Aluminum stearate

CAS 637-12-7

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

Molecular structure of 637-12-7 — 1 Al³⁺

US productionCBI

Confidential Business Information. The EPA withholds this volume because publishing it could reveal the reporting company's trade secrets.

Import value, 2024$6.2B

Top sourceJapan 32%

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 291570, 382499 · basket

EPA reports by year

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

These shares come from HS customs code 291570, 382499, which covers 288 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).

JP 32%JapanKR 27%South KoreaDE 8%GermanyCA 6%CanadaCN 4%China

Liechtenstein
Chile
Ireland
Vietnam
Austria
Brazil
Colombia
Israel
Australia
Turkey
United Arab Emirates
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Hungary
Denmark
South Africa
Philippines
Norway
Czech Republic
El Salvador
New Zealand
Portugal
Slovenia
Morocco
Monaco
Argentina
Saudi Arabia
Finland
Egypt
Oman
Slovakia
Qatar
Ukraine
Lebanon
Estonia
Serbia
Costa Rica
Belarus
Peru
Hong Kong
Croatia
Luxembourg
Cambodia
Bulgaria
Greece
Uruguay
Romania
Tunisia
Zimbabwe
Dominican Republic
Georgia
Malta
Sri Lanka
Jamaica
Armenia

EPA-registered manufacturers (1)

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

Pmc Biogenix

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.

Polymer Additves

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.

Faci Usa

Why It Matters

Sectors

Plastics & Rubber

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.

•Anti-adhesive/cohesive in Plastics Material and Resin Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into article
•Lubricating agent in Plastics Product ManufacturingProcessing—incorporation into article

Vendor Pricing

$0.02/gAA BLOCKS

CountryUnited States

Pack$19.00 / 1 kg

Purity4%

Vendors4 available

Prices reflect listed pack sizes. Small research packs run far above bulk rates.

3 more vendors

Vendor	Country	$/g	Pack	Purity
A2B Chem LLC	United States	$0.02	1 kg	4%
AK Scientific, Inc.	United States	$0.17	500 g	—
Labotest KG	Germany	$217.80	5000 mg	90%

Chemical Identity

CAS637-12-7

PubChem CID12496

DTXSIDDTXSID0027278

FormulaC54H105AlO6

Mol. Weight877.4 g/mol

SMILESCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC(=O)[O-].CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC(=O)[O-].CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC(=O)[O-].[Al+3]

Data Sources

EPA CompTox (DSSTox) · DTXSID0027278Retrieved 2026-04-06
PubChem · compound 12496Retrieved 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

Aluminum stearate (CAS 637-12-7) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/637-12-7/ EPA CompTox (DSSTox): DTXSID0027278. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://comptox.epa.gov/dashboard/chemical/details/DTXSID0027278 PubChem: 12496. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/12496 EPA Chemical Data Reporting: 637-12-7. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting EPA Chemical Data Reporting: CAS 637-12-7. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting US Census international trade: HS 291570,382499 for CAS 637-12-7. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/