Distillates, petroleum, steam-cracked, C8-12 fraction

U.S. production volumes are classified as confidential business information.

Molecular structure of 68477-54-3
US ProductionCBI
Import Value$56.9B
Top SourceCanada 22%

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.

Distillates, petroleum, steam-cracked, C8-12 fraction · US import value by year
$86.2B2013$47.1B2025

Where It Comes From

Customs basis: HS 271012, 271019 · basket

These shares come from HS customs code 271012, 271019, which covers 201 chemicals in total. They estimate the bucket's origin mix, not this chemical specifically.

Source Countries
CA 22%CanadaKR 8%South KoreaMX 7%MexicoNL 7%NetherlandsIN 5%India
EPA-registered manufacturers (7)
Shell · GB United Kingdom
Sojitz · JP Japan
Chevron Phiillips Chemical Sweeny/Old Ocean
ExxonMobil
Shell Chemical
Show all 7
Sojitz Corporation Of America
The Dow Chemical
EPA-registered importers (2)
ExxonMobil
Neville Chemical

Why It Matters

Sectors
Plastics & RubberCore Chemicals
Downstream UsesNo data available
FDA Shortage Status
No FDA shortage records

Industrial Uses

Used in 2 sectors as 1 functional role.

  • Monomers in Plastics Material and Resin Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
  • Monomers in Petrochemical Manufacturing (100%)Processing as a reactant

Chemical Identity

CAS68477-54-3
PubChem CIDNo data available
DTXSIDDTXSID3028558
FormulaNo data available
Mol. WeightNo data available
SMILESNo data available

Data Sources

DTXSID30285582026-04-06

https://doi.org/10.23645/epacomptox.5588566

Archive: data/sources/comptox/dsstox_identifiers.csv

68477-54-32026-04-24

https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting

Archive: data/sources/epa_cdr/2020_cdr.csv

CAS 68477-54-32026-04-25

https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting

Archive: data/sources/epa_cdr/2020_cdr_industrial.csv