Naphtha, petroleum, light steam-cracked arom.

CAS 68527-23-1

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$17M

Import volumeZero

Top sourceJapan 87%

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.

Where It Comes From

Customs basis: HS 270720 · narrow

EPA reports by year

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

HS 270720 covers only Naphtha, petroleum, light steam-cracked arom., so these shares are Naphtha, petroleum, light steam-cracked arom.'s own.

Source Countries

Country of origin for US imports, from Census customs data (2024).

JP 87%JapanKR 13%South Korea

Canada
Dominican Republic

EPA-registered manufacturers (3)

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

Shell Plc · GB United Kingdom

Dow Chemical

Shell Petroleum

Domestic parents -- activity not disclosed (1)

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

ExxonMobil

Why It Matters

No EPA sector or FDA product records name a use for this chemical.

Chemical Identity

CAS68527-23-1

PubChem CIDNot recorded

DTXSIDDTXSID7029459

FormulaNot recorded

Mol. WeightNot recorded

SMILESNot recorded

Data Sources

EPA CompTox (DSSTox) · DTXSID7029459Retrieved 2026-04-06
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

Naphtha, petroleum, light steam-cracked arom. (CAS 68527-23-1) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/68527-23-1/ EPA CompTox (DSSTox): DTXSID7029459. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://comptox.epa.gov/dashboard/chemical/details/DTXSID7029459 EPA Chemical Data Reporting: 68527-23-1. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting US Census international trade: HS 270720 for CAS 68527-23-1. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/