Octadecyl isocyanate

CAS 112-96-9

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$171M

Top sourceHungary 35%

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 292910 · basket

EPA reports by year

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

These shares come from HS customs code 292910, which covers 57 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).

HU 35%HungaryDE 20%GermanyIT 15%ItalyCN 8%ChinaES 7%Spain

Mexico
India
Switzerland
Panama
United Kingdom
Egypt
Ukraine
Poland
Finland
Malaysia
Slovakia
Austria

Domestic parents -- activity not disclosed (1)

EPA records name a US company for this chemical but do not disclose whether the company made it here or imported it.

Hodogaya Chemical (U.S.A.)

EPA-registered importers (2)

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

Aceto Us

Lanxess

Why It Matters

Sectors

Paints & CoatingsPaper & PrintingCore 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 2 sectors as 2 functional roles.

•Surface modifier in Paint and Coating ManufacturingProcessing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
•Polymerization promoter in All Other Chemical Product and Preparation Manufacturing (100%)Processing as a reactant

Vendor Pricing

$0.17/gA2B Chem LLC

CountryUnited States

Pack$87.00 / 500 g

Purity75%

Vendors5 available

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

4 more vendors

Vendor	Country	$/g	Pack	Purity
AA BLOCKS	United States	$0.22	500 g	75%
Sigma-Aldrich (Rush Stock)	Germany	$0.57	500 g	—
Sigma-Aldrich	Germany	$0.57	500 g	—
AK Scientific, Inc.	United States	$1.90	100 g	80%

Chemical Identity

CAS112-96-9

PubChem CID66988

DTXSIDDTXSID3038727

FormulaC19H37NO

Mol. Weight295.5 g/mol

SMILESCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCN=C=O

Data Sources

EPA CompTox (DSSTox) · DTXSID3038727Retrieved 2026-04-06
PubChem · compound 66988Retrieved 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

Octadecyl isocyanate (CAS 112-96-9) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/112-96-9/ EPA CompTox (DSSTox): DTXSID3038727. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://comptox.epa.gov/dashboard/chemical/details/DTXSID3038727 PubChem: 66988. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/66988 EPA Chemical Data Reporting: 112-96-9. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting EPA Chemical Data Reporting: CAS 112-96-9. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting US Census international trade: HS 292910 for CAS 112-96-9. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/