2-(Perfluorooctyl)ethyl acrylate

CAS 27905-45-9

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, 2024$196M

Top sourceSouth Korea 24%

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 291612 · basket

EPA reports by year

2019: US production Confidential · Imports Confidential

These shares come from HS customs code 291612, which covers 92 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).

KR 24%South KoreaTW 17%TaiwanZA 14%South AfricaIT 13%ItalyJP 12%Japan

United Kingdom
Hungary
Singapore
Saudi Arabia
Netherlands
Switzerland
Spain
Malaysia
Canada
Lithuania
India
Mexico
Denmark

EPA-registered importers (2)

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

Archroma Management Gmbh · CH Switzerland

Archroma U.S

Why It Matters

Sectors

Plastics & Rubber

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

Industrial Uses

•Monomers in Plastics Material and Resin Manufacturing (100%)Processing as a reactant

Vendor Pricing

$0.30/gAaron Chemicals LLC

CountryHong Kong

Pack$30.00 / 100 g

Purity98%

Vendors12 available

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

11 more vendors

Vendor	Country	$/g	Pack	Purity
Angene Chemical	China → Hong Kong	$0.33	100 g	98%
Combi-Blocks, Inc.	United States	$0.44	500 g	97%
A2B Chem LLC	United States	$0.48	500 g	97%
AA BLOCKS	United States	$0.50	500 g	97%
Fluorochem UK	United Kingdom	$0.51	100 g	98%
AstaTech (2 weeks)	United States	$2.15	100 g	95%
Accela ChemBio	United States	$2.40	5 g	98%
AK Scientific Specialized	United States	$2.69	100 g	95%
AK Scientific, Inc.	United States	$3.60	100 g	97%
Angene International Limited	United States	$5.88	100 g	97%
Angene	China → Hong Kong	$4266.67	30 mg	98%

Chemical Identity

CAS27905-45-9

PubChem CID119747

DTXSIDDTXSID5067348

FormulaC13H7F17O2

Mol. Weight518.17 g/mol

SMILESC=CC(=O)OCCC(C(C(C(C(C(C(C(F)(F)F)(F)F)(F)F)(F)F)(F)F)(F)F)(F)F)(F)F

Data Sources

EPA CompTox (DSSTox) · DTXSID5067348Retrieved 2026-04-06
PubChem · compound 119747Retrieved 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

2-(Perfluorooctyl)ethyl acrylate (CAS 27905-45-9) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/27905-45-9/ EPA CompTox (DSSTox): DTXSID5067348. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://comptox.epa.gov/dashboard/chemical/details/DTXSID5067348 PubChem: 119747. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/119747 EPA Chemical Data Reporting: 27905-45-9. Reporting year: 2019. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting EPA Chemical Data Reporting: CAS 27905-45-9. Reporting year: 2019. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting US Census international trade: HS 291612 for CAS 27905-45-9. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/