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

CAS 68477-54-3

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$56.9B

Top sourceCanada 22%

At least one company claimed its 2023 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: 2023. Import value and source-country shares describe a shared customs category, not a separate chemical measurement.

Distillates, petroleum, steam-cracked, C8-12 fraction · US import value by year

Peak 2013: $86.2B · 2024: $56.9B · 2025: $47.1B

Where It Comes From

Customs basis: HS 271012, 271019 · basket

EPA reports by year

2023: US production Confidential · Imports Confidential
2019: US production Confidential · Imports Confidential

These shares come from HS customs code 271012, 271019, which covers 243 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).

CA 22%CanadaKR 8%South KoreaMX 7%MexicoNL 7%NetherlandsIN 5%India

Argentina
Bahrain
Israel
Kazakhstan
Bulgaria
Chile
Denmark
Ecuador
Malaysia
Indonesia
Pakistan
Brunei
Venezuela
Oman
Poland
Gabon
Australia
Greece
Jamaica
Romania
Egypt
Switzerland
Senegal
Hong Kong
Ukraine
Austria
Antigua and Barbuda
El Salvador
Bermuda
Trinidad and Tobago
Dominican Republic
Panama
Latvia
Hungary
South Africa
Costa Rica
Slovakia
Uruguay
Morocco
Estonia
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Barbados
Sri Lanka
Belarus
Ireland

EPA-registered manufacturers (5)

Companies that report making or importing this chemical to the EPA. Registration is US-centric and does not indicate import origin.

Sojitz · JP Japan

Chevron Phiillips Chemical

Dow Chemical

Sojitz Corporation Of America

The Goodyear Tire & Rubber

Domestic parents -- activity not disclosed (2)

EPA records name a US company for this chemical but do not disclose whether the company made it here or imported it.

ExxonMobil

Shell Petroleum

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.

Exxonmobil Product Solutions, A Div Of Exxon Mobil

Why It Matters

Sectors

Plastics & Rubber

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

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

Chemical Identity

CAS68477-54-3

PubChem CIDNot recorded

DTXSIDDTXSID3028558

FormulaNot recorded

Mol. WeightNot recorded

SMILESNot recorded

Data Sources

EPA CompTox (DSSTox) · DTXSID3028558Retrieved 2026-04-06
EPA Chemical Data ReportingReporting year: 2023 · Retrieved 2026-10-04
EPA Chemical Data ReportingReporting year: 2023 · Retrieved 2026-10-04
US Census international tradeReporting year: 2024 · Retrieved 2026-10-04

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Brief citations

Distillates, petroleum, steam-cracked, C8-12 fraction (CAS 68477-54-3) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/68477-54-3/ EPA CompTox (DSSTox): DTXSID3028558. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://comptox.epa.gov/dashboard/chemical/details/DTXSID3028558 EPA Chemical Data Reporting: 68477-54-3. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting EPA Chemical Data Reporting: CAS 68477-54-3. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting US Census international trade: HS 271012,271019 for CAS 68477-54-3. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/