camphoric acid

Drug ingredient

CAS 124-83-4

This chemical is an active pharmaceutical ingredient used in FDA-regulated drugs.

US productionNot reported

Import value, 2024$37M

Top sourceChina 25%

This chemical is listed as active in US commerce, but no company reported it to EPA’s survey for 2019 or 2023. Sites may have made or imported less than the threshold amount, or none.

Why supply is unknown

Production is reported production, not a complete census of factories. Import value and source-country shares describe a shared customs category, not a separate chemical measurement.

Where It Comes From

Customs basis: HS 291720 · basket

These shares come from HS customs code 291720, which covers 42 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).

CN 25%ChinaIT 21%ItalyJP 21%JapanDE 14%GermanyIN 9%India

Ukraine
South Africa
Malaysia
Netherlands
Mexico
United Kingdom
Switzerland
Latvia
Canada

2 FDA-registered drug labelers

Henan Lijitang Medical Technology Co., Ltd.

Jiangxi Yudexi Pharmaceutical Co., LTD

Why It Matters

Sectors

Health

Downstream Uses

Appears in 4 drug and cosmetic product listings (FDA).

•Peppermint soothing cream
•Peppermint Soothing Patch
•Banpinghua Glucosamine Chondroitin Patch
•Reinreude BACK PAIN Therapy

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

Vendor Pricing

$34.00/gInterbioscreen

CountryHong Kong

Pack$340.00 / 10 g

Purity95%

Vendors9 available

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

8 more vendors

Vendor	Country	$/g	Pack	Purity
Specs	Netherlands	$2299.00	10 mg	90%
Otava, Ltd.	Ukraine	$2724.00	50 mg	95%
ChemBridge Corporation	Kazakhstan	$18000.00	5 mg	90%
Vitas M Chemical Limited	Hong Kong	$19333.33	3 mg	90%
A2B Chem LLC (2 weeks)	United States	$22900.00	10 mg	90%
AA BLOCKS (2 weeks)	United States	$24600.00	5 mg	90%
TimTec, LLC (back-ordered)	United States	$32000.00	15 mg	94%
Princeton BioMolecular Research (SC)	United States	$42500.00	2 mg	90%

Chemical Identity

CAS124-83-4

PubChem CID101807

DTXSIDDTXSID60883316

FormulaC10H16O4

Mol. Weight200.23 g/mol

SMILESCC1(C(CCC1(C)C(=O)O)C(=O)O)C

Data Sources

PubChem · compound 101807Retrieved 2026-04-07
EPA TSCA InventoryRetrieved 2026-04-24
FDA National Drug Code directoryRetrieved 2026-04-07
US Census international tradeReporting year: 2024 · Retrieved 2026-10-04

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Brief citations

camphoric acid (CAS 124-83-4) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/124-83-4/ PubChem: 101807. Retrieved 2026-04-07. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/101807 EPA TSCA Inventory: CAS 124-83-4. Retrieved 2026-04-24. https://www.epa.gov/tsca-inventory FDA National Drug Code directory: bulk match. Retrieved 2026-04-07. https://open.fda.gov/data/ndc/ US Census international trade: HS 291720 for CAS 124-83-4. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/