Bis(2-ethylhexyl) terephthalate

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

Molecular structure of 6422-86-2
US ProductionCBI
Import Value$316M
Top SourceSouth Korea 19%

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 291739 · basket

These shares come from HS customs code 291739, which covers 32 chemicals in total. They estimate the bucket's origin mix, not this chemical specifically.

Source Countries
KR 19%South KoreaCN 19%ChinaIN 18%IndiaES 13%SpainCA 9%Canada
EPA-registered manufacturers (2)
Basf Se · DE Germany
Basf
EPA-registered importers (19)
Lg Chem · KR South Korea
Orbia Advance Corp Sab De Cv · MX Mexico
Safic Alcan · FR France
Alac International
Allchem Industries Holding
Show all 19
American Vinyl
Chemspec
Colonial Group
Greenchem Industries
Lg Chem America
Lg Hausy America
Mak Chemicals
Mexichem Specialty Compounds Inc Dba Alphagary
Silver Fern Chemical
Soyventis North America
The Chemical
Triiso
Univar Solutions
Wilbur-Ellis

Why It Matters

Sectors
Metals & MiningPlastics & RubberConsumer ProductsCore Chemicals
Downstream UsesNo data available
FDA Shortage Status
No FDA shortage records

Industrial Uses

Used in 7 sectors as 1 functional role.

  • •Plasticizer in Plastics Product Manufacturing (15%)Processing—incorporation into article
  • •Plasticizer in Custom Compounding of Purchased Resins (83%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
  • •Plasticizer in Wholesale and Retail Trade (2%)Processing—repackaging
  • •Plasticizer in Plastics Material and Resin ManufacturingProcessing as a reactant
  • •Plasticizer in Rubber Product ManufacturingProcessing as a reactant
  • •Plasticizer in Synthetic Rubber Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
  • •Plasticizer in All Other Basic Organic Chemical ManufacturingProcessing—incorporation into article

Vendor Pricing

$0.01/gAaron Chemicals LLC
CountryHong Kong
Pack$7.00 / 500 g
Purity98%
Vendors14 available

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

13 more vendors
VendorCountry$/gPackPurity
Angene ChemicalChina → Hong Kong$0.02500 g98%
A2B Chem LLCUnited States$0.031 kg98%
AA BLOCKSUnited States$0.031 kg98%
BLD Pharmatech GmbHGermany$0.031 kg98%
BLD Pharmatech Ltd.China$0.031 kg98%
BLD Pharmatech Co., LimitedUnited States$0.041 kg98%
Ambeed, Inc.United States$0.041 kg98%
Combi-Blocks, Inc.United States$0.251 kg98%
AK Scientific SpecializedUnited States$0.45100 g98%
AK Scientific, Inc.United States$0.63100 g99%
Angene International LimitedUnited States$1.32100 g99%
TargetMol ChemicalsChina → United States$88.001 g99.49%
AngeneChina → Hong Kong$4266.6730 mg98%

Chemical Identity

CAS6422-86-2
PubChem CID22932
DTXSIDDTXSID7027625
FormulaC24H38O4
Mol. Weight390.6 g/mol
SMILESCCCCC(CC)COC(=O)C1=CC=C(C=C1)C(=O)OCC(CC)CCCC

Data Sources

DTXSID70276252026-04-06

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

Archive: data/sources/comptox/dsstox_identifiers.csv

229322026-04-06

https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/rest/pug/compound/cid/22932/property/MolecularFormula,MolecularWeight,CanonicalSMILES,InChIKey/JSON

Archive: data/sources/pubchem_properties/22932.json

6422-86-22026-04-24

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

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

CAS 6422-86-22026-04-25

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

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

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