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N-(2-Hydroxyethyl)palmitamide

Drug ingredient

CAS 544-31-0

This drug ingredient has classified U.S. production volumes. EPA withholds the number as confidential business information.

Molecular structure of 544-31-0
US productionCBI
Import value, 2024$371M
Top sourceChina 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 292419 · basket

EPA reports by year
2023
US production Confidential · Imports Confidential
2019
US production Confidential · Imports Confidential

These shares come from HS customs code 292419, which covers 211 tracked chemicals in total. They estimate the category's origin mix, not this chemical specifically.

Source Countries
CN 27%ChinaIN 18%IndiaDE 14%GermanyIT 10%ItalyGB 6%United Kingdom
EPA-registered manufacturers (2)
Basf Se · DE Germany
Basf
EPA-registered importers (1)
Basf Se · DE Germany

Why It Matters

Sectors
HealthConsumer Products
Downstream UsesNot recorded
FDA Shortage Status
No FDA shortage records

Industrial Uses

  • •Surfactant (surface active agent) in Soap, Cleaning Compound, and Toilet Preparation ManufacturingProcessing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product

Vendor Pricing

$0.61/gA2B Chem LLC
CountryUnited States
Pack$613.00 / 1 kg
Purity98%
Vendors29 available

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

28 more vendors
VendorCountry$/gPackPurity
AA BLOCKSUnited States$0.651 kg98%
Aaron Chemicals LLCHong Kong$0.76500 g99%
BLD Pharmatech Co., LimitedUnited States$0.81500 g95%
BLD Pharmatech GmbHGermany$0.81500 g95%
BLD Pharmatech Ltd.China$0.81500 g95%
Ambeed, Inc.United States$0.81500 g95%
Angene ChemicalChina → Hong Kong$0.88500 g99%
AK Scientific SpecializedUnited States$0.96100 g95%
AK Scientific, Inc.United States$1.27100 g98%
Angene International LimitedUnited States$1.83100 g95%
Fluorochem UKUnited Kingdom$4.585 g95%
Fluorochem EUGermany$4.605 g95%
AstaTech, IncUnited States$153.005 g95%
TargetMol ChemicalsChina → United States$744.00500 mg99.99%
MolnovaChina$1050.00200 mg99%
MedChemExpress MCESweden$1125.30500 mg99.94%
TargetMol Chemicals USUnited States$1165.00200 mg99.99%
Apexbio Technology LLCUnited States$2160.0050 mg98%
Axon MedchemNetherlands$3000.00100 mg98%
ChemDiv, Inc.United States$4070.00100 mg90%
AngeneChina → Hong Kong$4266.6730 mg99%
Cayman EuropeEstonia$4819.50100 mg98%
CliniSciences GmbHSwitzerland$7095.0010 mg98%
Key Organics Ltd.United Kingdom$11400.005 mg97%
Sigma-Aldrich (Rush Stock)Germany$15753.8050 mg—
Sigma-AldrichGermany$15753.8050 mg—
TimTec, LLCUnited States$16000.0030 mg90%
MedKoo Biosciences, IncUnited States$16000.0050 mg98%

Chemical Identity

CAS544-31-0
PubChem CID4671
DTXSIDDTXSID4042254
FormulaC18H37NO2
Mol. Weight299.5 g/mol
SMILESCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC(=O)NCCO

Data Sources

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Brief citations

N-(2-Hydroxyethyl)palmitamide (CAS 544-31-0) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/544-31-0/ EPA CompTox (DSSTox): DTXSID4042254. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://comptox.epa.gov/dashboard/chemical/details/DTXSID4042254 PubChem: 4671. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/4671 EPA Chemical Data Reporting: 544-31-0. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting EPA Chemical Data Reporting: CAS 544-31-0. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting US Census international trade: HS 292419 for CAS 544-31-0. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/