Pentaerythrityl tetrabenzoate

CAS 4196-86-5

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$89M

Import volumeZero

Top sourceEstonia 32%

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 291631 · basket

EPA reports by year

2023: US production Confidential · Imports Zero
2019: US production 358.7K lb · Imports Zero

These shares come from HS customs code 291631, which covers 55 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).

EE 32%EstoniaCN 30%ChinaNL 21%NetherlandsIT 5%ItalyIN 4%India

Germany
Malaysia
Switzerland
South Korea
Indonesia
Japan
Israel
Taiwan

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.

The Hallstar

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.

Lanxess

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

•Plasticizer in Rubber Product ManufacturingProcessing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product

Vendor Pricing

$0.24/gSigma-Aldrich (Rush Stock)

CountryGermany

Pack$240.76 / 1 kg

Purity96%

Vendors19 available

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

18 more vendors

Vendor	Country	$/g	Pack	Purity
Sigma-Aldrich	Germany	$0.24	1 kg	96%
Combi-Blocks, Inc.	United States	$0.35	500 g	97%
A2B Chem LLC	United States	$0.38	100 g	97%
AstaTech, Inc	United States	$0.39	500 g	97%
BLD Pharmatech GmbH	Germany	$0.41	500 g	97%
BLD Pharmatech Ltd.	China	$0.41	500 g	97%
Ambeed, Inc.	United States	$0.41	500 g	97%
Aaron Chemicals LLC	Hong Kong	$0.41	500 g	95.5%
AA BLOCKS	United States	$0.47	500 g	97%
Angene Chemical	China → Hong Kong	$0.47	500 g	95.5%
BLD Pharmatech Co., Limited	United States	$0.53	100 g	97%
Angene International Limited	United States	$1.53	100 g	97%
AK Scientific, Inc.	United States	$6.00	5 g	97%
Vitas M Chemical Limited	Hong Kong	$310.00	1 g	90%
Princeton BioMolecular Research (SC)	United States	$2900.00	100 mg	90%
Angene	China → Hong Kong	$4266.67	30 mg	95.5%
ChemDiv, Inc.	United States	$5480.00	50 mg	90%
TimTec, LLC	United States	$13333.33	30 mg	90%

Chemical Identity

CAS4196-86-5

PubChem CID20167

DTXSIDDTXSID8024608

FormulaC33H28O8

Mol. Weight552.6 g/mol

SMILESC1=CC=C(C=C1)C(=O)OCC(COC(=O)C2=CC=CC=C2)(COC(=O)C3=CC=CC=C3)COC(=O)C4=CC=CC=C4

Data Sources

EPA CompTox (DSSTox) · DTXSID8024608Retrieved 2026-04-06
PubChem · compound 20167Retrieved 2026-04-06
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

Pentaerythrityl tetrabenzoate (CAS 4196-86-5) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/4196-86-5/ EPA CompTox (DSSTox): DTXSID8024608. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://comptox.epa.gov/dashboard/chemical/details/DTXSID8024608 PubChem: 20167. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/20167 EPA Chemical Data Reporting: 4196-86-5. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting EPA Chemical Data Reporting: CAS 4196-86-5. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting US Census international trade: HS 291631 for CAS 4196-86-5. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/