Dodecanoic acid
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$790M
Top SourceIndonesia 36%
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, 382319 · basket
These shares come from HS customs code 291590, 382319, which covers 201 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).
ID 36%IndonesiaMY 17%MalaysiaIN 9%IndiaDE 7%GermanyNL 7%Netherlands
- Switzerland
- South Korea
- Philippines
- Brazil
- Taiwan
- Canada
- United Kingdom
- Singapore
- Austria
- Hungary
- Turkey
- Ukraine
- Israel
- Chile
- Denmark
- Czech Republic
- Slovakia
- Colombia
- Norway
- Poland
- Hong Kong
- South Africa
- Russia
EPA-registered manufacturers (3)
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
Emery Oleochemicals
Peter Cremer North America
EPA-registered importers (13)
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
Shell · GB United Kingdom
Acidchem (Usa)
Acme-Hardesty Co A Division Of Jacob Stern & Sons
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Azelis Us Holding
Icof America
Innospec
Kic Chemicals
Marubeni America
Pennzoil-Quaker State
Rierden Chemical & Trading
Univar Solutions
Why It Matters
Sectors
AgricultureFoodEnergyMetals & MiningTextilesConsumer ProductsPaints & CoatingsCore Chemicals
Downstream UsesNo data available
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 10 functional roles.
- •Preservative in Wholesale and Retail Trade (0%)Not Known or Reasonably Ascertainable
- •Intermediate in Wholesale and Retail TradeNot Known or Reasonably Ascertainable
- •Lubricating agent in Wholesale and Retail Trade (0%)Not Known or Reasonably Ascertainable
- •Plasticizer in Wholesale and Retail Trade (0%)Not Known or Reasonably Ascertainable
- •Lubricants and lubricant additives in All Other Chemical Product and Preparation Manufacturing (40%)Processing as a reactant
- •Agricultural chemicals (non-pesticidal) in Pesticide, Fertilizer, and Other Agricultural Chemical Manufacturing (40%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Agricultural chemicals (non-pesticidal) in Food, beverage, and tobacco product manufacturing (20%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Surfactant (surface active agent) in All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing (84%)Processing as a reactant
- •Lubricating agent in Textiles, apparel, and leather manufacturing (16%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Surface active agents in Soap, Cleaning Compound, and Toilet Preparation ManufacturingProcessing as a reactant
- •Lubricants and lubricant additives in Petroleum Lubricating Oil and Grease Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Surfactant (surface active agent) in OtherProcessing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Emulsifier in OtherProcessing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Intermediate in All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing (100%)Processing as a reactant
- •Paint additives and coating additives not described by other categories in Paint and Coating Manufacturing (1%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Intermediate in Soap, Cleaning Compound, and Toilet Preparation Manufacturing (14%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Intermediate in Services (5%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
Vendor Pricing
$0.01/gAngene Chemical
CountryChina (registered: Hong Kong)
Pack$66.00 / 5 kg
Purity99%
Vendors26 available
Prices reflect listed pack sizes. Small research packs run far above bulk rates.
25 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aaron Chemicals LLC | Hong Kong | $0.01 | 500 g | 99% |
| A2B Chem LLC | United States | $0.02 | 25 kg | 98% |
| AA BLOCKS | United States | $0.02 | 25 kg | 98% |
| Sigma-Aldrich (Rush Stock) | Germany | $0.02 | 25 kg | 98% |
| Sigma-Aldrich | Germany | $0.02 | 25 kg | 98% |
| ALFA AESAR | Germany | $0.03 | 10 kg | 98% |
| Apollo Scientific UK | United Kingdom | $0.10 | 25 kg | 99% |
| Ambeed, Inc. | United States | $0.11 | 1 kg | 99% |
| Combi-Blocks, Inc. | United States | $0.25 | 1 kg | 98% |
| Fluorochem EU | Germany | $0.34 | 25 g | 98% |
| Cayman Europe | Estonia | $0.40 | 250 g | 98% |
| AK Scientific Specialized | United States | $0.43 | 100 g | 98% |
| AK Scientific, Inc. | United States | $0.57 | 100 g | 99% |
| MedChemExpress MCE | Sweden | $0.77 | 100 g | 99.93% |
| Angene International Limited | United States | $1.23 | 100 g | 99% |
| Fluorochem UK | United Kingdom | $7.15 | 1 g | 98% |
| MedKoo Biosciences, Inc | United States | $10.00 | 25 g | 98% |
| Molnova | China | $50.00 | 1 g | 99% |
| Apexbio Technology LLC | United States | $102.00 | 500 mg | 98% |
| ChemNorm | China | $150.00 | 100 mg | 98% |
| Labotest KG | Germany | $217.80 | 5000 mg | 90% |
| ChemFaces | China | $1500.00 | 20 mg | 98% |
| Otava, Ltd. | Ukraine | $2280.00 | 50 mg | 95% |
| Otava, Ltd. (2 weeks) | Ukraine | $2724.00 | 50 mg | 95% |
| Angene | China → Hong Kong | $4266.67 | 30 mg | 99% |
Chemical Identity
CAS143-07-7
PubChem CID3893
DTXSIDDTXSID5021590
FormulaC12H24O2
Mol. Weight200.32 g/mol
SMILESCCCCCCCCCCCC(=O)O
Data Sources
DTXSID50215902026-04-06
https://doi.org/10.23645/epacomptox.5588566
Archive: data/sources/comptox/dsstox_identifiers.csv
38932026-04-06
https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/rest/pug/compound/cid/3893/property/MolecularFormula,MolecularWeight,CanonicalSMILES,InChIKey/JSON
Archive: data/sources/pubchem_properties/3893.json
143-07-72026-04-24
https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting
Archive: data/sources/epa_cdr/2020_cdr.csv
CAS 143-07-72026-04-25
https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting
Archive: data/sources/epa_cdr/2020_cdr_industrial.csv