Butylated hydroxytoluene
Drug ingredientThis drug ingredient has classified U.S. production volumes. EPA withholds the number 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$33M
Top SourceGermany 29%
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 290719 · basket
These shares come from HS customs code 290719, which covers 41 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).
DE 29%GermanyIN 26%IndiaCN 19%ChinaIT 9%ItalyCH 5%Switzerland
- Mexico
- Poland
- South Korea
- Canada
- Russia
- Ukraine
- Hong Kong
- Malaysia
- United Kingdom
EPA-registered manufacturers (1)
Companies that report making or importing this chemical to the EPA. Registration is US-centric and does not indicate import origin.
Sasol (Usa)
EPA-registered importers (17)
Companies that report making or importing this chemical to the EPA. Registration is US-centric and does not indicate import origin.
Zeon · JP Japan
Apollo Colors
Brenntag
Colonial Group
Flint Cps Inks North America
Show all 17
Idemitsu Lubricants America
Ivanhoe Industries
Jsr Elastomer America
Kraton
Lanxess
Pmc Global
Reckitt Benckiser
Si Group Usa (Usaa)
Textile Rubber & Chemical
The Dow Chemical
Western Reserve Chemical
Zeon Chemicals
2 FDA-registered drug labelers
ANUBIS COSMETICS SL
Energique, Inc.
Why It Matters
Sectors
HealthFoodEnergyTransportationConstructionMetals & MiningPlastics & RubberConsumer ProductsPaints & CoatingsPaper & PrintingCore Chemicals
Downstream Uses
Appears in 6 drug and cosmetic product listings (FDA).
- •Anubismed
- •Anubis Barcelona Regul Oil
- •Anubis Barcelona Protective Line
- •Multi-Phenolic
- •Anubis Barcelona Vital Line
- •Anubis Barcelona Spa Line
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 21 sectors as 10 functional roles.
- •Preservative in Printing Ink ManufacturingUse—non-incorporative activities
- •Fuels and fuel additives in All Other Chemical Product and Preparation Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Paint additives and coating additives not described by other categories in Transportation Equipment ManufacturingProcessing—incorporation into article
- •Dispersing agent in Printing and Related Support ActivitiesProcessing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Dispersing agent in Printing Ink ManufacturingProcessing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Lubricants and lubricant additives in Petroleum Lubricating Oil and Grease Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Lubricants and lubricant additives in All Other Chemical Product and Preparation Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •UV stabilizer in Plastics Product Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into article
- •Reducing agent in Miscellaneous Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Preservative in Printing and Related Support ActivitiesProcessing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Lubricating agent in Petroleum Lubricating Oil and Grease Manufacturing (2%)Use—non-incorporative activities
- •Lubricating agent in Machinery Manufacturing (1%)Use—non-incorporative activities
- •Lubricating agent in Transportation Equipment Manufacturing (33%)Use—non-incorporative activities
- •Lubricating agent in Miscellaneous Manufacturing (5%)Use—non-incorporative activities
- •Lubricating agent in Wholesale and Retail Trade (48%)Use—non-incorporative activities
- •Lubricating agent in Services (1%)Use—non-incorporative activities
- •Antioxidant in Not Known or Reasonably AscertainableProcessing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Antioxidant in Rubber Product Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into article
- •Antioxidant in Plastics Material and Resin Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Antioxidant in Petroleum Lubricating Oil and Grease Manufacturing (50%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Film former in Petroleum Lubricating Oil and Grease Manufacturing (2%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Antioxidant in Miscellaneous Manufacturing (25%)Use—non-incorporative activities
- •Antioxidant in Petroleum Refineries (15%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Antioxidant in All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing (5%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Antioxidant in Adhesive Manufacturing (2%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Antioxidant in Soap, Cleaning Compound, and Toilet Preparation Manufacturing (3%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Antioxidant in Photographic Film, Paper, Plate, and Chemical Manufacturing (2%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Antioxidant in All Other Chemical Product and Preparation Manufacturing (4%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Antioxidant in Food, beverage, and tobacco product manufacturing (10%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Antioxidant in Synthetic Rubber Manufacturing (50%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Paint additives and coating additives not described by other categories in Printing and Related Support Activities (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Antioxidant in Printing and Related Support Activities (1%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Antioxidant in Paint and Coating Manufacturing (2%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Antioxidant in Transportation Equipment Manufacturing (80%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
Vendor Pricing
$0.01/gAaron Chemicals LLC
CountryHong Kong
Pack$254.00 / 25 kg
Purity99%
Vendors26 available
Prices reflect listed pack sizes. Small research packs run far above bulk rates.
25 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 | $0.02 | 500 g | 99% |
| A2B Chem LLC | United States | $0.02 | 1 kg | 98% |
| AA BLOCKS | United States | $0.02 | 1 kg | 98% |
| Ambeed, Inc. | United States | $0.03 | 1 kg | 98% |
| Sigma-Aldrich (Rush Stock) | Germany | $0.03 | 20 kg | 99% |
| Sigma-Aldrich | Germany | $0.03 | 20 kg | 99% |
| Chemscene | United States | $0.05 | 5 kg | — |
| Fluorochem UK | United Kingdom | $0.06 | 500 g | 95% |
| Fluorochem EU | Germany | $0.07 | 1 kg | 95% |
| ALFA AESAR | Germany | $0.08 | 1 kg | 99% |
| Apollo Scientific US | United Kingdom | $0.12 | 1 kg | 99% |
| AK Scientific Specialized | United States | $0.18 | 500 g | 98% |
| AK Scientific, Inc. | United States | $0.24 | 500 g | 99% |
| Angene International Limited | United States | $0.25 | 100 g | 98% |
| Combi-Blocks, Inc. | United States | $0.25 | 1 kg | 98% |
| AstaTech, Inc | United States | $1.16 | 25 g | 98% |
| Key Organics Ltd. | United Kingdom | $2.96 | 25 g | 95% |
| Interbioscreen | Hong Kong | $34.00 | 10 g | 95% |
| Cayman Europe | Estonia | $51.17 | 1 g | 98% |
| TargetMol Chemicals | China → United States | $85.00 | 1 g | 99.99% |
| MedChemExpress MCE | Sweden | $130.68 | 1 g | 99.99% |
| Molnova | China | $260.00 | 200 mg | 99% |
| Labotest KG | Germany | $453.00 | 1000 mg | 90% |
| Specs | Netherlands | $794.00 | 5 g | 90% |
| Angene | China → Hong Kong | $4266.67 | 30 mg | 99% |
Chemical Identity
CAS128-37-0
PubChem CID31404
DTXSIDDTXSID2020216
FormulaC15H24O
Mol. Weight220.35 g/mol
SMILESCC1=CC(=C(C(=C1)C(C)(C)C)O)C(C)(C)C
Data Sources
DTXSID20202162026-04-06
https://doi.org/10.23645/epacomptox.5588566
Archive: data/sources/comptox/dsstox_identifiers.csv
314042026-04-06
https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/rest/pug/compound/cid/31404/property/MolecularFormula,MolecularWeight,CanonicalSMILES,InChIKey/JSON
Archive: data/sources/pubchem_properties/31404.json
128-37-02026-04-24
https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting
Archive: data/sources/epa_cdr/2020_cdr.csv
CAS 128-37-02026-04-07
https://open.fda.gov/data/ndc/
Archive: data/sources/fda/ndc/ndc.json