Docosanoic acid
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$384M
Top SourceMalaysia 21%
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 291590 · basket
These shares come from HS customs code 291590, which covers 180 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).
MY 21%MalaysiaDE 13%GermanyNL 13%NetherlandsMX 10%MexicoIT 8%Italy
- Singapore
- Austria
- United Kingdom
- Philippines
- Canada
- Hungary
- Turkey
- Ukraine
- Israel
- Denmark
- Czech Republic
- Slovakia
- Norway
- Poland
- Hong Kong
- South Africa
- Russia
EPA-registered manufacturers (3)
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
Basf
Pmc Biogenix
EPA-registered importers (3)
Companies that report making or importing this chemical to the EPA. Registration is US-centric and does not indicate import origin.
Oleon Nv · BE Belgium
Oleon Americas
Vvf Kansas Services
Why It Matters
Sectors
EnergyMetals & MiningPlastics & RubberConsumer ProductsPaper & 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 8 sectors as 7 functional roles.
- •Intermediate in All Other Basic Organic Chemical ManufacturingProcessing as a reactant
- •Fuel in OtherUse—non-incorporative activities
- •Lubricating agent in OtherUse—non-incorporative activities
- •Lubricating agent in Petroleum Lubricating Oil and Grease Manufacturing (2%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Lubricating agent in Plastics Product Manufacturing (55%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Solids separation agents in Paper Manufacturing (25%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Intermediate in Cyclic Crude and Intermediate Manufacturing (87%)Processing as a reactant
- •Lubricants and lubricant additives in Petroleum Lubricating Oil and Grease Manufacturing (5%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Lubricants and lubricant additives in All Other Chemical Product and Preparation Manufacturing (7%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Emulsifier in OtherProcessing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Softener and conditioner in Soap, Cleaning Compound, and Toilet Preparation Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
Vendor Pricing
$0.03/gAaron Chemicals LLC
CountryHong Kong
Pack$17.00 / 500 g
PurityNo data available
Vendors29 available
Prices reflect listed pack sizes. Small research packs run far above bulk rates.
28 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A2B Chem LLC | United States | $0.04 | 1 kg | 85% |
| Angene Chemical | China → Hong Kong | $0.04 | 500 g | — |
| AA BLOCKS | United States | $0.04 | 1 kg | 85% |
| BLD Pharmatech GmbH | Germany | $0.05 | 1 kg | 85% |
| BLD Pharmatech Ltd. | China | $0.05 | 1 kg | 85% |
| BLD Pharmatech Co., Limited | United States | $0.05 | 1 kg | 90% |
| Ambeed, Inc. | United States | $0.05 | 1 kg | 90% |
| Chemscene | United States | $0.05 | 1 kg | — |
| Fluorochem EU | Germany | $0.06 | 1 kg | 90% |
| AK Scientific, Inc. | United States | $0.14 | 500 g | 90% |
| Combi-Blocks, Inc. | United States | $0.25 | 1 kg | 95% |
| Angene International Limited | United States | $0.53 | 500 g | 99% |
| MedChemExpress MCE | Sweden | $3.30 | 100 g | 99.4% |
| Sigma-Aldrich (Rush Stock) | Germany | $16.75 | 5 g | 99% |
| Sigma-Aldrich | Germany | $16.75 | 5 g | 99% |
| Cayman Europe | Estonia | $19.28 | 5 g | 95% |
| Interbioscreen | Hong Kong | $34.00 | 10 g | 95% |
| TargetMol Chemicals | China → United States | $48.00 | 1 g | 99.99% |
| ChemNorm | China | $180.00 | 100 mg | 98% |
| Vitas M Chemical Limited | Hong Kong | $310.00 | 1 g | 90% |
| Molnova | China | $370.00 | 100 mg | 99% |
| Labotest KG | Germany | $453.00 | 1000 mg | 90% |
| ChemFaces | China | $1500.00 | 20 mg | 98% |
| Princeton BioMolecular Research (SC) | United States | $2900.00 | 100 mg | 90% |
| ChemDiv, Inc. | United States | $4070.00 | 100 mg | 90% |
| Angene | China → Hong Kong | $4266.67 | 30 mg | — |
| Key Organics Ltd. | United Kingdom | $6900.00 | 10 mg | 97% |
| TimTec, LLC (back-ordered) | United States | $32000.00 | 15 mg | 94% |
Chemical Identity
CAS112-85-6
PubChem CID8215
DTXSIDDTXSID3026930
FormulaC22H44O2
Mol. Weight340.6 g/mol
SMILESCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC(=O)O
Data Sources
DTXSID30269302026-04-06
https://doi.org/10.23645/epacomptox.5588566
Archive: data/sources/comptox/dsstox_identifiers.csv
82152026-04-06
https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/rest/pug/compound/cid/8215/property/MolecularFormula,MolecularWeight,CanonicalSMILES,InChIKey/JSON
Archive: data/sources/pubchem_properties/8215.json
112-85-62026-04-24
https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting
Archive: data/sources/epa_cdr/2020_cdr.csv
CAS 112-85-62026-04-25
https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting
Archive: data/sources/epa_cdr/2020_cdr_industrial.csv