Tripropylene glycol butyl ether

CAS 55934-93-5

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$6M

Top sourceGermany 47%

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 290943 · narrow

EPA reports by year

2023: US production Confidential · Imports Confidential
2019: US production Confidential · Imports 3.1K lb

These shares come from HS customs code 290943, which covers 6 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).

DE 47%GermanyTW 16%TaiwanKR 11%South KoreaIT 7%ItalyCN 6%China

Canada
Australia
United Kingdom

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.

Dow Chemical

Domestic parents -- activity not disclosed (1)

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

Third Coast Packaging

Why It Matters

Sectors

ElectronicsMetals & MiningConsumer 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 5 sectors as 2 functional roles.

•Cleaning agent in Soap, Cleaning Compound, and Toilet Preparation Manufacturing (100%)Processing—repackaging
•Solvent in All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing (10%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
•Solvent in Other (1%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
•Solvent in Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing (3%)Use—non-incorporative activities
•Solvent in All Other Chemical Product and Preparation Manufacturing (0%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product

Chemical Identity

CAS55934-93-5

PubChem CID60196418

DTXSIDDTXSID8042503

FormulaC13H28O4

Mol. Weight248.36 g/mol

SMILESCCCCOC(CC)OC(C)COC(CC)O

Data Sources

EPA CompTox (DSSTox) · DTXSID8042503Retrieved 2026-04-06
PubChem · compound 60196418Retrieved 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

Tripropylene glycol butyl ether (CAS 55934-93-5) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/55934-93-5/ EPA CompTox (DSSTox): DTXSID8042503. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://comptox.epa.gov/dashboard/chemical/details/DTXSID8042503 PubChem: 60196418. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/60196418 EPA Chemical Data Reporting: 55934-93-5. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting EPA Chemical Data Reporting: CAS 55934-93-5. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting US Census international trade: HS 290943 for CAS 55934-93-5. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/