dl-Menthol

CAS 89-78-1

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$72M

Top sourceGermany 59%

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 290611 · narrow

EPA reports by year

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

These shares come from HS customs code 290611, which covers 4 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 59%GermanyIN 35%IndiaSG 3%SingaporeMY 1%MalaysiaCN 1%China

Guatemala
Sweden
Italy
Netherlands
Spain
Taiwan

EPA-registered manufacturers (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

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.

Basf Se · DE Germany

Basf

Why It Matters

Sectors

Consumer 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 2 sectors as 2 functional roles.

•Fragrance in Soap, Cleaning Compound, and Toilet Preparation ManufacturingProcessing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
•Odor agents in All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product

Vendor Pricing

$0.12/gSigma-Aldrich (Rush Stock)

CountryGermany

Pack$488.49 / 4 kg

Purity95%

Vendors21 available

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

20 more vendors

Vendor	Country	$/g	Pack	Purity
Sigma-Aldrich	Germany	$0.12	4 kg	95%
Combi-Blocks, Inc.	United States	$0.25	1 kg	97%
AK Scientific Specialized	United States	$0.29	500 g	95%
AK Scientific, Inc.	United States	$0.38	500 g	99%
Aaron Chemicals LLC	Hong Kong	$0.58	100 g	97%
Ambeed, Inc.	United States	$0.62	100 g	98%
Angene Chemical	China → Hong Kong	$0.69	100 g	97%
A2B Chem LLC	United States	$0.76	25 g	98%
AA BLOCKS	United States	$0.84	25 g	98%
Fluorochem UK	United Kingdom	$12.87	1 g	97%
Interbioscreen	Hong Kong	$34.00	10 g	95%
Molnova	China	$380.00	100 mg	99%
TargetMol Chemicals	China → United States	$420.00	100 mg	99.88%
Apexbio Technology LLC	United States	$425.00	200 mg	98%
ChemFaces	China	$1500.00	20 mg	98%
Otava, Ltd. (2 weeks)	Ukraine	$2724.00	50 mg	90%
Princeton BioMolecular Research (SC)	United States	$2900.00	100 mg	90%
Vitas M Chemical Limited	Hong Kong	$3170.00	100 mg	90%
Angene	China → Hong Kong	$4266.67	30 mg	97%
AstaTech (2 weeks)	United States	$11900.00	10 mg	95%

Chemical Identity

CAS89-78-1

PubChem CID1254

DTXSIDDTXSID1020805

FormulaC10H20O

Mol. Weight156.26 g/mol

SMILESCC1CCC(C(C1)O)C(C)C

Data Sources

EPA CompTox (DSSTox) · DTXSID1020805Retrieved 2026-04-06
PubChem · compound 1254Retrieved 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-Menthol (CAS 89-78-1) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/89-78-1/ EPA CompTox (DSSTox): DTXSID1020805. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://comptox.epa.gov/dashboard/chemical/details/DTXSID1020805 PubChem: 1254. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/1254 EPA Chemical Data Reporting: 89-78-1. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting EPA Chemical Data Reporting: CAS 89-78-1. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting US Census international trade: HS 290611 for CAS 89-78-1. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/