beta-Ionone

CAS 79-77-6

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$25M

Top sourceGermany 36%

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 291423 · basket

EPA reports by year

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

These shares come from HS customs code 291423, which covers 17 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).

DE 36%GermanyCN 29%ChinaCH 19%SwitzerlandES 9%SpainIN 6%India

Mexico
Italy
Brazil
Slovakia
United Kingdom

EPA-registered importers (6)

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

Basf Se · DE Germany

Symrise Ag · DE Germany

Basf

Givaudan Fragrances

International Flavors And Fragrances

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Symrise

Why It Matters

Sectors

Plastics & RubberConsumer ProductsCore 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 3 sectors as 1 functional role.

•Fragrance in Plastics Material and Resin Manufacturing (1%)Processing—incorporation into article
•Fragrance in All Other Chemical Product and Preparation Manufacturing (85%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
•Fragrance in Soap, Cleaning Compound, and Toilet Preparation Manufacturing (14%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product

Vendor Pricing

$0.11/gAaron Chemicals LLC

CountryHong Kong

Pack$11.00 / 100 g

Purity96%

Vendors5 available

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

4 more vendors

Vendor	Country	$/g	Pack	Purity
AA BLOCKS	United States	$0.12	500 g	98%
Apollo Scientific UK	United Kingdom	$22.50	10 g	95%
TargetMol Chemicals	China → United States	$58.00	1 g	98.52%
TargetMol Chemicals EU	Austria	$80.00	500 mg	98.52%

Chemical Identity

CAS79-77-6

PubChem CID638014

DTXSIDDTXSID4021769

FormulaC13H20O

Mol. Weight192.3 g/mol

SMILESCC1=C(C(CCC1)(C)C)C=CC(=O)C

Data Sources

EPA CompTox (DSSTox) · DTXSID4021769Retrieved 2026-04-06
PubChem · compound 638014Retrieved 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

beta-Ionone (CAS 79-77-6) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/79-77-6/ EPA CompTox (DSSTox): DTXSID4021769. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://comptox.epa.gov/dashboard/chemical/details/DTXSID4021769 PubChem: 638014. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/638014 EPA Chemical Data Reporting: 79-77-6. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting EPA Chemical Data Reporting: CAS 79-77-6. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting US Census international trade: HS 291423 for CAS 79-77-6. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/