Tetrahydro-2,5-dimethoxy-furan

CAS 696-59-3

EPA’s 2019 records show zero U.S. production of this chemical.

US productionZero

Import value, 2024$64M

Top sourceChina 37%

EPA lists this chemical for 2019 but publishes zero or no volume for both production and imports.

Production is reported production, not a complete census of factories. Production reporting year: 2019. 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

2019: US production Zero · Imports Zero

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

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.

Penn A Kem

Why It Matters

Sectors

Health

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

•Intermediate in Pharmaceutical and Medicine ManufacturingProcessing as a reactant

Vendor Pricing

$0.07/gAaron Chemicals LLC

CountryHong Kong

Pack$327.00 / 5 kg

Purity96%

Vendors23 available

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

22 more vendors

Vendor	Country	$/g	Pack	Purity
Keminntek Laboratories	India	$0.08	1 kg	95%
Angene Chemical	China → Hong Kong	$0.09	500 g	96%
A2B Chem LLC	United States	$0.12	500 g	95%
AA BLOCKS	United States	$0.13	500 g	95%
Ambeed, Inc.	United States	$0.16	500 g	98%
AK Scientific Specialized	United States	$0.16	500 g	95%
Apollo Scientific US	United Kingdom	$0.19	500 g	99%
AK Scientific, Inc.	United States	$0.23	500 g	99%
Manchester Organics	United Kingdom	$0.24	500 g	97%
Combi-Blocks, Inc.	United States	$0.25	1 kg	97%
Fluorochem UK	United Kingdom	$0.40	25 g	95%
Sigma-Aldrich (Rush Stock)	Germany	$0.42	500 g	98%
Sigma-Aldrich	Germany	$0.42	500 g	98%
ALFA AESAR	Germany	$0.54	100 g	98%
Synthonix	United States	$1.16	25 g	98%
Angene International Limited	United States	$2.84	25 g	99%
AstaTech (2 weeks)	United States	$3.68	25 g	98%
Interbioscreen	Hong Kong	$41.00	10 g	95%
Otava, Ltd.	Ukraine	$2280.00	50 mg	95%
Otava, Ltd. (2 weeks)	Ukraine	$2724.00	50 mg	95%
Princeton BioMolecular Research (SC)	United States	$2900.00	100 mg	90%
Angene	China → Hong Kong	$4266.67	30 mg	96%

Chemical Identity

CAS696-59-3

PubChem CID79098

DTXSIDDTXSID10862378

FormulaC6H12O3

Mol. Weight132.16 g/mol

SMILESCOC1CCC(O1)OC

Data Sources

EPA CompTox (DSSTox) · DTXSID10862378Retrieved 2026-04-06
PubChem · compound 79098Retrieved 2026-04-06
EPA Chemical Data ReportingReporting year: 2019 · 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

Tetrahydro-2,5-dimethoxy-furan (CAS 696-59-3) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/696-59-3/ EPA CompTox (DSSTox): DTXSID10862378. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://comptox.epa.gov/dashboard/chemical/details/DTXSID10862378 PubChem: 79098. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/79098 EPA Chemical Data Reporting: 696-59-3. Reporting year: 2019. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting EPA Chemical Data Reporting: CAS 696-59-3. Reporting year: 2019. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting US Census international trade: HS 293219 for CAS 696-59-3. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/