21 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 | $0.02 | 500 g | 97% |
| Sigma-Aldrich (Rush Stock) | Germany | $0.02 | 50 kg | 98% |
| Sigma-Aldrich | Germany | $0.02 | 50 kg | 98% |
| Manchester Organics | United Kingdom | $0.03 | 500 g | 98% |
| AA BLOCKS | United States | $0.14 | 100 g | 95% |
| A2B Chem LLC | United States | $0.18 | 100 g | 95% |
| Fluorochem UK | United Kingdom | $0.24 | 1 kg | 99% |
| Ambeed, Inc. | United States | $0.25 | 100 g | 99% |
| Combi-Blocks, Inc. | United States | $0.25 | 1 kg | 95% |
| Angene International Limited | United States | $0.40 | 500 g | 98% |
| MedChemExpress MCE | Sweden | $0.50 | 1 kg | 99.85% |
| MedKoo Biosciences, Inc | United States | $0.63 | 1 kg | 98% |
| Fluorochem EU | Germany | $0.87 | 25 g | 99% |
| Molnova | China | $74.00 | 500 mg | 99% |
| TargetMol Chemicals | China → United States | $82.00 | 500 mg | 99.9% |
| Apexbio Technology LLC | United States | $100.00 | 500 mg | 98% |
| Cayman Europe | Estonia | $117.81 | 1 g | 99% |
| Labotest KG | Germany | $217.80 | 5000 mg | 90% |
| ChemFaces | China | $1500.00 | 20 mg | 98% |
| Key Organics Ltd. | United Kingdom | $1960.00 | 100 mg | 95% |
| Angene | China → Hong Kong | $4266.67 | 30 mg | 97% |
Chemical Identity
CAS124-07-2
PubChem CID379
DTXSIDDTXSID3021645
FormulaC8H16O2
Mol. Weight144.21 g/mol
SMILESCCCCCCCC(=O)O
Data Sources
DTXSID30216452026-04-06
https://doi.org/10.23645/epacomptox.5588566
Archive: data/sources/comptox/dsstox_identifiers.csv
3792026-04-06
https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/rest/pug/compound/cid/379/property/MolecularFormula,MolecularWeight,CanonicalSMILES,InChIKey/JSON
Archive: data/sources/pubchem_properties/379.json
124-07-22026-04-24
https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting
Archive: data/sources/epa_cdr/2020_cdr.csv
CAS 124-07-22026-04-25
https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting
Archive: data/sources/epa_cdr/2020_cdr_industrial.csv