Alcohols, C6-12

CAS 68603-15-6

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$278M

Top sourceIndonesia 56%

At least one company claimed its 2019 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: 2019. Import value and source-country shares describe a shared customs category, not a separate chemical measurement.

Where It Comes From

Customs basis: HS 382370 · basket

EPA reports by year

2019: US production Confidential · Imports Confidential

These shares come from HS customs code 382370, which covers 31 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).

ID 56%IndonesiaZA 19%South AfricaMY 9%MalaysiaDE 7%GermanyIN 2%India

Israel
Spain
Switzerland
Mexico
Jamaica
Belgium
Brazil
Colombia
Canada
Taiwan
Australia

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.

Basf

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.

Icof America

Why It Matters

Sectors

Core Chemicals

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

•Surfactant (surface active agent) in All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing (100%)Processing as a reactant

Chemical Identity

CAS68603-15-6

PubChem CIDNot recorded

DTXSIDDTXSID5028740

FormulaNot recorded

Mol. WeightNot recorded

SMILESNot recorded

Data Sources

EPA CompTox (DSSTox) · DTXSID5028740Retrieved 2026-04-06
EPA Chemical Data ReportingReporting year: 2019 · Retrieved 2026-10-04
EPA Chemical Data ReportingReporting year: 2019 · Retrieved 2026-10-04
US Census international tradeReporting year: 2024 · Retrieved 2026-10-04

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Brief citations

Alcohols, C6-12 (CAS 68603-15-6) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/68603-15-6/ EPA CompTox (DSSTox): DTXSID5028740. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://comptox.epa.gov/dashboard/chemical/details/DTXSID5028740 EPA Chemical Data Reporting: 68603-15-6. Reporting year: 2019. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting EPA Chemical Data Reporting: CAS 68603-15-6. Reporting year: 2019. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting US Census international trade: HS 382370 for CAS 68603-15-6. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/