Tetradecanoic acid
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$790M
Top SourceIndonesia 36%
The EPA did not publish how much of this chemical companies made or imported, or marked that amount confidential. Without that volume, ACID cannot calculate import dependency.
Where It Comes From
Customs basis: HS 291590, 382319 · basket
These shares come from HS customs code 291590, 382319, which covers 201 chemicals in total. They estimate the bucket's origin mix, not this chemical specifically.
Source Countries
Country of origin for US imports, from Census customs data (2023).
ID 36%IndonesiaMY 17%MalaysiaIN 9%IndiaDE 7%GermanyNL 7%Netherlands
- Switzerland
- South Korea
- Philippines
- Brazil
- Taiwan
- Canada
- United Kingdom
- Singapore
- Austria
- Hungary
- Turkey
- Ukraine
- Israel
- Chile
- Denmark
- Czech Republic
- Slovakia
- Colombia
- Norway
- Poland
- Hong Kong
- South Africa
- Russia
EPA-registered manufacturers (5)
Companies that report making or importing this chemical to the EPA. Registration is US-centric and does not indicate import origin.
Basf Se · DE Germany
Emery Oleochemicals (M) Sdn Bhd · MY Malaysia
Basf
Emery Oleochemicals
Peter Cremer North America
EPA-registered importers (6)
Companies that report making or importing this chemical to the EPA. Registration is US-centric and does not indicate import origin.
Acme-Hardesty Co A Division Of Jacob Stern & Sons
Brenntag
Icof America
Rierden Chemical & Trading
Univar Solutions
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Valudor Products
Why It Matters
Sectors
FoodEnergyConstructionMetals & MiningPlastics & RubberTextilesConsumer ProductsPaper & PrintingCore Chemicals
Downstream UsesNo data available
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 10 sectors as 13 functional roles.
- •Intermediate in All Other Basic Organic Chemical ManufacturingProcessing as a reactant
- •Fuel in OtherUse—non-incorporative activities
- •Lubricating agent in OtherUse—non-incorporative activities
- •Lubricants and lubricant additives in All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing (20%)Processing as a reactant
- •Surface active agents in All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing (16%)Processing as a reactant
- •Lubricants and lubricant additives in Plastics Product Manufacturing (24%)Processing as a reactant
- •Finishing agents in Paper Manufacturing (8%)Processing as a reactant
- •Adhesives and sealant chemicals in Miscellaneous Manufacturing (1%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Agricultural chemicals (non-pesticidal) in Food, beverage, and tobacco product manufacturing (32%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Lubricating agent in Textiles, apparel, and leather manufacturing (20%)Processing—incorporation into article
- •Surfactant (surface active agent) in All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing (58%)Processing as a reactant
- •Opacifer in OtherProcessing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Surfactant (surface active agent) in OtherProcessing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Emulsifier in OtherProcessing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Lubricants and lubricant additives in Petroleum Lubricating Oil and Grease Manufacturing (2%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Paint additives and coating additives not described by other categories in Adhesive Manufacturing (2%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Plating agents and surface treating agents in All Other Chemical Product and Preparation Manufacturing (6%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Paint additives and coating additives not described by other categories in All Other Chemical Product and Preparation Manufacturing (2%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
Vendor Pricing
$0.01/gAaron Chemicals LLC
CountryHong Kong
Pack$7.00 / 500 g
Purity98%
Vendors31 available
Prices reflect listed pack sizes. Small research packs run far above bulk rates.
30 more vendors
| Vendor | Country Supplier country. Where available, shows shipping origin. When the supplier ships from a different country than where they are registered, both are shown. Most suppliers show registration country only. | $/g | Pack | Purity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Angene Chemical | China → Hong Kong | $0.02 | 500 g | 98% |
| AA BLOCKS | United States | $0.02 | 500 g | 97% |
| Sigma-Aldrich (Rush Stock) | Germany | $0.03 | 25 kg | 98.5% |
| Sigma-Aldrich | Germany | $0.03 | 25 kg | 98.5% |
| A2B Chem LLC | United States | $0.04 | 500 g | 97% |
| Chemscene | United States | $0.05 | 1 kg | — |
| Fluorochem EU | Germany | $0.07 | 500 g | 97% |
| Angene International Limited | United States | $0.08 | 500 g | 97% |
| BLD Pharmatech Co., Limited | United States | $0.11 | 1 kg | 99% |
| BLD Pharmatech GmbH | Germany | $0.11 | 1 kg | 99% |
| BLD Pharmatech Ltd. | China | $0.11 | 1 kg | 99% |
| Ambeed, Inc. | United States | $0.11 | 1 kg | 99% |
| AK Scientific Specialized | United States | $0.23 | 500 g | 98% |
| Combi-Blocks, Inc. | United States | $0.25 | 1 kg | 97% |
| AK Scientific, Inc. | United States | $0.30 | 500 g | 99% |
| MedKoo Biosciences, Inc | United States | $12.00 | 50 g | 98% |
| Cayman Europe | Estonia | $15.47 | 10 g | 98% |
| Molnova | China | $42.00 | 1 g | 99% |
| TargetMol Chemicals | China → United States | $47.00 | 1 g | 99.78% |
| MedChemExpress MCE | Sweden | $75.02 | 1 g | 99.88% |
| AstaTech (2 weeks) | United States | $109.00 | 1 g | 95% |
| Labotest KG | Germany | $217.80 | 5000 mg | 90% |
| ChemNorm | China | $1450.00 | 20 mg | 98% |
| ChemFaces | China | $1500.00 | 20 mg | 98% |
| Otava, Ltd. | Ukraine | $2724.00 | 50 mg | 90% |
| Princeton BioMolecular Research (SC) | United States | $2900.00 | 100 mg | 90% |
| Vitas M Chemical Limited | Hong Kong | $3170.00 | 100 mg | 90% |
| Angene | China → Hong Kong | $4266.67 | 30 mg | 98% |
| Key Organics Ltd. | United Kingdom | $6900.00 | 10 mg | 97% |
| TimTec, LLC | United States | $58000.00 | 5 mg | 90% |
Chemical Identity
CAS544-63-8
PubChem CID11005
DTXSIDDTXSID6021666
FormulaC14H28O2
Mol. Weight228.37 g/mol
SMILESCCCCCCCCCCCCCC(=O)O
Data Sources
DTXSID60216662026-04-06
https://doi.org/10.23645/epacomptox.5588566
Archive: data/sources/comptox/dsstox_identifiers.csv
110052026-04-06
https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/rest/pug/compound/cid/11005/property/MolecularFormula,MolecularWeight,CanonicalSMILES,InChIKey/JSON
Archive: data/sources/pubchem_properties/11005.json
544-63-82026-04-24
https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting
Archive: data/sources/epa_cdr/2020_cdr.csv
CAS 544-63-82026-04-25
https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting
Archive: data/sources/epa_cdr/2020_cdr_industrial.csv