Aromatic petroleum pitch
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$2.4B
Top SourceCanada 90%
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 271320 · narrow
These shares come from HS customs code 271320, which covers 3 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).
CA 90%CanadaCO 3%ColombiaVE 3%VenezuelaGR 2%GreeceES 1%Spain
- Curacao
- Switzerland
- United Kingdom
- Germany
- Slovenia
- Austria
- Mexico
- China
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.
Shell · GB United Kingdom
Koppers
Lone Star Specialties
Marathon Petroleum
Shell Chemical
Why It Matters
No data available
Chemical Identity
CAS68187-58-6
PubChem CIDNo data available
DTXSIDDTXSID4028410
FormulaNo data available
Mol. WeightNo data available
SMILESNo data available
Data Sources
DTXSID40284102026-04-06
https://doi.org/10.23645/epacomptox.5588566
Archive: data/sources/comptox/dsstox_identifiers.csv
68187-58-62026-04-24
https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting
Archive: data/sources/epa_cdr/2020_cdr.csv