Naphtha, petroleum, light steam-cracked arom.
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$17M
Import VolumeZero
Top SourceJapan 87%
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 270720 · narrow
These shares come from HS customs code 270720, which covers 2 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).
JP 87%JapanKR 13%South Korea
- Canada
- Dominican Republic
EPA-registered manufacturers (4)
Companies that report making or importing this chemical to the EPA. Registration is US-centric and does not indicate import origin.
Shell · GB United Kingdom
ExxonMobil
Shell Chemical
The Dow Chemical
Why It Matters
No data available
Chemical Identity
CAS68527-23-1
PubChem CIDNo data available
DTXSIDDTXSID7029459
FormulaNo data available
Mol. WeightNo data available
SMILESNo data available
Data Sources
DTXSID70294592026-04-06
https://doi.org/10.23645/epacomptox.5588566
Archive: data/sources/comptox/dsstox_identifiers.csv
68527-23-12026-04-24
https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting
Archive: data/sources/epa_cdr/2020_cdr.csv