Citric acid, triethyl ester, acetate

CAS 77-89-4

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$130M

Top sourceIsrael 39%

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 291815 · basket

EPA reports by year

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

These shares come from HS customs code 291815, which covers 34 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).

IL 39%IsraelIN 14%IndiaDE 13%GermanyCN 10%ChinaIT 6%Italy

Brazil
Japan
Netherlands
Australia
Lithuania
United Kingdom
Norway
South Korea
Czech Republic
Lebanon
Ireland
Turkey
Estonia
Mexico
Switzerland

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.

Aurorium

Why It Matters

Sectors

Plastics & Rubber

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

•Plasticizer in Plastics Material and Resin Manufacturing (90%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product

Vendor Pricing

$0.07/gAaron Chemicals LLC

CountryHong Kong

Pack$37.00 / 500 g

Purity99%

Vendors15 available

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

14 more vendors

Vendor	Country	$/g	Pack	Purity
Angene Chemical	China → Hong Kong	$0.08	500 g	97%
A2B Chem LLC	United States	$0.13	500 g	97%
AA BLOCKS	United States	$0.15	500 g	97%
Chemscene	United States	$0.18	1 kg	—
Fluorochem UK	United Kingdom	$0.21	100 g	95%
MedChemExpress MCE	Sweden	$0.22	1 kg	—
AK Scientific Specialized	United States	$0.25	100 g	97%
Combi-Blocks, Inc.	United States	$0.25	1 kg	97%
AK Scientific, Inc.	United States	$0.32	100 g	99%
AstaTech (2 weeks)	United States	$30.00	1 g	95%
Angene International Limited	United States	$83.00	1 g	99%
Sigma-Aldrich (Rush Stock)	Germany	$219.82	1 g	—
Sigma-Aldrich	Germany	$219.82	1 g	—
Angene	China → Hong Kong	$4266.67	30 mg	97%

Chemical Identity

CAS77-89-4

PubChem CID6504

DTXSIDDTXSID5044576

FormulaC14H22O8

Mol. Weight318.32 g/mol

SMILESCCOC(=O)CC(CC(=O)OCC)(C(=O)OCC)OC(=O)C

Data Sources

EPA CompTox (DSSTox) · DTXSID5044576Retrieved 2026-04-06
PubChem · compound 6504Retrieved 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

Citric acid, triethyl ester, acetate (CAS 77-89-4) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/77-89-4/ EPA CompTox (DSSTox): DTXSID5044576. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://comptox.epa.gov/dashboard/chemical/details/DTXSID5044576 PubChem: 6504. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/6504 EPA Chemical Data Reporting: 77-89-4. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting EPA Chemical Data Reporting: CAS 77-89-4. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting US Census international trade: HS 291815 for CAS 77-89-4. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/