2,5-Dimethylfuran

CAS 625-86-5

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$64M

Top sourceChina 37%

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 293219 · basket

EPA reports by year

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

These shares come from HS customs code 293219, which covers 136 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 37%ChinaIT 23%ItalyJP 20%JapanIN 12%IndiaES 2%Spain

Belgium
Germany
Netherlands
Canada
Mexico
Slovakia
Malaysia
Portugal
Taiwan
Sweden
Latvia
Israel

EPA-registered manufacturers (1)

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

Penn A Kem

Why It Matters

Sectors

Plastics & RubberCore 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 1 functional role.

•Intermediate in Plastics Material and Resin ManufacturingProcessing as a reactant
•Intermediate in All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing (70%)Processing as a reactant

Vendor Pricing

$0.48/gManchester Organics

CountryUnited Kingdom

Pack$239.71 / 500 g

Purity96%

Vendors8 available

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

7 more vendors

Vendor	Country	$/g	Pack	Purity
Apollo Scientific US	United Kingdom	$0.53	500 g	99%
Combi-Blocks, Inc.	United States	$0.96	500 g	98%
A2B Chem LLC	United States	$1.02	500 g	98%
AA BLOCKS	United States	$1.08	500 g	98%
ALFA AESAR	Germany	$1.61	100 g	98%
AstaTech, Inc	United States	$2.18	100 g	95%
Key Organics Ltd.	United Kingdom	$2740.00	50 mg	95%

Chemical Identity

CAS625-86-5

PubChem CID12266

DTXSIDDTXSID7022093

FormulaC6H8O

Mol. Weight96.13 g/mol

SMILESCC1=CC=C(O1)C

Data Sources

EPA CompTox (DSSTox) · DTXSID7022093Retrieved 2026-04-06
PubChem · compound 12266Retrieved 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

2,5-Dimethylfuran (CAS 625-86-5) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/625-86-5/ EPA CompTox (DSSTox): DTXSID7022093. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://comptox.epa.gov/dashboard/chemical/details/DTXSID7022093 PubChem: 12266. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/12266 EPA Chemical Data Reporting: 625-86-5. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting EPA Chemical Data Reporting: CAS 625-86-5. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting US Census international trade: HS 293219 for CAS 625-86-5. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/