Cocamidopropyl betaine
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$42M
Top SourceIndia 24%
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 340249 · exact
Source Countries
Country of origin for US imports, from Census customs data (2023).
IN 24%IndiaCA 15%CanadaJP 10%JapanMX 8%MexicoIT 8%Italy
- Guatemala
- Ireland
- Netherlands
- Philippines
- Brazil
- Belgium
- Uruguay
- Poland
- Singapore
- New Zealand
- Vietnam
- Czech Republic
- Turkey
- Israel
- Portugal
- Sweden
EPA-registered manufacturers (12)
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
Basf
Colonial Chemical
Evonik
Innospec
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Lamberti Usa
Norman, Fox &
Solvay
Starchem
Synalloy
Textile Rubber & Chemical
The Lewis Chemical
EPA-registered importers (12)
Companies that report making or importing this chemical to the EPA. Registration is US-centric and does not indicate import origin.
Brenntag · DE Germany
Galaxy Surfactants · IN India
Industrias Alen S A De C V · MX Mexico
Alen Usa
Brenntag Southwest, Inc., Lanc
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Diversey
Kg International
Russtech Admixtures
Tilley Chemical
Tri-K Industries
Univar Solutions
Yara North America
2 FDA-registered drug labelers
Guangdong Junhui Biotechnology Co., Ltd
Guangdong Xinjie Cosmetics Co.,Ltd.
Why It Matters
Sectors
HealthFoodEnergyConstructionMetals & MiningConsumer ProductsCore Chemicals
Downstream Uses
Appears in 2 drug and cosmetic product listings (FDA).
- •Sulfur anti-mite shower gel
- •Anti-Hair Thinning
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 7 sectors as 5 functional roles.
- •Foamant in Wholesale and Retail Trade (100%)Use—non-incorporative activities
- •Surfactant (surface active agent) in Not Known or Reasonably AscertainableProcessing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Processing aids, specific to petroleum production in Oil and Gas Drilling, Extraction, and Support activities (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Surface active agents in Soap, Cleaning Compound, and Toilet Preparation Manufacturing (100%)Processing as a reactant
- •Surfactant (surface active agent) in Soap, Cleaning Compound, and Toilet Preparation ManufacturingProcessing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Surface active agents in Other (90%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Emulsifier in OtherProcessing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Surfactant (surface active agent) in Construction (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Surfactant (surface active agent) in Oil and Gas Drilling, Extraction, and Support activities (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Surfactant (surface active agent) in Wholesale and Retail TradeProcessing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Foamant in All Other Chemical Product and Preparation Manufacturing (50%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Foamant in Oil and Gas Drilling, Extraction, and Support activities (50%)Processing—repackaging
- •Foamant in Soap, Cleaning Compound, and Toilet Preparation Manufacturing (80%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
Chemical Identity
CAS61789-40-0
PubChem CIDNo data available
DTXSIDDTXSID6028072
FormulaNo data available
Mol. WeightNo data available
SMILESNo data available
Data Sources
DTXSID60280722026-04-06
https://doi.org/10.23645/epacomptox.5588566
Archive: data/sources/comptox/dsstox_identifiers.csv
61789-40-02026-04-24
https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting
Archive: data/sources/epa_cdr/2020_cdr.csv
CAS 61789-40-02026-04-07
https://open.fda.gov/data/ndc/
Archive: data/sources/fda/ndc/ndc.json