Pentaerythritol Distearate

CAS 13081-97-5

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$114M

Import volumeZero

Top sourceIndonesia 27%

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 291570 · basket

EPA reports by year

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

These shares come from HS customs code 291570, which covers 96 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).

ID 27%IndonesiaMY 25%MalaysiaSG 12%SingaporeIN 10%IndiaIT 6%Italy

United Kingdom
Colombia
Argentina
Vietnam
Peru
Brazil
Sweden
Denmark
Switzerland

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.

Zschimmer&Schwarz

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.

Honeywell International (123312)

Why It Matters

Sectors

Plastics & RubberTextiles

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

•Lubricating agent in Plastics Product ManufacturingProcessing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product

Vendor Pricing

$0.16/gAaron Chemicals LLC

CountryHong Kong

Pack$82.00 / 500 g

Purity97%

Vendors12 available

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

11 more vendors

Vendor	Country	$/g	Pack	Purity
Angene Chemical	China → Hong Kong	$0.18	500 g	97%
Chemscene	United States	$0.18	500 g	—
A2B Chem LLC	United States	$0.29	500 g	—
AA BLOCKS	United States	$0.38	500 g	—
Combi-Blocks, Inc.	United States	$0.63	500 g	95%
Fluorochem EU	Germany	$1.11	100 g	97%
MedChemExpress MCE	Sweden	$1.22	100 g	97%
AK Scientific, Inc.	United States	$4.00	25 g	95%
Angene International Limited	United States	$6.48	25 g	98%
AstaTech (2 weeks)	United States	$40.00	1 g	95%
Angene	China → Hong Kong	$4266.67	30 mg	97%

Chemical Identity

CAS13081-97-5

PubChem CID61575

DTXSIDDTXSID4047175

FormulaC41H80O6

Mol. Weight669.1 g/mol

SMILESCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC(=O)OCC(CO)(CO)COC(=O)CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC

Data Sources

EPA CompTox (DSSTox) · DTXSID4047175Retrieved 2026-04-06
PubChem · compound 61575Retrieved 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

Pentaerythritol Distearate (CAS 13081-97-5) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/13081-97-5/ EPA CompTox (DSSTox): DTXSID4047175. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://comptox.epa.gov/dashboard/chemical/details/DTXSID4047175 PubChem: 61575. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/61575 EPA Chemical Data Reporting: 13081-97-5. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting EPA Chemical Data Reporting: CAS 13081-97-5. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting US Census international trade: HS 291570 for CAS 13081-97-5. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/