dl-Menthyl acetate

CAS 89-48-5

Companies reported imports and no US production of this chemical to EPA for 2023.

US productionZero

Import value, 2024$123M

Import volume10.3K lb

Import dependency100%

Top sourceIndia 31%

Production is reported production, not a complete census of factories. Production reporting year: 2023. Import value and source-country shares describe a shared customs category, not a separate chemical measurement.

dl-Menthyl acetate · US import value by year

2013: $82M · Peak 2022: $155M · 2024: $123M · 2025: $116M

Where It Comes From

Customs basis: HS 291539 · basket

EPA reports by year

2023: US production Zero · Imports 10.3K lb
2019: US production Zero · Imports 39.7K lb

These shares come from HS customs code 291539, which covers 252 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 31%IndiaCN 18%ChinaDE 13%GermanyMX 8%MexicoGB 7%United Kingdom

Indonesia
Costa Rica
South Korea
Netherlands
Canada
Paraguay
Madagascar
South Africa
Vietnam
Slovakia
Hong Kong
Israel
Singapore
Argentina
Ukraine

EPA-registered importers (2)

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

Symrise Ag · DE Germany

Symrise

Why It Matters

Sectors

Consumer Products

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

•Fragrance in Soap, Cleaning Compound, and Toilet Preparation Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product

Vendor Pricing

$0.13/gSigma-Aldrich (Rush Stock)

CountryGermany

Pack$3333.94 / 25 kg

Purity97%

Vendors5 available

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

4 more vendors

Vendor	Country	$/g	Pack	Purity
Sigma-Aldrich	Germany	$0.13	25 kg	97%
Combi-Blocks, Inc.	United States	$0.35	1 kg	97%
A2B Chem LLC	United States	$0.38	1 kg	97%
AA BLOCKS	United States	$0.40	1 kg	97%

Chemical Identity

CAS89-48-5

PubChem CID27867

DTXSIDDTXSID9041817

FormulaC12H22O2

Mol. Weight198.3 g/mol

SMILESCC1CCC(C(C1)OC(=O)C)C(C)C

Data Sources

EPA CompTox (DSSTox) · DTXSID9041817Retrieved 2026-04-06
PubChem · compound 27867Retrieved 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

dl-Menthyl acetate (CAS 89-48-5) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/89-48-5/ EPA CompTox (DSSTox): DTXSID9041817. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://comptox.epa.gov/dashboard/chemical/details/DTXSID9041817 PubChem: 27867. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/27867 EPA Chemical Data Reporting: 89-48-5. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting EPA Chemical Data Reporting: CAS 89-48-5. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting US Census international trade: HS 291539 for CAS 89-48-5. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/