C12-16-Alkylbenzyldimethylammonium chlorides
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$52M
Top SourceSouth Korea 35%
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 340241 · basket
These shares come from HS customs code 340241, which covers 7 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).
KR 35%South KoreaMX 18%MexicoCA 16%CanadaCN 11%ChinaDE 5%Germany
- Qatar
- Italy
- Netherlands
- Indonesia
- Vietnam
- Singapore
- South Africa
- Denmark
- United Kingdom
- Turkey
- Israel
- Spain
- Belgium
- Poland
- Norway
- Taiwan
- Pakistan
EPA-registered manufacturers (7)
Companies that report making or importing this chemical to the EPA. Registration is US-centric and does not indicate import origin.
Italmatch Chemicals Spa · IT Italy
Halliburton
Italmatch Usa
Lonza
Nalco- An Ecolab
Show all 7
Starchem
The Lewis Chemical
EPA-registered importers (2)
Companies that report making or importing this chemical to the EPA. Registration is US-centric and does not indicate import origin.
Diversey
Harcros Chemicals
Why It Matters
Sectors
AgricultureFoodEnergyConstructionConsumer ProductsCore 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 7 sectors as 7 functional roles.
- •Processing aids, specific to petroleum production in Oil and Gas Drilling, Extraction, and Support activities (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Demulsifier in All Other Chemical Product and Preparation ManufacturingProcessing as a reactant
- •Demulsifier in Oil and Gas Drilling, Extraction, and Support activitiesUse—non-incorporative activities
- •Intermediate in Oil and Gas Drilling, Extraction, and Support activities (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Surfactant (surface active agent) in Wholesale and Retail Trade (0%)Use—non-incorporative activities
- •Corrosion inhibitor in All Other Chemical Product and Preparation ManufacturingProcessing as a reactant
- •Corrosion inhibitor in Oil and Gas Drilling, Extraction, and Support activities (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Surface active agents in Not Known or Reasonably Ascertainable (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Surfactant (surface active agent) in Soap, Cleaning Compound, and Toilet Preparation Manufacturing (13%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Corrosion inhibitor in Construction (45%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Emulsifier in Pesticide, Fertilizer, and Other Agricultural Chemical ManufacturingProcessing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
Chemical Identity
CAS68424-85-1
PubChem CIDNo data available
DTXSIDDTXSID6028492
FormulaNo data available
Mol. WeightNo data available
SMILESNo data available
Data Sources
DTXSID60284922026-04-06
https://doi.org/10.23645/epacomptox.5588566
Archive: data/sources/comptox/dsstox_identifiers.csv
68424-85-12026-04-24
https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting
Archive: data/sources/epa_cdr/2020_cdr.csv
CAS 68424-85-12026-04-25
https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting
Archive: data/sources/epa_cdr/2020_cdr_industrial.csv