Linoleic acid

Drug ingredient

This drug ingredient has classified U.S. production volumes. EPA withholds the number as confidential business information.

Molecular structure of 60-33-3
US ProductionCBI
Import Value$47M
Top SourceFinland 40%

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 291615, 382313 · exact

Source Countries
FI 40%FinlandSE 28%SwedenNL 7%NetherlandsIT 6%ItalyIN 5%India
EPA-registered manufacturers (4)
Basf Se · DE Germany
Emery Oleochemicals (M) Sdn Bhd · MY Malaysia
Basf
Emery Oleochemicals
EPA-registered importers (1)
Valudor Products
1 FDA-registered drug labeler
ANUBIS COSMETICS SL

Why It Matters

Sectors
Core ChemicalsHealthPlastics & RubberMetals & Mining
Downstream Uses

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

  • •AnubisMed
  • •Anubis Barcelona Vital Line
  • •Anubis Barcelona Protective Line
FDA Shortage Status
No FDA shortage records

Industrial Uses

Used in 3 sectors as 5 functional roles.

  • •Intermediate in All Other Basic Organic Chemical ManufacturingProcessing as a reactant
  • •Fuel in Other (0%)Use—non-incorporative activities
  • •Lubricating agent in Other (0%)Use—non-incorporative activities
  • •Surface active agents in All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing (50%)Processing as a reactant
  • •Lubricants and lubricant additives in Plastics Product Manufacturing (50%)Processing as a reactant

Vendor Pricing

$0.05/gAaron Chemicals LLC
CountryHong Kong
Pack$27.00 / 500 g
PurityNo data available
Vendors5 available

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

4 more vendors
VendorCountry$/gPackPurity
AA BLOCKS (2 weeks)United States$0.0625 kg99%
AA BLOCKSUnited States$0.28500 g75%
AK Scientific, Inc.United States$0.431 kg99%
MolnovaChina$43.001 g99%

Chemical Identity

CAS60-33-3
PubChem CID5280450
DTXSIDDTXSID2025505
FormulaC18H32O2
Mol. Weight280.4 g/mol
SMILESCCCCCC=CCC=CCCCCCCCC(=O)O

Data Sources

DTXSID20255052026-04-06

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

Archive: data/sources/comptox/dsstox_identifiers.csv

52804502026-04-06

https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/rest/pug/compound/cid/5280450/property/MolecularFormula,MolecularWeight,CanonicalSMILES,InChIKey/JSON

Archive: data/sources/pubchem_properties/5280450.json

60-33-32026-04-24

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

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

CAS 60-33-32026-04-07

https://open.fda.gov/data/ndc/

Archive: data/sources/fda/ndc/ndc.json

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