Pentaethylene glycol

CAS 4792-15-8

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$132M

Top sourceIndia 18%

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 290949 · basket

EPA reports by year

2023: US production Confidential · Imports Confidential
2019: US production Confidential · Imports 10.9K lb

These shares come from HS customs code 290949, which covers 104 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 18%IndiaJP 14%JapanDE 13%GermanyKR 11%South KoreaTW 11%Taiwan

Switzerland
Poland
Brazil
Singapore
Norway
Kyrgyzstan
Ukraine
Israel

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.

Dow Chemical

Evonik

Lyondell 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.

Third Coast Packaging

Why It Matters

Sectors

Plastics & RubberConsumer ProductsCore Chemicals

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

Used in 3 sectors as 3 functional roles.

•Intermediate in Petrochemical Manufacturing (61%)Processing as a reactant
•Emulsifier in Plastics Product Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
•Viscosity modifiers in All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing (100%)Processing—repackaging

Vendor Pricing

$0.59/gAaron Chemicals LLC

CountryHong Kong

Pack$589.00 / 1 kg

Purity97%

Vendors31 available

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

30 more vendors

Vendor	Country	$/g	Pack	Purity
Angene Chemical	China → Hong Kong	$0.66	500 g	97%
AA BLOCKS	United States	$0.90	500 g	97%
A2B Chem LLC	United States	$0.90	500 g	97%
Chemscene	United States	$1.05	1 kg	—
Acrotein ChemBio, Inc.	United States	$1.25	500 g	—
Combi-Blocks, Inc.	United States	$1.28	500 g	98%
Angene International Limited	United States	$1.29	100 g	97%
Fluorochem EU	Germany	$1.43	100 g	96%
Fluorochem UK	United Kingdom	$1.46	100 g	96%
AstaTech, Inc	United States	$1.64	100 g	95%
AK Scientific Specialized	United States	$1.64	25 g	95%
Manchester Organics	United Kingdom	$1.90	100 g	97%
BLD Pharmatech Co., Limited	United States	$2.07	500 g	98%
BLD Pharmatech GmbH	Germany	$2.07	500 g	98%
BLD Pharmatech Ltd.	China	$2.07	500 g	98%
Ambeed, Inc.	United States	$2.07	500 g	98%
AK Scientific, Inc.	United States	$2.20	25 g	98%
MedChemExpress MCE	Sweden	$2.59	500 g	99.58%
Synthonix	United States	$3.00	10 g	97%
Accela ChemBio	United States	$4.00	5 g	97%
Apollo Scientific UK	United Kingdom	$4.36	25 g	97%
AxisPharm	United States	$8.80	25 g	95%
ALFA AESAR	Germany	$14.76	10 g	98%
Sigma-Aldrich (Rush Stock)	Germany	$19.88	25 g	98%
Sigma-Aldrich	Germany	$19.88	25 g	98%
MedKoo Biosciences, Inc	United States	$20.40	25 g	98%
TargetMol Chemicals	China → United States	$29.00	1 g	—
Labotest KG	Germany	$217.80	5000 mg	90%
HTS Biochemie Innovationen	Germany	$2440.00	100 mg	95%
Angene	China → Hong Kong	$4266.67	30 mg	97%

Chemical Identity

CAS4792-15-8

PubChem CID62551

DTXSIDDTXSID4027579

FormulaC10H22O6

Mol. Weight238.28 g/mol

SMILESC(COCCOCCOCCOCCO)O

Data Sources

EPA CompTox (DSSTox) · DTXSID4027579Retrieved 2026-04-06
PubChem · compound 62551Retrieved 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

Pentaethylene glycol (CAS 4792-15-8) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/4792-15-8/ EPA CompTox (DSSTox): DTXSID4027579. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://comptox.epa.gov/dashboard/chemical/details/DTXSID4027579 PubChem: 62551. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/62551 EPA Chemical Data Reporting: 4792-15-8. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting EPA Chemical Data Reporting: CAS 4792-15-8. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting US Census international trade: HS 290949 for CAS 4792-15-8. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/