Ethyl lactate

CAS 97-64-3

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$78M

Top sourceNetherlands 33%

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 291811 · basket

EPA reports by year

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

These shares come from HS customs code 291811, which covers 35 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).

NL 33%NetherlandsBE 14%BelgiumES 13%SpainCN 12%ChinaIT 9%Italy

Mexico
United Kingdom
Switzerland
Austria
South Korea
Sweden
Taiwan
Ukraine

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.

Fujifilm Holdings Japan · JP Japan

Entegris

Fujifilm Holdings America

Resonac America

Samsung Austin Semiconductor

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Why It Matters

Sectors

Electronics

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 4 functional roles.

•Drier in Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing (100%)Processing as a reactant
•Adhesion/cohesion promoter in Not Known or Reasonably AscertainableProcessing—repackaging
•Etching agent in Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component ManufacturingUse—non-incorporative activities
•Abrasives in Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component ManufacturingUse—non-incorporative activities

Vendor Pricing

$0.03/gSigma-Aldrich (Rush Stock)

CountryGermany

Pack$787.69 / 25 kg

Purity98%

Vendors9 available

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

8 more vendors

Vendor	Country	$/g	Pack	Purity
Sigma-Aldrich	Germany	$0.03	25 kg	98%
Combi-Blocks, Inc.	United States	$0.25	1 kg	98%
A2B Chem LLC	United States	$0.27	1 kg	98%
AA BLOCKS	United States	$0.28	1 kg	98%
AK Scientific Specialized	United States	$0.33	500 g	98%
AK Scientific, Inc.	United States	$0.48	500 g	99%
Otava, Ltd.	Ukraine	$2280.00	50 mg	95%
Otava, Ltd. (2 weeks)	Ukraine	$2724.00	50 mg	95%

Chemical Identity

CAS97-64-3

PubChem CID7344

DTXSIDDTXSID6029127

FormulaC5H10O3

Mol. Weight118.13 g/mol

SMILESCCOC(=O)C(C)O

Data Sources

EPA CompTox (DSSTox) · DTXSID6029127Retrieved 2026-04-06
PubChem · compound 7344Retrieved 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

Ethyl lactate (CAS 97-64-3) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/97-64-3/ EPA CompTox (DSSTox): DTXSID6029127. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://comptox.epa.gov/dashboard/chemical/details/DTXSID6029127 PubChem: 7344. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/7344 EPA Chemical Data Reporting: 97-64-3. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting EPA Chemical Data Reporting: CAS 97-64-3. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting US Census international trade: HS 291811 for CAS 97-64-3. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/