Butane
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$1.6B
Top SourceCanada 96%
The EPA did not publish how much of this chemical companies made or imported, or marked that amount confidential. Without that volume, ACID cannot calculate import dependency.
Where It Comes From
Customs basis: HS 271113, 290110 · basket
These shares come from HS customs code 271113, 290110, which covers 38 chemicals in total. They estimate the bucket's origin mix, not this chemical specifically.
Source Countries
Country of origin for US imports, from Census customs data (2023).
CA 96%CanadaKR 2%South KoreaDE 1%GermanyBR 1%Brazil
- China
- Spain
- Italy
- Japan
- Israel
- United Kingdom
- Malaysia
- Austria
- United Arab Emirates
- Portugal
- India
- Netherlands
- Turkey
- Poland
- Philippines
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Belgium
- Greece
- Guyana
- Ireland
EPA-registered manufacturers (59)
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
Steel Reef Infrastructure · CA Canada
Aux Sable Liquid Products
Basf
Buckeye Texas Processing
Show all 59
California Resources
Chevron
Chevron Phiillips Chemical Sweeny/Old Ocean
Chevron U.S.A., Inc. (Cusa)
Chs
Citgo Holding
Citgo Holdings Inc, Lemont Refinery
Countrymark Refining & Logistics
Cvr Energy
Dcp Midstream
Delek Refining
Delek Us Holdings
Delta Air Lines
Dominion Energy
Energy Transfer
Enterprise Gas Processing
Enterprise Products Operating
Etc Texas Pipeline
ExxonMobil
Formosa Plastics
Harvest Four Corners
Hollyfrontier
Hunt Consolidated
Husky Energy
Kinder Morgan
Kinder Morgan, Copano Energy
Koch Industries
Lambda Energy Resources Llc.
Lone Star Ngl
Lyondell Chemical
Marathon Petroleum
Marathon Petroleum Logistics
Mplx
Oneok
Par Pacific Holdings
Pbf Holding
Pes Ultimate Holdings
Phillips 66
Placid Refining
Plains All American Pipeline
Saint Paul Park Refining
Seymour Of Sycamore
Shell
Shell Chemical
Shell Deer Park Refining
Sinclair Wyoming Refining
Steel Reef Burke
Tallgrass Development
Targa Resources
The Williams Companies
Tpc Group
True Oil
United Refining
Wrb Refining Lp Wood River Refinery
EPA-registered importers (16)
Companies that report making or importing this chemical to the EPA. Registration is US-centric and does not indicate import origin.
Shell · GB United Kingdom
Chevron Usa
Chs
Cvr Energy
Diversey
Show all 16
Fancyheat
Ies Downstream
Irving Oil Investments
Mie
Phillips 66
Plains All American Pipeline
Sc Johnson & Son
Shell Trading (Us)
Sopus
The Dow Chemical
The Sherwin Williams
Why It Matters
Sectors
AgricultureEnergyWaterConstructionMetals & MiningPlastics & RubberConsumer ProductsPaints & CoatingsCore Chemicals
Downstream UsesNo data available
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 15 sectors as 10 functional roles.
- •Fuels and fuel additives in Petroleum Refineries (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Fuels and fuel additives in Petrochemical Manufacturing (100%)Processing—repackaging
- •Intermediate in All Other Basic Organic Chemical ManufacturingProcessing as a reactant
- •Fuel agents in Petroleum Refineries (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Fuel in Petroleum Refineries (99%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Fuel in Wholesale and Retail TradeUse—non-incorporative activities
- •Intermediate in Petrochemical Manufacturing (45%)Processing as a reactant
- •Intermediate in Wholesale and Retail TradeProcessing—repackaging
- •Fuel in All other Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing (95%)Use—non-incorporative activities
- •Energy Releasers (explosives, motive propellant) in All Other Chemical Product and Preparation Manufacturing (5%)Use—non-incorporative activities
- •Fuels and fuel additives in Wholesale and Retail TradeProcessing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Fuels and fuel additives in Not Known or Reasonably AscertainableNot Known or Reasonably Ascertainable
- •Intermediate in Petroleum Refineries (30%)Processing as a reactant
- •Fuels and fuel additives in All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Functional fluids (closed systems) in Petroleum Refineries (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Fuels and fuel additives in All other Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing (4%)Use—non-incorporative activities
- •Fuel in Industrial Gas ManufacturingProcessing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Intermediate in Pesticide, Fertilizer, and Other Agricultural Chemical Manufacturing (100%)Processing as a reactant
- •Functional fluids (open systems) in Oil and Gas Drilling, Extraction, and Support activities (20%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Fuel agents in Petrochemical Manufacturing (50%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Intermediate in Plastics Material and Resin Manufacturing (100%)Processing as a reactant
- •Fuel agents in Oil and Gas Drilling, Extraction, and Support activities (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Fuel in Utilities (1%)Processing as a reactant
- •Fuel agents in Wholesale and Retail Trade (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Propellants, non-motive (blowing agents) in Wholesale and Retail Trade (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Propellants, non-motive (blowing agents) in Paint and Coating Manufacturing (100%)Processing—repackaging
- •Processing aids, specific to petroleum production in Oil and Gas Drilling, Extraction, and Support activities (0%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Propellants, non-motive (blowing agents) in Plastics Material and Resin Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into article
- •Fuels and fuel additives in Asphalt Paving, Roofing, and Coating Materials Manufacturing (30%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Abrasives in Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting (15%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
Chemical Identity
CAS106-97-8
PubChem CID7843
DTXSIDDTXSID7024665
FormulaC4H10
Mol. Weight58.12 g/mol
SMILESCCCC
Data Sources
DTXSID70246652026-04-06
https://doi.org/10.23645/epacomptox.5588566
Archive: data/sources/comptox/dsstox_identifiers.csv
78432026-04-06
https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/rest/pug/compound/cid/7843/property/MolecularFormula,MolecularWeight,CanonicalSMILES,InChIKey/JSON
Archive: data/sources/pubchem_properties/7843.json
106-97-82026-04-24
https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting
Archive: data/sources/epa_cdr/2020_cdr.csv
CAS 106-97-82026-04-25
https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting
Archive: data/sources/epa_cdr/2020_cdr_industrial.csv