Triethylene glycol
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$132M
Top SourceIndia 18%
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 290949 · basket
These shares come from HS customs code 290949, which covers 44 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).
IN 18%IndiaJP 14%JapanDE 13%GermanyKR 11%South KoreaTW 11%Taiwan
- Switzerland
- Poland
- Brazil
- Singapore
- Norway
- Kyrgyzstan
- Ukraine
- Israel
EPA-registered manufacturers (9)
Companies that report making or importing this chemical to the EPA. Registration is US-centric and does not indicate import origin.
Sasol · ZA South Africa
Celanese
Formosa Plastics
Huntsman
Lyondell Chemical
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Sasol Chemicals (Usa)
Shell
Solvchem
The Dow Chemical
EPA-registered importers (11)
Companies that report making or importing this chemical to the EPA. Registration is US-centric and does not indicate import origin.
Clariant International · CH Switzerland
Shell · GB United Kingdom
Accron
Cci Manufacturing Il
Clariant
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Hp
Huntsman
Omya
Shell Chemical
The Dow Chemical
Third Coast Packaging
Why It Matters
Sectors
EnergyTransportationConstructionMetals & MiningPlastics & RubberTextilesConsumer ProductsPaints & CoatingsPaper & PrintingCore 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 14 sectors as 13 functional roles.
- •Dehydrating agent (desiccant) in Oil and Gas Drilling, Extraction, and Support activities (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Solvent in Wholesale and Retail TradeProcessing—incorporation into article
- •Intermediate in All Other Chemical Product and Preparation ManufacturingProcessing as a reactant
- •Functional fluids (closed systems) in All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Plasticizer in All Other Chemical Product and Preparation Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Heat transferring agent in Transportation Equipment Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into article
- •Heat transferring agent in All Other Chemical Product and Preparation Manufacturing (75%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Hydraulic fluids in All Other Basic Organic Chemical ManufacturingProcessing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Intermediate in Wholesale and Retail Trade (100%)Use—non-incorporative activities
- •Diluent in Printing Ink Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Intermediate in All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing (100%)Processing as a reactant
- •Intermediate in Soap, Cleaning Compound, and Toilet Preparation Manufacturing (10%)Processing as a reactant
- •Absorbent in Oil and Gas Drilling, Extraction, and Support activities (75%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Intermediate in Plastics Product Manufacturing (50%)Processing as a reactant
- •Plasticizer in All Other Basic Inorganic Chemical Manufacturing (2%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Catalyst in Plastics Product Manufacturing (50%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Intermediate in Petrochemical Manufacturing (30%)Processing as a reactant
- •Heat transferring agent in All Other Basic Organic Chemical ManufacturingProcessing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Intermediate in Plastics Material and Resin Manufacturing (80%)Processing as a reactant
- •Solvents (which become part of product formulation or mixture) in Asphalt Paving, Roofing, and Coating Materials Manufacturing (56%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Functional fluids (closed systems) in Oil and Gas Drilling, Extraction, and Support activities (9%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Intermediate in Construction (10%)Processing—repackaging
- •Pigment in Synthetic Dye and Pigment Manufacturing (30%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Pigment in Printing Ink Manufacturing (70%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Processing aids, specific to petroleum production in All Other Chemical Product and Preparation Manufacturing (40%)Use—non-incorporative activities
Vendor Pricing
$0.00/gAaron Chemicals LLC
CountryHong Kong
Pack$113.00 / 25 kg
Purity98%
Vendors23 available
Prices reflect listed pack sizes. Small research packs run far above bulk rates.
22 more vendors
| Vendor | Country Supplier country. Where available, shows shipping origin. When the supplier ships from a different country than where they are registered, both are shown. Most suppliers show registration country only. | $/g | Pack | Purity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Angene Chemical | China → Hong Kong | $0.01 | 1 kg | 98% |
| A2B Chem LLC | United States | $0.01 | 20 kg | 98% |
| AA BLOCKS | United States | $0.01 | 20 kg | 98% |
| BLD Pharmatech GmbH | Germany | $0.03 | 1 kg | 99% |
| BLD Pharmatech Ltd. | China | $0.03 | 1 kg | 99% |
| Ambeed, Inc. | United States | $0.03 | 1 kg | 99% |
| BLD Pharmatech Co., Limited | United States | $0.03 | 1 kg | 99% |
| Fluorochem UK | United Kingdom | $0.03 | 1 kg | 95% |
| AK Scientific Specialized | United States | $0.07 | 1 kg | 98% |
| MedChemExpress MCE | Sweden | $0.07 | 1 kg | 99.88% |
| Angene International Limited | United States | $0.07 | 500 g | 98% |
| AK Scientific, Inc. | United States | $0.09 | 1 kg | 99.5% |
| Combi-Blocks, Inc. | United States | $0.25 | 1 kg | 97% |
| AstaTech (2 weeks) | United States | $0.99 | 100 g | 95% |
| AxisPharm | United States | $2.60 | 25 g | 95% |
| MedKoo Biosciences, Inc | United States | $9.80 | 25 g | 98% |
| Labotest KG | Germany | $217.80 | 5000 mg | 90% |
| Otava, Ltd. | Ukraine | $2280.00 | 50 mg | 95% |
| Otava, Ltd. (2 weeks) | Ukraine | $2724.00 | 50 mg | 95% |
| Angene | China → Hong Kong | $4266.67 | 30 mg | 98% |
| Asinex | Netherlands | $6461.40 | 100 mg | 90% |
| TimTec, LLC (back-ordered) | United States | $32000.00 | 15 mg | 94% |
Chemical Identity
CAS112-27-6
PubChem CID8172
DTXSIDDTXSID4021393
FormulaC6H14O4
Mol. Weight150.17 g/mol
SMILESC(COCCOCCO)O
Data Sources
DTXSID40213932026-04-06
https://doi.org/10.23645/epacomptox.5588566
Archive: data/sources/comptox/dsstox_identifiers.csv
81722026-04-06
https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/rest/pug/compound/cid/8172/property/MolecularFormula,MolecularWeight,CanonicalSMILES,InChIKey/JSON
Archive: data/sources/pubchem_properties/8172.json
112-27-62026-04-24
https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting
Archive: data/sources/epa_cdr/2020_cdr.csv
CAS 112-27-62026-04-25
https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting
Archive: data/sources/epa_cdr/2020_cdr_industrial.csv