Fatty acids, C16-18, sodium salts
No U.S. production. America imports the entire domestic supply.
US ProductionZero
Import Value$106M
Import Volume347.0K lbs
Import Dependency100%
Top SourceItaly 14%
Fatty acids, C16-18, sodium salts · US import value by year
Where It Comes From
Customs basis: HS 340120 · narrow
These shares come from HS customs code 340120, which covers 5 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).
IT 14%ItalyCA 13%CanadaCN 13%ChinaMX 11%MexicoTR 8%Turkey
- Ukraine
- Greece
- Netherlands
- Poland
- Vietnam
- Jordan
- Israel
- Colombia
- Dominican Republic
- Hong Kong
- Singapore
- Aruba
- Brazil
- Portugal
- Belgium
- Guatemala
- Morocco
- Sweden
- Ghana
- Taiwan
- Philippines
- Argentina
- Peru
- Denmark
- Ivory Coast
- Lebanon
- El Salvador
- South Africa
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Ireland
- Luxembourg
- Switzerland
- Czech Republic
- Bangladesh
- Honduras
- Monaco
- Dominica
- Georgia
- Bulgaria
- Haiti
- Pakistan
- Albania
- Austria
- Iraq
- Iceland
EPA-registered importers (1)
Companies that report making or importing this chemical to the EPA. Registration is US-centric and does not indicate import origin.
Michelin North America
Why It Matters
Sectors
TransportationMetals & MiningPlastics & RubberConsumer Products
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 1 sector as 1 functional role.
- •Fuel in Other (1%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
Chemical Identity
CAS68424-38-4
PubChem CIDNo data available
DTXSIDDTXSID6028490
FormulaNo data available
Mol. WeightNo data available
SMILESNo data available
Data Sources
DTXSID60284902026-04-06
https://doi.org/10.23645/epacomptox.5588566
Archive: data/sources/comptox/dsstox_identifiers.csv
68424-38-42026-04-24
https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting
Archive: data/sources/epa_cdr/2020_cdr.csv
CAS 68424-38-42026-04-25
https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting
Archive: data/sources/epa_cdr/2020_cdr_industrial.csv