Cadmium 2-ethylhexanoate

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

US ProductionCBI

Import Value$384M

Import VolumeZero

Top SourceMalaysia 21%

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 291590 · basket

These shares come from HS customs code 291590, which covers 180 chemicals in total. They estimate the bucket's origin mix, not this chemical specifically.

Source Countries

MY 21%MalaysiaDE 13%GermanyNL 13%NetherlandsMX 10%MexicoIT 8%Italy

EPA-registered manufacturers (1)

Valtris

Why It Matters

Sectors

Core Chemicals

Downstream UsesNo data available

FDA Shortage Status

No FDA shortage records

Industrial Uses

Used in 1 sector as 1 functional role.

•Plasticizer in All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product

Chemical Identity

CAS2420-98-6

PubChem CID17023

DTXSIDDTXSID6027470

FormulaC16H30CdO4

Mol. Weight398.82 g/mol

SMILESCCCCC(CC)C(=O)[O-].CCCCC(CC)C(=O)[O-].[Cd+2]

Data Sources

DTXSID60274702026-04-06

https://doi.org/10.23645/epacomptox.5588566

Archive: data/sources/comptox/dsstox_identifiers.csv

170232026-04-06

https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/rest/pug/compound/cid/17023/property/MolecularFormula,MolecularWeight,CanonicalSMILES,InChIKey/JSON

Archive: data/sources/pubchem_properties/17023.json

2420-98-62026-04-24

https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting

Archive: data/sources/epa_cdr/2020_cdr.csv

CAS 2420-98-62026-04-25

https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting

Archive: data/sources/epa_cdr/2020_cdr_industrial.csv

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