Fatty acids, C16-18 and C18-unsatd., Me esters
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$8.0B
Top SourceJapan 25%
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 382499, 382600 · basket
These shares come from HS customs code 382499, 382600, which covers 156 chemicals in total. They estimate the bucket's origin mix, not this chemical specifically.
Source Countries
Country of origin for US imports, from Census customs data (2023).
JP 25%JapanKR 22%South KoreaDE 13%GermanyCA 12%CanadaES 6%Spain
- Taiwan
- Brazil
- Sweden
- Liechtenstein
- Indonesia
- Chile
- Ireland
- Vietnam
- Austria
- Colombia
- Israel
- Australia
- United Arab Emirates
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Turkey
- Denmark
- South Africa
- Philippines
- Norway
- Hungary
- Czech Republic
- El Salvador
- New Zealand
- Slovenia
- Morocco
- Monaco
- Saudi Arabia
- Finland
- Argentina
- Egypt
- Oman
- Portugal
- Slovakia
- Qatar
- Ukraine
- Lebanon
- Estonia
- Serbia
- Costa Rica
- Belarus
- Hong Kong
- Croatia
- Luxembourg
- Cambodia
- Bulgaria
- Greece
- Uruguay
- Romania
- Tunisia
- Peru
- Zimbabwe
- Dominican Republic
- Georgia
- Malta
- Sri Lanka
- Jamaica
- Armenia
EPA-registered manufacturers (5)
Companies that report making or importing this chemical to the EPA. Registration is US-centric and does not indicate import origin.
Cargill, Incorporated
Icc Industries
Norman, Fox &
Pmc Biogenix
Quaker Chemical
EPA-registered importers (12)
Companies that report making or importing this chemical to the EPA. Registration is US-centric and does not indicate import origin.
Basf Se · DE Germany
Oleon Nv · BE Belgium
Shell · GB United Kingdom
Arkema
Basf
Show all 12
Greenamerica Biofuels
Gunvor Usa
Mie
Oleon Americas
Pulcra Chemicals
Shell Trading (Us)
The Procter & Gamble
Why It Matters
Sectors
HealthAgricultureEnergyMetals & MiningTextilesPaints & CoatingsCore Chemicals
Downstream UsesNo data available
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 9 sectors as 10 functional roles.
- •Lubricating agent in All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing (100%)Processing as a reactant
- •Solvent in Pesticide, Fertilizer, and Other Agricultural Chemical ManufacturingProcessing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Diluent in Paint and Coating Manufacturing (0%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Fuel in Other (13%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Lubricating agent in Other (13%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Surfactant (surface active agent) in Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting (50%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Fuel in All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing (50%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Fuel in Services (1%)Use—non-incorporative activities
- •Fuels and fuel additives in Petroleum Refineries (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Paint additives and coating additives not described by other categories in Paint and Coating Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Intermediate in Petroleum Lubricating Oil and Grease Manufacturing (80%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Emulsifier in Petroleum Lubricating Oil and Grease Manufacturing (20%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Lubricants and lubricant additives in Textiles, apparel, and leather manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Lubricants and lubricant additives in Petroleum Lubricating Oil and Grease Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
Chemical Identity
CAS67762-38-3
PubChem CIDNo data available
DTXSIDDTXSID5028328
FormulaNo data available
Mol. WeightNo data available
SMILESNo data available
Data Sources
DTXSID50283282026-04-06
https://doi.org/10.23645/epacomptox.5588566
Archive: data/sources/comptox/dsstox_identifiers.csv
67762-38-32026-04-24
https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting
Archive: data/sources/epa_cdr/2020_cdr.csv
CAS 67762-38-32026-04-25
https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting
Archive: data/sources/epa_cdr/2020_cdr_industrial.csv