Dicaprylyl ether

Drug ingredient

CAS 629-82-3

This drug ingredient has classified U.S. production volumes. EPA withholds the number 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$117M

Top sourceIndia 29%

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 290919 · basket

EPA reports by year

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

These shares come from HS customs code 290919, which covers 93 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).

IN 29%IndiaCN 25%ChinaJP 20%JapanBR 6%BrazilDE 4%Germany

South Korea
Singapore
Spain
United Arab Emirates
Netherlands
Belgium
Indonesia
Poland
Mexico
Taiwan
Slovakia

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

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.

Sasol Chemicals (Usa)

1 FDA-registered drug labeler

ANUBIS COSMETICS SL

Why It Matters

Sectors

HealthMetals & Mining

Downstream Uses

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

•Anubis Barcelona

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

•Solids separation (precipitating) agent, not otherwise specified in Mining (except Oil and Gas) and support activitiesUse—non-incorporative activities

Vendor Pricing

$0.11/gAaron Chemicals LLC

CountryHong Kong

Pack$53.00 / 500 g

Purity96%

Vendors16 available

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

15 more vendors

Vendor	Country	$/g	Pack	Purity
Angene Chemical	China → Hong Kong	$0.12	500 g	96%
Fluorochem EU	Germany	$0.29	100 g	97%
BLD Pharmatech GmbH	Germany	$0.35	100 g	99%
BLD Pharmatech Ltd.	China	$0.35	100 g	99%
BLD Pharmatech Co., Limited	United States	$0.40	100 g	99%
Ambeed, Inc.	United States	$0.40	100 g	99%
A2B Chem LLC	United States	$0.44	25 g	95%
AA BLOCKS	United States	$0.48	25 g	99%
Combi-Blocks, Inc.	United States	$0.50	100 g	95%
Sigma-Aldrich (Rush Stock)	Germany	$1.09	400 g	99%
Sigma-Aldrich	Germany	$1.09	400 g	99%
AstaTech (2 weeks)	United States	$1.17	100 g	95%
Labotest KG	Germany	$217.80	5000 mg	90%
TargetMol Chemicals	China → United States	$274.00	500 mg	98.08%
Angene	China → Hong Kong	$4266.67	30 mg	96%

Chemical Identity

CAS629-82-3

PubChem CID12399

DTXSIDDTXSID20862324

FormulaC16H34O

Mol. Weight242.44 g/mol

SMILESCCCCCCCCOCCCCCCCC

Data Sources

EPA CompTox (DSSTox) · DTXSID20862324Retrieved 2026-04-06
PubChem · compound 12399Retrieved 2026-04-06
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

Dicaprylyl ether (CAS 629-82-3) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/629-82-3/ EPA CompTox (DSSTox): DTXSID20862324. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://comptox.epa.gov/dashboard/chemical/details/DTXSID20862324 PubChem: 12399. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/12399 EPA Chemical Data Reporting: 629-82-3. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting FDA National Drug Code directory: CAS 629-82-3. Retrieved 2026-04-07. https://open.fda.gov/data/ndc/ US Census international trade: HS 290919 for CAS 629-82-3. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/