D-Glucopyranoside, hexyl

CAS 54549-24-5

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$189M

Top sourceChina 25%

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 294000 · basket

EPA reports by year

2023: US production Confidential · Imports Confidential
2019: US production Confidential · Imports Confidential

These shares come from HS customs code 294000, which covers 41 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).

CN 25%ChinaDE 16%GermanyIT 11%ItalyCA 7%CanadaDK 7%Denmark

United Kingdom
Belgium
Singapore
Portugal
Finland
South Africa
Hong Kong
New Zealand
Taiwan
Spain
Morocco
Russia
United Arab Emirates
Ukraine
Poland
Australia

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.

Aurorium

Why It Matters

Sectors

Consumer Products

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

•CBI in CBICBI

Chemical Identity

CAS54549-24-5

PubChem CID171355

DTXSIDDTXSID1041843

FormulaC12H24O6

Mol. Weight264.31 g/mol

SMILESCCCCCCOC1C(C(C(C(O1)CO)O)O)O

Data Sources

EPA CompTox (DSSTox) · DTXSID1041843Retrieved 2026-04-06
PubChem · compound 171355Retrieved 2026-04-06
EPA Chemical Data ReportingReporting year: 2023 · 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

D-Glucopyranoside, hexyl (CAS 54549-24-5) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/54549-24-5/ EPA CompTox (DSSTox): DTXSID1041843. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://comptox.epa.gov/dashboard/chemical/details/DTXSID1041843 PubChem: 171355. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/171355 EPA Chemical Data Reporting: 54549-24-5. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting EPA Chemical Data Reporting: CAS 54549-24-5. Reporting year: 2019. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting US Census international trade: HS 294000 for CAS 54549-24-5. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/