2-Ethylhexyl benzoate

CAS 5444-75-7

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

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 Confidential
2019: US production Confidential · Imports Confidential

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 (2)

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

Custom Synthesis

Mount Vernon Mills

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.

Eastman Chemical

Why It Matters

Sectors

TextilesPaints & CoatingsCore 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 2 sectors as 2 functional roles.

•Plasticizer in All Other Basic Organic Chemical ManufacturingProcessing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
•Surfactant (surface active agent) in Paint and Coating Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product

Vendor Pricing

$0.27/gAngene Chemical

CountryChina (registered: Hong Kong)

Pack$133.00 / 500 g

Purity98%

Vendors15 available

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

14 more vendors

Vendor	Country	$/g	Pack	Purity
Aaron Chemicals LLC	Hong Kong	$0.28	500 g	98%
Combi-Blocks, Inc.	United States	$0.44	500 g	98%
A2B Chem LLC	United States	$0.48	500 g	98%
AA BLOCKS	United States	$0.50	500 g	97%
AK Scientific Specialized	United States	$0.51	100 g	95%
Fluorochem EU	Germany	$0.60	100 g	98%
AK Scientific, Inc.	United States	$0.71	100 g	97%
Angene International Limited	United States	$1.45	100 g	97%
AstaTech (2 weeks)	United States	$4.96	25 g	95%
BLD Pharmatech Ltd.	China	$12.00	1 g	95%
BLD Pharmatech Co., Limited	United States	$40.00	250 mg	95%
Ambeed, Inc.	United States	$40.00	250 mg	95%
Labotest KG	Germany	$217.80	5000 mg	90%
Angene	China → Hong Kong	$4266.67	30 mg	98%

Chemical Identity

CAS5444-75-7

PubChem CID94310

DTXSIDDTXSID4041654

FormulaC15H22O2

Mol. Weight234.33 g/mol

SMILESCCCCC(CC)COC(=O)C1=CC=CC=C1

Data Sources

EPA CompTox (DSSTox) · DTXSID4041654Retrieved 2026-04-06
PubChem · compound 94310Retrieved 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

2-Ethylhexyl benzoate (CAS 5444-75-7) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/5444-75-7/ EPA CompTox (DSSTox): DTXSID4041654. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://comptox.epa.gov/dashboard/chemical/details/DTXSID4041654 PubChem: 94310. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/94310 EPA Chemical Data Reporting: 5444-75-7. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting EPA Chemical Data Reporting: CAS 5444-75-7. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting US Census international trade: HS 291631 for CAS 5444-75-7. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/