Furfural

CAS 98-01-1

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$20M

Top sourceSouth Africa 69%

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.

Where It Comes From

Customs basis: HS 293212 · exact

EPA reports by year

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

Source Countries

Country of origin for US imports, from Census customs data (2024).

ZA 69%South AfricaAT 22%AustriaCN 7%ChinaKE 1%KenyaNL 1%Netherlands

India
Belgium

EPA-registered importers (4)

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

Ifc North America · CA Canada

Harborchem

Ifc North America Inc C/O Northwest Registered Agent

Penn A Kem

Why It Matters

Sectors

EnergyConstructionMetals & MiningPlastics & RubberCore 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 5 sectors as 3 functional roles.

•Solvent in Petroleum Lubricating Oil and Grease Manufacturing (14%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
•Solvent in Petroleum RefineriesUse—non-incorporative activities
•Solvent in Miscellaneous ManufacturingUse—non-incorporative activities
•Intermediate in All Other Basic Organic Chemical ManufacturingProcessing as a reactant
•Hardener in Plastics Material and Resin Manufacturing (100%)Processing as a reactant

Vendor Pricing

$0.02/gSigma-Aldrich (Rush Stock)

CountryGermany

Pack$580.09 / 25 kg

Purity98%

Vendors10 available

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

9 more vendors

Vendor	Country	$/g	Pack	Purity
Sigma-Aldrich	Germany	$0.02	25 kg	98%
A2B Chem LLC	United States	$0.03	500 g	99%
AA BLOCKS	United States	$0.04	500 g	99%
ALFA AESAR	Germany	$0.14	250 g	98%
AK Scientific, Inc.	United States	$0.17	500 g	98%
Labotest KG	Germany	$217.80	5000 mg	90%
Otava, Ltd.	Ukraine	$460.00	250 mg	95%
Asinex	Netherlands	$6461.40	100 mg	90%
TimTec, LLC (back-ordered)	United States	$32000.00	15 mg	94%

Chemical Identity

CAS98-01-1

PubChem CID7362

DTXSIDDTXSID1020647

FormulaC5H4O2

Mol. Weight96.08 g/mol

SMILESC1=COC(=C1)C=O

Data Sources

EPA CompTox (DSSTox) · DTXSID1020647Retrieved 2026-04-06
PubChem · compound 7362Retrieved 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

Furfural (CAS 98-01-1) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/98-01-1/ EPA CompTox (DSSTox): DTXSID1020647. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://comptox.epa.gov/dashboard/chemical/details/DTXSID1020647 PubChem: 7362. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/7362 EPA Chemical Data Reporting: 98-01-1. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting EPA Chemical Data Reporting: CAS 98-01-1. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting US Census international trade: HS 293212 for CAS 98-01-1. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/