Octadecanoic acid, branched and linear

CAS 68201-37-6

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$790M

Top sourceIndonesia 36%

At least one company claimed its 2019 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: 2019. Import value and source-country shares describe a shared customs category, not a separate chemical measurement.

Where It Comes From

Customs basis: HS 291590, 382319 · basket

EPA reports by year

2019: US production Confidential · Imports Confidential

These shares come from HS customs code 291590, 382319, which covers 609 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).

ID 36%IndonesiaMY 17%MalaysiaIN 9%IndiaDE 7%GermanyNL 7%Netherlands

Switzerland
South Korea
Philippines
Brazil
Taiwan
Canada
United Kingdom
Singapore
Austria
Hungary
Turkey
Ukraine
Israel
Chile
Denmark
Czech Republic
Slovakia
Colombia
Norway
Poland
Hong Kong
South Africa
Russia

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.

Kraton

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

•Intermediate in All Other Basic Organic Chemical ManufacturingProcessing as a reactant

Chemical Identity

CAS68201-37-6

PubChem CIDNot recorded

DTXSIDDTXSID0029424

FormulaNot recorded

Mol. WeightNot recorded

SMILESNot recorded

Data Sources

EPA CompTox (DSSTox) · DTXSID0029424Retrieved 2026-04-06
EPA Chemical Data ReportingReporting year: 2019 · Retrieved 2026-10-04
EPA Chemical Data ReportingReporting year: 2019 · Retrieved 2026-10-04
US Census international tradeReporting year: 2024 · Retrieved 2026-10-04

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Brief citations

Octadecanoic acid, branched and linear (CAS 68201-37-6) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/68201-37-6/ EPA CompTox (DSSTox): DTXSID0029424. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://comptox.epa.gov/dashboard/chemical/details/DTXSID0029424 EPA Chemical Data Reporting: 68201-37-6. Reporting year: 2019. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting EPA Chemical Data Reporting: CAS 68201-37-6. Reporting year: 2019. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting US Census international trade: HS 291590,382319 for CAS 68201-37-6. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/