Linoleic acid

Drug ingredient

CAS 60-33-3

This 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, 2024$37M

Top sourceFinland 50%

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.

Where It Comes From

Customs basis: HS 382313 · exact

EPA reports by year

2023: US production Confidential · Imports Confidential
2019: US production Confidential · Imports Confidential

Source Countries

Country of origin for US imports, from Census customs data (2024).

FI 50%FinlandSE 35%SwedenNL 9%NetherlandsIT 3%ItalyBE 1%Belgium

Japan
Malaysia
Mexico
Germany

Domestic parents -- activity not disclosed (5)

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

Basf

Eastman Chemical

Emery Oleochemicals

Pmc Biogenix

Synthomer Adhesive Technologies

1 FDA-registered drug labeler

ANUBIS COSMETICS SL

Why It Matters

Sectors

HealthEnergyPlastics & RubberCore Chemicals

Downstream Uses

Appears in 3 drug and cosmetic product listings (FDA).

•AnubisMed
•Anubis Barcelona Vital Line
•Anubis Barcelona Protective 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 6 sectors as 3 functional roles.

•Surfactant (surface active agent) in All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing (50%)Processing as a reactant
•Lubricating agent in Plastics Product Manufacturing (50%)Processing as a reactant
•Lubricating agent in Petroleum RefineriesProcessing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
•Intermediate in Rubber Product Manufacturing (37%)Processing as a reactant
•Lubricating agent in All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing (19%)Processing—incorporation into article
•Intermediate in All Other Chemical Product and Preparation Manufacturing (13%)Processing as a reactant
•Intermediate in Plastics Material and Resin Manufacturing (31%)Processing as a reactant

Vendor Pricing

$0.05/gAaron Chemicals LLC

CountryHong Kong

Pack$27.00 / 500 g

PurityNot recorded

Vendors5 available

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

4 more vendors

Vendor	Country	$/g	Pack	Purity
AA BLOCKS (2 weeks)	United States	$0.06	25 kg	99%
AA BLOCKS	United States	$0.28	500 g	75%
AK Scientific, Inc.	United States	$0.43	1 kg	99%
Molnova	China	$43.00	1 g	99%

Chemical Identity

CAS60-33-3

PubChem CID5280450

DTXSIDDTXSID2025505

FormulaC18H32O2

Mol. Weight280.4 g/mol

SMILESCCCCCC=CCC=CCCCCCCCC(=O)O

Data Sources

EPA CompTox (DSSTox) · DTXSID2025505Retrieved 2026-04-06
PubChem · compound 5280450Retrieved 2026-04-06
EPA Chemical Data ReportingReporting year: 2023 · Retrieved 2026-10-04
FDA National Drug Code directoryRetrieved 2026-04-07
US Census international tradeReporting year: 2024 · Retrieved 2026-10-04

← Back to Dashboard ← Back to Health

Brief citations

Linoleic acid (CAS 60-33-3) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/60-33-3/ EPA CompTox (DSSTox): DTXSID2025505. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://comptox.epa.gov/dashboard/chemical/details/DTXSID2025505 PubChem: 5280450. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/5280450 EPA Chemical Data Reporting: 60-33-3. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting FDA National Drug Code directory: CAS 60-33-3. Retrieved 2026-04-07. https://open.fda.gov/data/ndc/ US Census international trade: HS 382313 for CAS 60-33-3. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/