Disodium octaborate

CAS 12008-41-2

U.S. production volumes are classified as confidential business information.

Molecular structure of 12008-41-2 — 2 Na⁺

US productionCBI

Confidential Business Information. The EPA withholds this volume because publishing it could reveal the reporting company's trade secrets.

Import value, 2024$16M

Import volume1.3M lb

Top sourceItaly 37%

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 284020 · basket

EPA reports by year

2023: US production Confidential · Imports 1.3M lb
2019: US production Confidential · Imports Confidential

These shares come from HS customs code 284020, which covers 16 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).

IT 37%ItalyIN 19%IndiaCN 16%ChinaTR 12%TurkeyPE 5%Peru

South Korea
Brazil
Mexico
United Kingdom
Finland
Japan
Netherlands

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.

Rio Tinto America

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.

American Borate

Why It Matters

Sectors

AgricultureEnergyCore 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 3 sectors as 3 functional roles.

•Swelling agent in Oil and Gas Drilling, Extraction, and Support activities (74%)Processing as a reactant
•Adhesion/cohesion promoter in All Other Basic Inorganic Chemical Manufacturing (26%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
•Soil amendments (fertilizers) in Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and HuntingProcessing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product

Chemical Identity

CAS12008-41-2

PubChem CID90479350

DTXSIDDTXSID6034390

FormulaB8Na2O13

Mol. Weight340.5 g/mol

SMILESB(=O)OB1OB2OB(OB(OB(O2)OB(O1)OB=O)[O-])[O-].[Na+].[Na+]

Data Sources

EPA CompTox (DSSTox) · DTXSID6034390Retrieved 2026-04-06
PubChem · compound 90479350Retrieved 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

Disodium octaborate (CAS 12008-41-2) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/12008-41-2/ EPA CompTox (DSSTox): DTXSID6034390. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://comptox.epa.gov/dashboard/chemical/details/DTXSID6034390 PubChem: 90479350. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/90479350 EPA Chemical Data Reporting: 12008-41-2. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting EPA Chemical Data Reporting: CAS 12008-41-2. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting US Census international trade: HS 284020 for CAS 12008-41-2. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/