Octadecane

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

Molecular structure of 593-45-3
US ProductionCBI
Import Value$917M
Top SourceCanada 95%

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 290110 · basket

These shares come from HS customs code 290110, which covers 24 chemicals in total. They estimate the bucket's origin mix, not this chemical specifically.

Source Countries
CA 95%CanadaDE 2%GermanyBR 1%BrazilKR 1%South Korea
EPA-registered importers (4)
Rudolf Gmbh · DE Germany
Sasol · ZA South Africa
Rudolf Venture Chemical
Sasol Chemicals (Usa)

Why It Matters

Sectors
Metals & MiningTextilesConsumer ProductsCore Chemicals
Downstream UsesNo data available
FDA Shortage Status
No FDA shortage records

Industrial Uses

Used in 3 sectors as 2 functional roles.

  • Solvent in Textiles, apparel, and leather manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
  • Heat stabilizer in All Other Chemical Product and Preparation Manufacturing (1%)Processing as a reactant
  • Heat stabilizer in Miscellaneous Manufacturing (2%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product

Vendor Pricing

$0.06/gAaron Chemicals LLC
CountryHong Kong
Pack$63.00 / 1 kg
Purity98%
Vendors19 available

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

18 more vendors
VendorCountry$/gPackPurity
ALFA AESARGermany$0.065 kg90%
Angene ChemicalChina Hong Kong$0.071 kg98%
A2B Chem LLCUnited States$0.081 kg99%
BLD Pharmatech GmbHGermany$0.081 kg99%
BLD Pharmatech Ltd.China$0.081 kg99%
AA BLOCKSUnited States$0.091 kg99%
BLD Pharmatech Co., LimitedUnited States$0.111 kg99%
Ambeed, Inc.United States$0.111 kg99%
Fluorochem UKUnited Kingdom$0.13100 g99%
AK Scientific, Inc.United States$0.14500 g98%
Combi-Blocks, Inc.United States$0.251 kg96%
Angene International LimitedUnited States$0.29500 g98%
Sigma-Aldrich (Rush Stock)Germany$0.64500 g99%
Sigma-AldrichGermany$0.64500 g99%
MedChemExpress MCESweden$12.585 g98.68%
Labotest KGGermany$217.805000 mg90%
ChemFacesChina$1500.0020 mg98%
AngeneChina Hong Kong$4266.6730 mg98%

Chemical Identity

CAS593-45-3
PubChem CID11635
DTXSIDDTXSID9047172
FormulaC18H38
Mol. Weight254.5 g/mol
SMILESCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC

Data Sources

DTXSID90471722026-04-06

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

Archive: data/sources/comptox/dsstox_identifiers.csv

116352026-04-06

https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/rest/pug/compound/cid/11635/property/MolecularFormula,MolecularWeight,CanonicalSMILES,InChIKey/JSON

Archive: data/sources/pubchem_properties/11635.json

593-45-32026-04-24

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

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

CAS 593-45-32026-04-25

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

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