Stearyl stearate

CAS 2778-96-3

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$114M

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 Confidential
2019: US production Confidential · Imports Zero

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 (2)

Companies that report making or importing this chemical to the EPA. Registration is US-centric and does not indicate import origin.

Stiftung Pro Humanitate · LS LS

Struktol

Domestic parents -- activity not disclosed (2)

EPA records name a US company for this chemical but do not disclose whether the company made it here or imported it.

Chemol

Emery Oleochemicals

EPA-registered importers (2)

Companies that report making or importing this chemical to the EPA. Registration is US-centric and does not indicate import origin.

Baerlocher Production

Faci Usa

Why It Matters

Sectors

Plastics & RubberCore Chemicals

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

Used in 2 sectors as 1 functional role.

•Lubricating agent in Plastics Material and Resin Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
•Lubricating agent in All Other Chemical Product and Preparation Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product

Vendor Pricing

$0.10/gAaron Chemicals LLC

CountryHong Kong

Pack$49.00 / 500 g

Purity95%

Vendors16 available

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

15 more vendors

Vendor	Country	$/g	Pack	Purity
BLD Pharmatech Ltd.	China	$0.11	1 kg	98%
Ambeed, Inc.	United States	$0.11	1 kg	98%
AA BLOCKS	United States	$0.11	500 g	98%
Angene Chemical	China → Hong Kong	$0.11	500 g	95%
BLD Pharmatech Co., Limited	United States	$0.14	500 g	98%
BLD Pharmatech GmbH	Germany	$0.14	500 g	98%
A2B Chem LLC	United States	$0.15	500 g	98%
MedChemExpress MCE	Sweden	$0.19	1 kg	95%
Combi-Blocks, Inc.	United States	$0.25	1 kg	98%
AstaTech (2 weeks)	United States	$1.20	100 g	95%
AK Scientific, Inc.	United States	$3.28	25 g	98%
Angene International Limited	United States	$6.48	25 g	98%
Sigma-Aldrich (Rush Stock)	Germany	$273.55	5 g	98%
Sigma-Aldrich	Germany	$273.55	5 g	98%
Angene	China → Hong Kong	$4266.67	30 mg	95%

Chemical Identity

CAS2778-96-3

PubChem CID17720

DTXSIDDTXSID5062639

FormulaC36H72O2

Mol. Weight537 g/mol

SMILESCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCOC(=O)CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC

Data Sources

EPA CompTox (DSSTox) · DTXSID5062639Retrieved 2026-04-06
PubChem · compound 17720Retrieved 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

Stearyl stearate (CAS 2778-96-3) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/2778-96-3/ EPA CompTox (DSSTox): DTXSID5062639. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://comptox.epa.gov/dashboard/chemical/details/DTXSID5062639 PubChem: 17720. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/17720 EPA Chemical Data Reporting: 2778-96-3. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting EPA Chemical Data Reporting: CAS 2778-96-3. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting US Census international trade: HS 291570 for CAS 2778-96-3. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/