trans-Hex-2-enyl acetate

CAS 2497-18-9

Companies reported imports and no US production of this chemical to EPA for 2023.

US productionZero

Import value, 2024$123M

Import volume6.5K lb

Import dependency100%

Top sourceIndia 31%

Production is reported production, not a complete census of factories. Production reporting year: 2023. Import value and source-country shares describe a shared customs category, not a separate chemical measurement.

trans-Hex-2-enyl acetate · US import value by year

2013: $82M · Peak 2022: $155M · 2024: $123M · 2025: $116M

Where It Comes From

Customs basis: HS 291539 · basket

EPA reports by year

2023: US production Zero · Imports 6.5K lb
2019: US production Confidential · Imports Confidential

These shares come from HS customs code 291539, which covers 252 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).

IN 31%IndiaCN 18%ChinaDE 13%GermanyMX 8%MexicoGB 7%United Kingdom

Indonesia
Costa Rica
South Korea
Netherlands
Canada
Paraguay
Madagascar
South Africa
Vietnam
Slovakia
Hong Kong
Israel
Singapore
Argentina
Ukraine

Why It Matters

Sectors

Food

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

Vendor Pricing

$0.15/gSigma-Aldrich (Rush Stock)

CountryGermany

Pack$1318.92 / 9 kg

Purity98%

Vendors11 available

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

10 more vendors

Vendor	Country	$/g	Pack	Purity
Sigma-Aldrich	Germany	$0.15	9 kg	98%
Aaron Chemicals LLC	Hong Kong	$0.35	100 g	98%
Angene Chemical	China → Hong Kong	$0.37	100 g	97%
AK Scientific, Inc.	United States	$0.41	500 g	98%
AA BLOCKS	United States	$0.48	25 g	98%
A2B Chem LLC	United States	$0.48	25 g	98%
Combi-Blocks, Inc.	United States	$0.60	100 g	98%
ALFA AESAR	Germany	$1.26	50 g	98%
A2B Chem LLC (1 week)	United States	$702.00	1 g	95%
AA BLOCKS (1 week)	United States	$781.00	1 g	95%

Chemical Identity

CAS2497-18-9

PubChem CID2733294

DTXSIDDTXSID40879237

FormulaC8H14O2

Mol. Weight142.2 g/mol

SMILESCCCC=CCOC(=O)C

Data Sources

EPA CompTox (DSSTox) · DTXSID40879237Retrieved 2026-04-06
PubChem · compound 2733294Retrieved 2026-04-06
EPA Chemical Data ReportingReporting year: 2023 · 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

trans-Hex-2-enyl acetate (CAS 2497-18-9) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/2497-18-9/ EPA CompTox (DSSTox): DTXSID40879237. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://comptox.epa.gov/dashboard/chemical/details/DTXSID40879237 PubChem: 2733294. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/2733294 EPA Chemical Data Reporting: 2497-18-9. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting EPA Chemical Data Reporting: CAS 2497-18-9. Reporting year: 2019. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting US Census international trade: HS 291539 for CAS 2497-18-9. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/