Butylparaben

Drug ingredient

CAS 94-26-8

This chemical is an active pharmaceutical ingredient used in FDA-regulated drugs.

US productionNot reported

Import value, 2024$122M

Top sourceSouth Korea 39%

This chemical is listed as active in US commerce, but no company reported it to EPA’s survey for 2019 or 2023. Sites may have made or imported less than the threshold amount, or none.

Why supply is unknown

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

Where It Comes From

Customs basis: HS 291829 · basket

These shares come from HS customs code 291829, which covers 85 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).

KR 39%South KoreaCN 26%ChinaTW 11%TaiwanJP 9%JapanSG 5%Singapore

United Kingdom
Germany
Malaysia
Mexico
Ireland
Ukraine
Slovakia
Hungary
Spain

2 FDA-registered drug labelers

ANUBIS COSMETICS SL

SPI PHARMA

Why It Matters

Sectors

Health

Downstream Uses

Appears in 2 drug and cosmetic product listings (FDA).

•Anubis Barcelona Regul OIl
•Anubis Barcelona

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

Vendor Pricing

$0.03/gAaron Chemicals LLC

CountryHong Kong

Pack$16.00 / 500 g

Purity98%

Vendors24 available

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

23 more vendors

Vendor	Country	$/g	Pack	Purity
Angene Chemical	China → Hong Kong	$0.04	500 g	99%
A2B Chem LLC	United States	$0.06	500 g	99%
AA BLOCKS	United States	$0.07	500 g	99%
Apollo Scientific UK	United Kingdom	$0.10	25 kg	99%
Sigma-Aldrich (Rush Stock)	Germany	$0.10	1 kg	99%
Sigma-Aldrich	Germany	$0.10	1 kg	99%
Fluorochem EU	Germany	$0.11	100 g	97%
Cayman Europe	Estonia	$0.15	500 g	98%
AK Scientific Specialized	United States	$0.25	1 kg	95%
Combi-Blocks, Inc.	United States	$0.25	1 kg	98%
ALFA AESAR	Germany	$0.38	250 g	99%
AK Scientific, Inc.	United States	$0.41	1 kg	98%
MedChemExpress MCE	Sweden	$1.98	25 g	99.59%
Angene International Limited	United States	$28.00	5 g	99.5%
Molnova	China	$76.00	500 mg	99%
ChemNorm	China	$150.00	100 mg	99%
Labotest KG	Germany	$217.80	5000 mg	90%
ChemFaces	China	$1500.00	20 mg	98%
Otava, Ltd. (2 weeks)	Ukraine	$2724.00	50 mg	90%
Life Chemicals Inc.	Ukraine → Canada	$3100.00	100 mg	90%
ChemDiv, Inc.	United States	$4070.00	100 mg	90%
Angene	China → Hong Kong	$4266.67	30 mg	99%
TimTec, LLC (back-ordered)	United States	$32000.00	15 mg	94%

Chemical Identity

CAS94-26-8

PubChem CID7184

DTXSIDDTXSID3020209

FormulaC11H14O3

Mol. Weight194.23 g/mol

SMILESCCCCOC(=O)C1=CC=C(C=C1)O

Data Sources

PubChem · compound 7184Retrieved 2026-04-07
EPA TSCA InventoryRetrieved 2026-04-24
FDA National Drug Code directoryRetrieved 2026-04-07
US Census international tradeReporting year: 2024 · Retrieved 2026-10-04

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Brief citations

Butylparaben (CAS 94-26-8) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/94-26-8/ PubChem: 7184. Retrieved 2026-04-07. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/7184 EPA TSCA Inventory: CAS 94-26-8. Retrieved 2026-04-24. https://www.epa.gov/tsca-inventory FDA National Drug Code directory: bulk match. Retrieved 2026-04-07. https://open.fda.gov/data/ndc/ US Census international trade: HS 291829 for CAS 94-26-8. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/