Fatty acids, castor-oil

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

Molecular structure of 61789-44-4
US ProductionCBI
Import Value$406M
Top SourceIndonesia 65%

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 382319 · basket

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

Source Countries
ID 65%IndonesiaMY 14%MalaysiaIN 11%IndiaES 2%SpainDE 2%Germany
EPA-registered manufacturers (1)
Vertellus
EPA-registered importers (4)
Clariant International · CH Switzerland
Oleon Nv · BE Belgium
Clariant
Oleon Americas

Why It Matters

Sectors
Core Chemicals
Downstream UsesNo data available
FDA Shortage Status
No FDA shortage records

Industrial Uses

Used in 1 sector as 1 functional role.

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

Chemical Identity

CAS61789-44-4
PubChem CIDNo data available
DTXSIDDTXSID90894435
FormulaNo data available
Mol. WeightNo data available
SMILESNo data available

Data Sources

DTXSID908944352026-04-06

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

Archive: data/sources/comptox/dsstox_identifiers.csv

61789-44-42026-04-24

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

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

CAS 61789-44-42026-04-25

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

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