choline

Drug ingredient

CAS 62-49-7

This chemical is an active pharmaceutical ingredient used in FDA-regulated drugs.

US productionNot reported

Import value, 2024$22M

Top sourceItaly 48%

This chemical is listed as active in US commerce, but no company reported it to EPA’s survey for 2019 or 2023. Sites may have made or imported less than the threshold amount, or none.

Why supply is unknown

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

Where It Comes From

Customs basis: HS 292310 · basket

These shares come from HS customs code 292310, 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).

IT 48%ItalyCN 30%ChinaIN 8%IndiaBE 6%BelgiumDE 4%Germany

Switzerland
Japan
Taiwan
Georgia
Canada
Uzbekistan

2 FDA-registered drug labelers

Energetix Corporation

Professional Complementary Health Formulas

Why It Matters

Sectors

Health

Downstream Uses

Appears in 3 drug and cosmetic product listings (FDA).

•Serotonin Dopamine Liquescence 3019
•Isopathic Phenolic Rings
•Memory Drops 2043

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

Vendor Pricing

$3.64/gAaron Chemicals LLC

CountryHong Kong

Pack$91.00 / 25 g

Purity90%

Vendors7 available

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

6 more vendors

Vendor	Country	$/g	Pack	Purity
A2B Chem LLC (2 weeks)	United States	$4.44	25 g	90%
AA BLOCKS (2 weeks)	United States	$4.72	25 g	90%
Angene Chemical	China → Hong Kong	$5.60	5 g	90%
TargetMol Chemicals	China → United States	$1576.00	500 mg	99.9%
Angene	China → Hong Kong	$4266.67	30 mg	90%
AnalytiCon Discovery - a Division of BRAIN Biotech AG	Germany	$141812.00	5 mg	85%

Chemical Identity

CAS62-49-7

PubChem CID305

DTXSIDDTXSID8043789

FormulaC5H14NO+

Mol. Weight104.17 g/mol

SMILESC[N+](C)(C)CCO

Data Sources

PubChem · compound 305Retrieved 2026-04-07
EPA TSCA InventoryRetrieved 2026-04-24
FDA National Drug Code directoryRetrieved 2026-04-07
US Census international tradeReporting year: 2024 · Retrieved 2026-10-04

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Brief citations

choline (CAS 62-49-7) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/62-49-7/ PubChem: 305. Retrieved 2026-04-07. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/305 EPA TSCA Inventory: CAS 62-49-7. Retrieved 2026-04-24. https://www.epa.gov/tsca-inventory FDA National Drug Code directory: bulk match. Retrieved 2026-04-07. https://open.fda.gov/data/ndc/ US Census international trade: HS 292310 for CAS 62-49-7. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/