Zinc palmitate

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

US ProductionCBI

Import Value$114M

Top SourceIndonesia 27%

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 291570 · basket

These shares come from HS customs code 291570, which covers 50 chemicals in total. They estimate the bucket's origin mix, not this chemical specifically.

Source Countries

ID 27%IndonesiaMY 25%MalaysiaSG 12%SingaporeIN 10%IndiaIT 6%Italy

EPA-registered importers (2)

Basf Se · DE Germany

Basf

Why It Matters

Sectors

Plastics & Rubber

Downstream UsesNo data available

FDA Shortage Status

No FDA shortage records

Industrial Uses

Used in 2 sectors as 2 functional roles.

•Lubricating agent in Plastics Material and Resin Manufacturing (0%)Processing—incorporation into article
•Surface modifier in Plastics Product ManufacturingProcessing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product

Chemical Identity

CAS4991-47-3

PubChem CID9829659

DTXSIDDTXSID8063670

FormulaC32H62O4Zn

Mol. Weight576.2 g/mol

SMILESCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC(=O)[O-].CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC(=O)[O-].[Zn+2]

Data Sources

DTXSID80636702026-04-06

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

Archive: data/sources/comptox/dsstox_identifiers.csv

98296592026-04-06

https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/rest/pug/compound/cid/9829659/property/MolecularFormula,MolecularWeight,CanonicalSMILES,InChIKey/JSON

Archive: data/sources/pubchem_properties/9829659.json

4991-47-32026-04-24

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

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

CAS 4991-47-32026-04-25

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

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

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