Octadecanoic acid, zinc salt
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$6.2B
Top SourceJapan 32%
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, 382499 · basket
These shares come from HS customs code 291570, 382499, which covers 193 chemicals in total. They estimate the bucket's origin mix, not this chemical specifically.
Source Countries
Country of origin for US imports, from Census customs data (2023).
JP 32%JapanKR 27%South KoreaDE 8%GermanyCA 6%CanadaCN 4%China
- Liechtenstein
- Chile
- Ireland
- Vietnam
- Austria
- Brazil
- Colombia
- Israel
- Australia
- Turkey
- United Arab Emirates
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Hungary
- Denmark
- South Africa
- Philippines
- Norway
- Czech Republic
- El Salvador
- New Zealand
- Portugal
- Slovenia
- Morocco
- Monaco
- Argentina
- Saudi Arabia
- Finland
- Egypt
- Oman
- Slovakia
- Qatar
- Ukraine
- Lebanon
- Estonia
- Serbia
- Costa Rica
- Belarus
- Peru
- Hong Kong
- Croatia
- Luxembourg
- Cambodia
- Bulgaria
- Greece
- Uruguay
- Romania
- Tunisia
- Zimbabwe
- Dominican Republic
- Georgia
- Malta
- Sri Lanka
- Jamaica
- Armenia
EPA-registered manufacturers (8)
Companies that report making or importing this chemical to the EPA. Registration is US-centric and does not indicate import origin.
Peter Greven Gmbh & Co Kg · DE Germany
Total Se · FR France
Baerlocher Production
Norac Additives
Pmc Biogenix
Show all 8
Si Group Usa (Usaa)
Struktol Company Of America
Total Petrochemicals & Refining Usa
EPA-registered importers (34)
Companies that report making or importing this chemical to the EPA. Registration is US-centric and does not indicate import origin.
Alfa Sab De Cv · MX Mexico
Basf Se · DE Germany
Bridgestone Sports · JP Japan
Clariant International · CH Switzerland
Faci Spa · IT Italy
Show all 34
Melrose Industries Plc · GB United Kingdom
Mubadala Investment Co Pjsc (Mubadala) · AE United Arab Emirates
Songwon Industrial · KR South Korea
3M
Acme-Hardesty Co A Division Of Jacob Stern & Sons
Akdeniz Chemson Additives
Akrochem
Basf
Bridgestone Sporting Goods Mfg Usa
Clariant
ExxonMobil
Faci Usa Industrial
Formosa Plastics
Hoeganaes
Lbb Specialties Holdings
Lyondell Chemical
Michelin North America
Mitsubishi Corporation (Americas)
Nc Holdings Usa
Omya
Polyone
Si Group
Silver Fern Chemical
Solvay
Songwon International Americas
Styropek Usa
The Dow Chemical
Westlake Chemical
Xerox
Why It Matters
Sectors
TransportationConstructionMetals & MiningPlastics & RubberConsumer ProductsPaper & PrintingCore Chemicals
Downstream UsesNo data available
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 12 sectors as 19 functional roles.
- •Anti-adhesive agents in Miscellaneous Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into article
- •Surface active agents in All Other Chemical Product and Preparation Manufacturing (0%)Processing—repackaging
- •Lubricants and lubricant additives in All Other Chemical Product and Preparation Manufacturing (4%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Lubricating agent in Plastics Material and Resin ManufacturingProcessing—incorporation into article
- •Pigment in Plastics Material and Resin Manufacturing (0%)Processing—incorporation into article
- •Surface modifier in Plastics Product ManufacturingProcessing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Intermediate in Rubber Product Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into article
- •Polymerization promoter in Rubber Product Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Pigment in Custom Compounding of Purchased Resins (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Anti-adhesive/cohesive in Plastics Material and Resin Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Anti-static agent in Plastics Product Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into article
- •Anti-static agent in Plastics Material and Resin Manufacturing (2%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Anti-static agent in Custom Compounding of Purchased Resins (2%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Surface modifier in Plastics Material and Resin Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Thickening agent in Plastics Material and Resin ManufacturingProcessing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Thickening agent in Plastics Product ManufacturingUse—non-incorporative activities
- •Lubricants and lubricant additives in Plastics Material and Resin Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Fillers in Plastics Material and Resin Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Anti-adhesive/cohesive in Transportation Equipment Manufacturing (30%)Processing—incorporation into article
- •Anti-adhesive/cohesive in Wholesale and Retail Trade (20%)Processing—incorporation into article
- •Anti-adhesive/cohesive in Other (27%)Processing—incorporation into article
- •Fuel in Other (23%)Processing—incorporation into article
- •Anti-adhesive/cohesive in Plastics Product Manufacturing (99%)Processing—incorporation into article
- •Anti-adhesive/cohesive in Custom Compounding of Purchased Resins (25%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Anti-adhesive agents in Custom Compounding of Purchased Resins (10%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Lubricants and lubricant additives in Custom Compounding of Purchased Resins (10%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Lubricants and lubricant additives in Plastics Product Manufacturing (20%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Plasticizer in Rubber Product Manufacturing (10%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Lubricants and lubricant additives in Non-metallic Mineral Product Manufacturing (includes clay, glass, cement, concrete, lime, gypsum, and other non-metallic mineral product manufacturing) (10%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Corrosion inhibitors and anti-scaling agents in Construction (40%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Intermediate in All Other Chemical Product and Preparation Manufacturing (19%)Processing—incorporation into article
- •Fillers in All Other Chemical Product and Preparation Manufacturing (23%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •UV stabilizer in Plastics Material and Resin Manufacturing (90%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Antioxidant in Plastics Material and Resin Manufacturing (90%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •UV stabilizer in Synthetic Rubber Manufacturing (10%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Antioxidant in Synthetic Rubber Manufacturing (10%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •UV stabilizer in Plastics Product Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Anti-caking agent in Plastics Material and Resin Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into article
- •Stabilizing agent in Custom Compounding of Purchased ResinsProcessing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
Chemical Identity
CAS557-05-1
PubChem CID11178
DTXSIDDTXSID7027209
FormulaC36H70O4Zn
Mol. Weight632.3 g/mol
SMILESCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC(=O)[O-].CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC(=O)[O-].[Zn+2]
Data Sources
DTXSID70272092026-04-06
https://doi.org/10.23645/epacomptox.5588566
Archive: data/sources/comptox/dsstox_identifiers.csv
111782026-04-06
https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/rest/pug/compound/cid/11178/property/MolecularFormula,MolecularWeight,CanonicalSMILES,InChIKey/JSON
Archive: data/sources/pubchem_properties/11178.json
557-05-12026-04-24
https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting
Archive: data/sources/epa_cdr/2020_cdr.csv
CAS 557-05-12026-04-25
https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting
Archive: data/sources/epa_cdr/2020_cdr_industrial.csv