Aromatic hydrocarbons, C9-17
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$35M
Top SourceSouth Africa 72%
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 270799 · basket
These shares come from HS customs code 270799, which covers 14 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).
ZA 72%South AfricaCA 11%CanadaES 6%SpainNL 3%NetherlandsIT 2%Italy
- Sweden
- Israel
- China
- India
- Belgium
EPA-registered manufacturers (2)
Companies that report making or importing this chemical to the EPA. Registration is US-centric and does not indicate import origin.
Chevron Phiillips Chemical Sweeny/Old Ocean
Koch Industries
Why It Matters
No data available
Chemical Identity
CAS68333-88-0
PubChem CIDNo data available
DTXSIDDTXSID6028448
FormulaNo data available
Mol. WeightNo data available
SMILESNo data available
Data Sources
DTXSID60284482026-04-06
https://doi.org/10.23645/epacomptox.5588566
Archive: data/sources/comptox/dsstox_identifiers.csv
68333-88-02026-04-24
https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting
Archive: data/sources/epa_cdr/2020_cdr.csv