alpha-Vitamin E

Drug ingredient

CAS 59-02-9

α-tocopherol, d-

Companies reported imports and no US production of this drug ingredient to EPA for 2023.

US productionZero

Import value, 2024$466M

Import volume21.0K lb

Import dependency100%

Top sourceChina 65%

Production is reported production, not a complete census of factories. Production reporting year: 2023. Import value and source-country shares describe a shared customs category, not a separate chemical measurement.

alpha-Vitamin E · US import value by year

2013: $376M · Peak 2024: $466M · 2025: $415M

Where It Comes From

Customs basis: HS 293628 · basket

EPA reports by year

2023: US production Zero · Imports 21.0K lb

These shares come from HS customs code 293628, which covers 11 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 65%ChinaCH 15%SwitzerlandDE 6%GermanyIT 3%ItalyAR 3%Argentina

South Korea
Belgium
Netherlands
Singapore
Canada
Denmark
United Kingdom
Australia
Ecuador
Brazil

EPA-registered importers (1)

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

Henkel Us Operations

1 FDA-registered drug labeler

Bryant Ranch Prepack

Why It Matters

Sectors

HealthConsumer Products

Downstream Uses

Appears in 1 drug and cosmetic product listings (FDA).

•Multi-Vit-Flor

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

•Fragrance in Soap, Cleaning Compound, and Toilet Preparation Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product

Vendor Pricing

$0.17/gAaron Chemicals LLC

CountryHong Kong

Pack$85.00 / 500 g

Purity98%

Vendors21 available

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

20 more vendors

Vendor	Country	$/g	Pack	Purity
Angene Chemical	China → Hong Kong	$0.18	500 g	98%
AA BLOCKS	United States	$0.27	1 kg	96%
A2B Chem LLC	United States	$0.28	500 g	96%
BLD Pharmatech Co., Limited	United States	$0.34	1 kg	98%
BLD Pharmatech GmbH	Germany	$0.34	1 kg	98%
BLD Pharmatech Ltd.	China	$0.34	1 kg	98%
Ambeed, Inc.	United States	$0.34	1 kg	98%
Combi-Blocks, Inc.	United States	$0.80	100 g	98%
AstaTech, Inc	United States	$0.95	100 g	95%
Sigma-Aldrich (Rush Stock)	Germany	$1.47	500 g	95.5%
Sigma-Aldrich	Germany	$1.47	500 g	95.5%
Cayman Europe	Estonia	$1.69	100 g	95%
Angene International Limited	United States	$2.17	100 g	99%
Molnova	China	$135.00	200 mg	99%
Labotest KG	Germany	$217.80	5000 mg	90%
MedChemExpress MCE	Sweden	$435.60	100 mg	99.84%
Angene	China → Hong Kong	$2500.00	30 mg	98%
A2B Chem LLC (2 weeks)	United States	$4600.00	10 mg	—
AA BLOCKS (2 weeks)	United States	$5200.00	10 mg	—
Key Organics Ltd.	United Kingdom	$6900.00	10 mg	99%

Chemical Identity

CAS59-02-9

PubChem CID14985

DTXSIDDTXSID0026339

FormulaC29H50O2

Mol. Weight430.7 g/mol

SMILESCC1=C(C2=C(CCC(O2)(C)CCCC(C)CCCC(C)CCCC(C)C)C(=C1O)C)C

Data Sources

PubChem · compound 14985Retrieved 2026-04-07
EPA Chemical Data ReportingReporting year: 2023 · Retrieved 2026-10-04
FDA National Drug Code directoryRetrieved 2026-04-07
US Census international tradeReporting year: 2024 · Retrieved 2026-10-04

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Brief citations

alpha-Vitamin E (CAS 59-02-9) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/59-02-9/ PubChem: 14985. Retrieved 2026-04-07. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/14985 EPA Chemical Data Reporting: 59-02-9. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting FDA National Drug Code directory: bulk match. Retrieved 2026-04-07. https://open.fda.gov/data/ndc/ US Census international trade: HS 293628 for CAS 59-02-9. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/