Ethylenebis(oxyethylene) dibenzoate

CAS 120-56-9

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$89M

Top sourceEstonia 32%

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 291631 · basket

EPA reports by year

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

These shares come from HS customs code 291631, which covers 55 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).

EE 32%EstoniaCN 30%ChinaNL 21%NetherlandsIT 5%ItalyIN 4%India

Germany
Malaysia
Switzerland
South Korea
Indonesia
Japan
Israel
Taiwan

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.

Eastman Chemical

EPA-registered importers (1)

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

Velsicol Chemical

Why It Matters

Sectors

Metals & MiningCore 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

•Plasticizer in OtherProcessing—repackaging

Vendor Pricing

$477.00/gAK Scientific, Inc.

CountryUnited States

Pack$477.00 / 1 g

Purity98%

Vendors1 available

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

Chemical Identity

CAS120-56-9

PubChem CID67123

DTXSIDDTXSID7029611

FormulaC20H22O6

Mol. Weight358.4 g/mol

SMILESC1=CC=C(C=C1)C(=O)OCCOCCOCCOC(=O)C2=CC=CC=C2

Data Sources

EPA CompTox (DSSTox) · DTXSID7029611Retrieved 2026-04-06
PubChem · compound 67123Retrieved 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

Ethylenebis(oxyethylene) dibenzoate (CAS 120-56-9) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/120-56-9/ EPA CompTox (DSSTox): DTXSID7029611. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://comptox.epa.gov/dashboard/chemical/details/DTXSID7029611 PubChem: 67123. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/67123 EPA Chemical Data Reporting: 120-56-9. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting EPA Chemical Data Reporting: CAS 120-56-9. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting US Census international trade: HS 291631 for CAS 120-56-9. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/