Distearylmethylamine

CAS 4088-22-6

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$148M

Top sourceChina 34%

At least one company claimed its 2019 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: 2019. Import value and source-country shares describe a shared customs category, not a separate chemical measurement.

Where It Comes From

Customs basis: HS 292119 · basket

EPA reports by year

2019: US production Confidential · Imports Confidential

These shares come from HS customs code 292119, which covers 136 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).

CN 34%ChinaPH 22%PhilippinesDE 17%GermanyBE 7%BelgiumJP 4%Japan

Spain
United Kingdom
Taiwan
South Korea
Indonesia
Ukraine
Netherlands
Russia
Hong Kong
Ireland
Armenia
Turkey
Latvia
New Zealand
Singapore
Brazil
Austria
Australia

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.

Evonik

Why It Matters

Sectors

Consumer ProductsCore 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.

•Intermediate in All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing (90%)Processing as a reactant
•Intermediate in Soap, Cleaning Compound, and Toilet Preparation Manufacturing (10%)Processing as a reactant

Vendor Pricing

$12.84/gA2B Chem LLC

CountryUnited States

Pack$321.00 / 25 g

Purity97%

Vendors8 available

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

7 more vendors

Vendor	Country	$/g	Pack	Purity
AA BLOCKS	United States	$13.72	25 g	97%
Aaron Chemicals LLC	Hong Kong	$17.16	25 g	97%
Angene Chemical	China → Hong Kong	$17.28	25 g	97%
Combi-Blocks, Inc.	United States	$26.80	25 g	95%
AstaTech (2 weeks)	United States	$28.32	25 g	95%
Angene International Limited	United States	$32.48	25 g	97%
Angene	China → Hong Kong	$4266.67	30 mg	97%

Chemical Identity

CAS4088-22-6

PubChem CID77709

DTXSIDDTXSID6027559

FormulaC37H77N

Mol. Weight536 g/mol

SMILESCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCN(C)CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC

Data Sources

EPA CompTox (DSSTox) · DTXSID6027559Retrieved 2026-04-06
PubChem · compound 77709Retrieved 2026-04-06
EPA Chemical Data ReportingReporting year: 2019 · 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

Distearylmethylamine (CAS 4088-22-6) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/4088-22-6/ EPA CompTox (DSSTox): DTXSID6027559. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://comptox.epa.gov/dashboard/chemical/details/DTXSID6027559 PubChem: 77709. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/77709 EPA Chemical Data Reporting: 4088-22-6. Reporting year: 2019. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting EPA Chemical Data Reporting: CAS 4088-22-6. Reporting year: 2019. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting US Census international trade: HS 292119 for CAS 4088-22-6. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/