Alcohols, C12-13, ethoxylated

CAS 66455-14-9

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$6.3B

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 340242, 382499 · basket

EPA reports by year

2023: US production Confidential · Imports Confidential
2019: US production Zero · Imports 872.5K lb

These shares come from HS customs code 340242, 382499, which covers 248 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 9%GermanyCA 6%CanadaCN 4%China

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

Shell Petroleum

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

•Surfactant (surface active agent) in Petrochemical Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product

Chemical Identity

CAS66455-14-9

PubChem CIDNot recorded

DTXSIDDTXSID5041930

FormulaNot recorded

Mol. WeightNot recorded

SMILESNot recorded

Data Sources

EPA CompTox (DSSTox) · DTXSID5041930Retrieved 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

Alcohols, C12-13, ethoxylated (CAS 66455-14-9) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/66455-14-9/ EPA CompTox (DSSTox): DTXSID5041930. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://comptox.epa.gov/dashboard/chemical/details/DTXSID5041930 EPA Chemical Data Reporting: 66455-14-9. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting EPA Chemical Data Reporting: CAS 66455-14-9. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting US Census international trade: HS 340242,382499 for CAS 66455-14-9. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/