Hexadecanoic acid
Drug ingredientThis drug ingredient has classified U.S. production volumes. EPA withholds the number 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$520M
Top SourceIndonesia 57%
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, 382319 · basket
These shares come from HS customs code 291570, 382319, which covers 73 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).
ID 57%IndonesiaMY 16%MalaysiaIN 11%IndiaSG 3%SingaporeES 2%Spain
- Hungary
- Portugal
- United Kingdom
- Taiwan
- Turkey
- South Korea
- Brazil
- Colombia
- Argentina
- Vietnam
- Peru
- Sweden
- Chile
- Switzerland
- Denmark
EPA-registered manufacturers (5)
Companies that report making or importing this chemical to the EPA. Registration is US-centric and does not indicate import origin.
Basf Se · DE Germany
Emery Oleochemicals (M) Sdn Bhd · MY Malaysia
Basf
Emery Oleochemicals
Pmc Biogenix
EPA-registered importers (15)
Companies that report making or importing this chemical to the EPA. Registration is US-centric and does not indicate import origin.
Azelis S A · LU Luxembourg
Ioi Acidchem Sdn Bhd · MY Malaysia
Acidchem (Usa)
Acme-Hardesty Co A Division Of Jacob Stern & Sons
Akrochem
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Azelis Us Holding
Brenntag
Icof America
Marubeni America
Mccullough & Associates
Omya
Rierden Chemical & Trading
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber
Valudor Products
Vvf Kansas Services
Why It Matters
Sectors
FoodPlastics & RubberPaints & CoatingsPaper & PrintingCore ChemicalsHealthEnergyConsumer ProductsMetals & MiningTextilesConstruction
Downstream Uses
Appears in 1 drug and cosmetic product listings (FDA).
- •Anubis Barcelona Spa Line
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 16 sectors as 16 functional roles.
- •Lubricating agent in Wholesale and Retail Trade (0%)Not Known or Reasonably Ascertainable
- •Anti-freeze agent in Wholesale and Retail Trade (0%)Not Known or Reasonably Ascertainable
- •Intermediate in Wholesale and Retail TradeNot Known or Reasonably Ascertainable
- •Polymerization promoter in Wholesale and Retail Trade (0%)Not Known or Reasonably Ascertainable
- •Stabilizing agent in Wholesale and Retail TradeNot Known or Reasonably Ascertainable
- •Intermediate in All Other Basic Organic Chemical ManufacturingProcessing as a reactant
- •Fuel in OtherUse—non-incorporative activities
- •Lubricating agent in OtherUse—non-incorporative activities
- •Viscosity modifiers in Machinery ManufacturingProcessing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Lubricants and lubricant additives in All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing (20%)Processing as a reactant
- •Surface active agents in All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing (16%)Processing as a reactant
- •Lubricants and lubricant additives in Plastics Product Manufacturing (24%)Processing as a reactant
- •Finishing agents in Paper Manufacturing (8%)Processing as a reactant
- •Adhesives and sealant chemicals in Miscellaneous Manufacturing (1%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Agricultural chemicals (non-pesticidal) in Food, beverage, and tobacco product manufacturing (32%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Lubricating agent in Textiles, apparel, and leather manufacturing (86%)Processing—incorporation into article
- •Lubricating agent in Petroleum Lubricating Oil and Grease ManufacturingProcessing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Lubricants and lubricant additives in Fabricated Metal Product ManufacturingProcessing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Surface modifier in Plastics Product Manufacturing (49%)Processing—incorporation into article
- •Surface modifier in Plastics Material and Resin Manufacturing (37%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Surface modifier in Paint and Coating Manufacturing (12%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Surface modifier in Adhesive Manufacturing (1%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Surface modifier in Construction (1%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Opacifer in Other (10%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Surfactant (surface active agent) in Other (50%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Emulsifier in Other (40%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Surfactant (surface active agent) in Soap, Cleaning Compound, and Toilet Preparation Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
Vendor Pricing
$0.01/gAaron Chemicals LLC
CountryHong Kong
Pack$67.00 / 5 kg
Purity98%
Vendors30 available
Prices reflect listed pack sizes. Small research packs run far above bulk rates.
29 more vendors
| Vendor | Country Supplier country. Where available, shows shipping origin. When the supplier ships from a different country than where they are registered, both are shown. Most suppliers show registration country only. | $/g | Pack | Purity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Angene Chemical | China → Hong Kong | $0.01 | 5 kg | 98% |
| Sigma-Aldrich (Rush Stock) | Germany | $0.02 | 25 kg | 95% |
| Sigma-Aldrich | Germany | $0.02 | 25 kg | 95% |
| A2B Chem LLC | United States | $0.02 | 1 kg | 95% |
| AA BLOCKS | United States | $0.02 | 1 kg | 95% |
| BLD Pharmatech GmbH | Germany | $0.03 | 1 kg | 95% |
| BLD Pharmatech Ltd. | China | $0.03 | 1 kg | 95% |
| Fluorochem UK | United Kingdom | $0.03 | 2.5 kg | 99% |
| BLD Pharmatech Co., Limited | United States | $0.03 | 1 kg | 95% |
| Ambeed, Inc. | United States | $0.03 | 1 kg | 95% |
| Fluorochem EU | Germany | $0.03 | 1 kg | 99% |
| AstaTech, Inc | United States | $0.05 | 500 g | 95% |
| Chemscene | United States | $0.05 | 1 kg | — |
| AK Scientific Specialized | United States | $0.13 | 500 g | 95% |
| AK Scientific, Inc. | United States | $0.18 | 500 g | 98% |
| Combi-Blocks, Inc. | United States | $0.25 | 1 kg | 98% |
| Angene International Limited | United States | $0.34 | 500 g | 98% |
| Cayman Europe | Estonia | $1.93 | 100 g | 98% |
| Interbioscreen | Hong Kong | $10.00 | 10 g | 95% |
| Apexbio Technology LLC | United States | $11.00 | 5 g | 98% |
| MedChemExpress MCE | Sweden | $12.46 | 10 g | 99.86% |
| MedKoo Biosciences, Inc | United States | $16.00 | 25 g | 98% |
| Labotest KG | Germany | $217.80 | 5000 mg | 90% |
| ChemFaces | China | $1500.00 | 20 mg | 98% |
| Molnova | China | $2120.00 | 50 mg | 99% |
| Princeton BioMolecular Research (SC) | United States | $2900.00 | 100 mg | 90% |
| Vitas M Chemical Limited | Hong Kong | $3170.00 | 100 mg | 90% |
| Angene | China → Hong Kong | $4266.67 | 30 mg | 98% |
| AnalytiCon Discovery - a Division of BRAIN Biotech AG | Germany | $108077.20 | 50 mg | 85% |
Chemical Identity
CAS57-10-3
PubChem CID985
DTXSIDDTXSID2021602
FormulaC16H32O2
Mol. Weight256.42 g/mol
SMILESCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC(=O)O
Data Sources
DTXSID20216022026-04-06
https://doi.org/10.23645/epacomptox.5588566
Archive: data/sources/comptox/dsstox_identifiers.csv
9852026-04-06
https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/rest/pug/compound/cid/985/property/MolecularFormula,MolecularWeight,CanonicalSMILES,InChIKey/JSON
Archive: data/sources/pubchem_properties/985.json
57-10-32026-04-24
https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting
Archive: data/sources/epa_cdr/2020_cdr.csv
CAS 57-10-32026-04-25
https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting
Archive: data/sources/epa_cdr/2020_cdr_industrial.csv