Fatty acids, castor-oil

CAS 61789-44-4

U.S. production volumes are classified 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$406M

Top sourceIndonesia 65%

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. Import value and source-country shares describe a shared customs category, not a separate chemical measurement.

Where It Comes From

Customs basis: HS 382319 · basket

EPA reports by year

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

These shares come from HS customs code 382319, which covers 24 tracked chemicals in total. They estimate the category's origin mix, not this chemical specifically.

Source Countries

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

ID 65%IndonesiaMY 14%MalaysiaIN 11%IndiaES 2%SpainDE 2%Germany

United Kingdom
Brazil
Italy
Japan
Taiwan
Chile
Switzerland
Colombia
Singapore

Domestic parents -- activity not disclosed (1)

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

Clariant

EPA-registered importers (2)

Companies that report making or importing this chemical to the EPA. Registration is US-centric and does not indicate import origin.

Aurorium

Oleon Americas

Why It Matters

Sectors

Core Chemicals

Downstream UsesNot recorded

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

•Intermediate in All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing (100%)Processing as a reactant

Chemical Identity

CAS61789-44-4

PubChem CIDNot recorded

DTXSIDDTXSID90894435

FormulaNot recorded

Mol. WeightNot recorded

SMILESNot recorded

Data Sources

EPA CompTox (DSSTox) · DTXSID90894435Retrieved 2026-04-06
EPA Chemical Data ReportingReporting year: 2023 · Retrieved 2026-10-04
EPA Chemical Data ReportingReporting year: 2019 · Retrieved 2026-10-04
US Census international tradeReporting year: 2024 · Retrieved 2026-10-04

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Brief citations

Fatty acids, castor-oil (CAS 61789-44-4) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/61789-44-4/ EPA CompTox (DSSTox): DTXSID90894435. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://comptox.epa.gov/dashboard/chemical/details/DTXSID90894435 EPA Chemical Data Reporting: 61789-44-4. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting EPA Chemical Data Reporting: CAS 61789-44-4. Reporting year: 2019. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting US Census international trade: HS 382319 for CAS 61789-44-4. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/