gamma-Butyrolactone
CAS 96-48-0
U.S. production volumes are classified as confidential business information.
At least one company claimed its 2023 production or import volume for this chemical as confidential, so EPA withholds it.
Why supply is unknownProduction 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 293220, 382499 · basket
- 2023
- US production Confidential · Imports Confidential
- 2019
- US production Confidential · Imports Confidential
These shares come from HS customs code 293220, 382499, which covers 356 tracked chemicals in total. They estimate the category's origin mix, not this chemical specifically.
- Sweden
- Indonesia
- Liechtenstein
- Chile
- Ireland
- Vietnam
- Austria
- Brazil
- Israel
- Colombia
- Australia
- United Arab Emirates
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Turkey
- Denmark
- South Africa
- Philippines
- Czech Republic
- Romania
- Norway
- Hungary
- El Salvador
- New Zealand
- Slovenia
- Morocco
- Monaco
- Saudi Arabia
- Finland
- Argentina
- Slovakia
- Egypt
- Ukraine
- Oman
- Portugal
- Qatar
- Lebanon
- Estonia
- Serbia
- Belarus
- Costa Rica
- Hong Kong
- Croatia
- Luxembourg
- Cambodia
- Bulgaria
- Greece
- Uruguay
- Tunisia
- Russia
- Peru
- Zimbabwe
- Dominican Republic
- Georgia
- Malta
- Sri Lanka
- Jamaica
- Armenia
Why It Matters
Industrial Uses
Used in 8 sectors as 5 functional roles.
- •Hardener in Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Intermediate in All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing (100%)Processing as a reactant
- •Solvent in Miscellaneous Manufacturing (10%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Intermediate in Photographic Film, Paper, Plate, and Chemical Manufacturing (100%)Processing as a reactant
- •Drier in Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing (100%)Processing as a reactant
- •Solvent in Paint and Coating Manufacturing (0%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Solvent in Photographic Film, Paper, Plate, and Chemical Manufacturing (0%)Processing—incorporation into article
- •Solvent in Adhesive ManufacturingProcessing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Intermediate in Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing (100%)Processing as a reactant
- •Intermediate in Petrochemical ManufacturingProcessing as a reactant
- •Cleaning agent in Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing (1%)Use—non-incorporative activities
Chemical Identity
Data Sources
- EPA CompTox (DSSTox) · DTXSID6020224Retrieved 2026-04-06
- PubChem · compound 7302Retrieved 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
Brief citations
gamma-Butyrolactone (CAS 96-48-0) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/96-48-0/ EPA CompTox (DSSTox): DTXSID6020224. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://comptox.epa.gov/dashboard/chemical/details/DTXSID6020224 PubChem: 7302. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/7302 EPA Chemical Data Reporting: 96-48-0. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting EPA Chemical Data Reporting: CAS 96-48-0. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting US Census international trade: HS 293220,382499 for CAS 96-48-0. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/