Siloxanes and Silicones, di-Me

CAS 63148-62-9

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$697M

Top sourceGermany 27%

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 391000 · basket

EPA reports by year

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

These shares come from HS customs code 391000, which covers 22 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).

DE 27%GermanyJP 22%JapanCA 12%CanadaCN 11%ChinaIT 9%Italy

Netherlands
Taiwan
Indonesia
Ireland
Mexico
New Zealand
Hungary
Sweden
Turkey
Norway
Colombia
Switzerland
Austria
Trinidad and Tobago
Australia
Hong Kong
Denmark
Finland
United Arab Emirates
Poland
Portugal
Israel
Singapore
Argentina
Slovenia
Costa Rica
Russia
Dominican Republic
Luxembourg
Romania
Peru
South Africa
Lithuania
Serbia
Liechtenstein
Philippines
Monaco
Latvia
Cambodia
Saudi Arabia

Domestic parents -- activity not disclosed (7)

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

Blue Tree Holdings

Chemical Distribution Network

Chemical Solvents

Independent Chemical

Polyventive

Show all 7

Soyventis North America

Wego Chemical Group

Why It Matters

Sectors

Consumer ProductsCore 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

Used in 2 sectors as 2 functional roles.

•Solvent in All Other Basic Organic Chemical ManufacturingProcessing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
•Filler in All Other Chemical Product and Preparation Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product

Chemical Identity

CAS63148-62-9

PubChem CIDNot recorded

DTXSIDDTXSID0049573

FormulaNot recorded

Mol. WeightNot recorded

SMILESNot recorded

Data Sources

EPA CompTox (DSSTox) · DTXSID0049573Retrieved 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

Siloxanes and Silicones, di-Me (CAS 63148-62-9) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/63148-62-9/ EPA CompTox (DSSTox): DTXSID0049573. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://comptox.epa.gov/dashboard/chemical/details/DTXSID0049573 EPA Chemical Data Reporting: 63148-62-9. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting EPA Chemical Data Reporting: CAS 63148-62-9. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting US Census international trade: HS 391000 for CAS 63148-62-9. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/