Ethanolamine oleate

Drug ingredient

CAS 2272-11-9

This 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, 2024$63M

Top sourceSaudi Arabia 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 292211 · basket

EPA reports by year

2023: US production Confidential · Imports Confidential
2019: US production Confidential · Imports 5.4K lb

These shares come from HS customs code 292211, which covers 10 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).

SA 32%Saudi ArabiaCN 23%ChinaBR 10%BrazilTW 10%TaiwanMX 10%Mexico

Denmark
Turkey
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.

P&G

1 FDA-registered drug labeler

QOL Medical, LLC.

Why It Matters

Sectors

HealthPaints & CoatingsConsumer Products

Downstream Uses

Appears in 1 drug and cosmetic product listings (FDA).

•Ethamolin

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 2 sectors as 1 functional role.

•Surfactant (surface active agent) in Paint and Coating Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
•Surfactant (surface active agent) in Soap, Cleaning Compound, and Toilet Preparation Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product

Chemical Identity

CAS2272-11-9

PubChem CID5282489

DTXSIDDTXSID8023008

FormulaC20H41NO3

Mol. Weight343.5 g/mol

SMILESCCCCCCCCC=CCCCCCCCC(=O)O.C(CO)N

Data Sources

EPA CompTox (DSSTox) · DTXSID8023008Retrieved 2026-04-06
PubChem · compound 5282489Retrieved 2026-04-06
EPA Chemical Data ReportingReporting year: 2023 · Retrieved 2026-10-04
FDA National Drug Code directoryRetrieved 2026-04-07
US Census international tradeReporting year: 2024 · Retrieved 2026-10-04

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Brief citations

Ethanolamine oleate (CAS 2272-11-9) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/2272-11-9/ EPA CompTox (DSSTox): DTXSID8023008. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://comptox.epa.gov/dashboard/chemical/details/DTXSID8023008 PubChem: 5282489. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/5282489 EPA Chemical Data Reporting: 2272-11-9. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting FDA National Drug Code directory: CAS 2272-11-9. Retrieved 2026-04-07. https://open.fda.gov/data/ndc/ US Census international trade: HS 292211 for CAS 2272-11-9. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/