Ammonium decanoate

CAS 16530-70-4

Decanoic acid, ammonium salt (1:1)

U.S. production volumes are classified as confidential business information.

Molecular structure of 16530-70-4 — 1 NH₄⁺

US productionCBI

Confidential Business Information. The EPA withholds this volume because publishing it could reveal the reporting company's trade secrets.

Import value, 2024$384M

Top sourceMalaysia 21%

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 291590 · basket

EPA reports by year

2023: US production Confidential · Imports Confidential

These shares come from HS customs code 291590, which covers 588 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).

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 (1)

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

Textile Rubber & Chemical

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.

Emery Oleochemicals

Why It Matters

Sectors

AgricultureTextiles

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

Chemical Identity

CAS16530-70-4

PubChem CIDNot recorded

DTXSIDDTXSID40167883

FormulaC10H23NO2

Mol. Weight189.299 g/mol

SMILES[NH4+].CCCCCCCCCC([O-])=O

Data Sources

EPA TSCA InventoryRetrieved 2026-04-29
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

Ammonium decanoate (CAS 16530-70-4) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/16530-70-4/ EPA TSCA Inventory: CAS 16530-70-4. Retrieved 2026-04-29. https://www.epa.gov/tsca-inventory EPA Chemical Data Reporting: 16530-70-4. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting EPA Chemical Data Reporting: CAS 16530-70-4. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting US Census international trade: HS 291590 for CAS 16530-70-4. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/