2-[(2-Hexyldecyl)oxy]benzamide

CAS 202483-62-3

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$872M

Top sourceSwitzerland 44%

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 292429 · basket

EPA reports by year

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

These shares come from HS customs code 292429, which covers 203 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).

CH 44%SwitzerlandCN 19%ChinaIN 12%IndiaJP 9%JapanIE 6%Ireland

Taiwan
United Kingdom
El Salvador
Colombia
Ukraine
Brazil
Guatemala
Belgium
Netherlands
Turkey
Sweden
Greece
Canada
Israel
New Zealand
Latvia
Lithuania
Finland
Slovakia
Australia
Hong Kong
Czech Republic
Armenia
Poland

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.

Fujifilm Holdings America

Why It Matters

Sectors

Consumer Products

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

•Dispersing agent in Photographic Film, Paper, Plate, and Chemical Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into article

Chemical Identity

CAS202483-62-3

PubChem CID18740353

DTXSIDDTXSID50595916

FormulaC23H39NO2

Mol. Weight361.6 g/mol

SMILESCCCCCCCCC(CCCCCC)COC1=CC=CC=C1C(=O)N

Data Sources

EPA CompTox (DSSTox) · DTXSID50595916Retrieved 2026-04-06
PubChem · compound 18740353Retrieved 2026-04-06
EPA Chemical Data ReportingReporting year: 2023 · Retrieved 2026-10-04
EPA Chemical Data ReportingReporting year: 2019 · Retrieved 2026-10-04
US Census international tradeReporting year: 2024 · Retrieved 2026-10-04

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Brief citations

2-[(2-Hexyldecyl)oxy]benzamide (CAS 202483-62-3) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/202483-62-3/ EPA CompTox (DSSTox): DTXSID50595916. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://comptox.epa.gov/dashboard/chemical/details/DTXSID50595916 PubChem: 18740353. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/18740353 EPA Chemical Data Reporting: 202483-62-3. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting EPA Chemical Data Reporting: CAS 202483-62-3. Reporting year: 2019. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting US Census international trade: HS 292429 for CAS 202483-62-3. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/