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Drug ingredient

CAS 134-62-3

This 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, 2024$872M

Top sourceSwitzerland 44%

At least one company claimed its 2019 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: 2019. Import value and source-country shares describe a shared customs category, not a separate chemical measurement.

Where It Comes From

Customs basis: HS 292429 · basket

EPA reports by year

2019: US production Confidential · Imports Confidential

These shares come from HS customs code 292429, which covers 203 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).

CH 44%SwitzerlandCN 19%ChinaIN 12%IndiaJP 9%JapanIE 6%Ireland

Taiwan
United Kingdom
El Salvador
Colombia
Ukraine
Brazil
Guatemala
Belgium
Netherlands
Turkey
Sweden
Greece
Canada
Israel
New Zealand
Latvia
Lithuania
Finland
Slovakia
Australia
Hong Kong
Czech Republic
Armenia
Poland

EPA-registered manufacturers (2)

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

Clariant International · CH Switzerland

Clariant

Why It Matters

Sectors

HealthAgriculture

Downstream Uses

Appears in 1 drug and cosmetic product listings (FDA).

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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

$0.09/gA2B Chem LLC

CountryUnited States

Pack$43.00 / 500 g

Purity99%

Vendors14 available

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

13 more vendors

Vendor	Country	$/g	Pack	Purity
AA BLOCKS	United States	$0.11	500 g	99%
AK Scientific Specialized	United States	$0.11	500 g	98%
ALFA AESAR	Germany	$0.12	2.5 kg	97%
Sigma-Aldrich (Rush Stock)	Germany	$0.13	2 kg	97%
Sigma-Aldrich	Germany	$0.13	2 kg	97%
AK Scientific, Inc.	United States	$0.20	500 g	99%
Combi-Blocks, Inc.	United States	$0.25	1 kg	98%
MedKoo Biosciences, Inc	United States	$10.00	25 g	98%
Molnova	China	$43.00	1 g	99%
TargetMol Chemicals	China → United States	$48.00	1 g	99.67%
Apexbio Technology LLC	United States	$70.00	1 g	98.83%
MedChemExpress MCE	Sweden	$75.02	1 g	99.69%
Key Organics Ltd.	United Kingdom	$2740.00	50 mg	98%

Chemical Identity

CAS134-62-3

PubChem CID4284

DTXSIDDTXSID2021995

FormulaC12H17NO

Mol. Weight191.27 g/mol

SMILESCCN(CC)C(=O)C1=CC=CC(=C1)C

Data Sources

EPA CompTox (DSSTox) · DTXSID2021995Retrieved 2026-04-06
PubChem · compound 4284Retrieved 2026-04-06
EPA Chemical Data ReportingReporting year: 2019 · Retrieved 2026-10-04
EPA Chemical Data ReportingReporting year: 2019 · Retrieved 2026-10-04
US Census international tradeReporting year: 2024 · Retrieved 2026-10-04

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Brief citations

DEET (CAS 134-62-3) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/134-62-3/ EPA CompTox (DSSTox): DTXSID2021995. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://comptox.epa.gov/dashboard/chemical/details/DTXSID2021995 PubChem: 4284. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/4284 EPA Chemical Data Reporting: 134-62-3. Reporting year: 2019. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting EPA Chemical Data Reporting: CAS 134-62-3. Reporting year: 2019. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting US Census international trade: HS 292429 for CAS 134-62-3. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/