Cremophor EL

CAS 61791-12-6

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$742M

Import volumeZero

Top sourceSouth Korea 22%

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 340242, 390729 · basket

EPA reports by year

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

These shares come from HS customs code 340242, 390729, which covers 77 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).

KR 22%South KoreaDE 16%GermanyCN 9%ChinaJP 8%JapanCH 7%Switzerland

Poland
Sweden
Turkey
Brazil
Denmark
United Arab Emirates
Austria
Chile
Argentina
Slovakia
Egypt
Uruguay
Australia
Saudi Arabia
Czech Republic
Indonesia
Ireland
Israel
Latvia
Philippines
Bulgaria
Finland
Norway
Costa Rica
Portugal
Hungary
Dominican Republic
El Salvador
Peru
Lithuania
Georgia
Luxembourg
Romania
Greece

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.

Polyventive

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

•Anti-adhesive agents in Wood Product ManufacturingProcessing—incorporation into article

Chemical Identity

CAS61791-12-6

PubChem CIDNot recorded

DTXSIDDTXSID2047696

FormulaNot recorded

Mol. WeightNot recorded

SMILESNot recorded

Data Sources

EPA CompTox (DSSTox) · DTXSID2047696Retrieved 2026-04-06
EPA Chemical Data ReportingReporting year: 2023 · Retrieved 2026-10-04
EPA Chemical Data ReportingReporting year: 2023 · Retrieved 2026-10-04
US Census international tradeReporting year: 2024 · Retrieved 2026-10-04

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Brief citations

Cremophor EL (CAS 61791-12-6) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/61791-12-6/ EPA CompTox (DSSTox): DTXSID2047696. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://comptox.epa.gov/dashboard/chemical/details/DTXSID2047696 EPA Chemical Data Reporting: 61791-12-6. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting EPA Chemical Data Reporting: CAS 61791-12-6. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting US Census international trade: HS 340242,390729 for CAS 61791-12-6. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/