Petroleum products, refinery gases

CAS 68607-11-4

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$47M

Top sourceChile 37%

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.

Where It Comes From

Customs basis: HS 271129 · basket

EPA reports by year

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

These shares come from HS customs code 271129, which covers 112 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).

CL 37%ChileCA 32%CanadaKR 9%South KoreaGB 2%United KingdomCZ 1%Czech Republic

Poland
Guyana
United Arab Emirates
Turkey
Germany
Ireland
Netherlands
Belgium
Trinidad and Tobago
Japan

EPA-registered manufacturers (2)

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

ExxonMobil

Marathon 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.

Shell Petroleum

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

•Fuels and fuel additives in Petrochemical Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product

Chemical Identity

CAS68607-11-4

PubChem CIDNot recorded

DTXSIDDTXSID4028759

FormulaNot recorded

Mol. WeightNot recorded

SMILESNot recorded

Data Sources

EPA CompTox (DSSTox) · DTXSID4028759Retrieved 2026-04-06
EPA Chemical Data ReportingReporting year: 2023 · 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

Petroleum products, refinery gases (CAS 68607-11-4) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/68607-11-4/ EPA CompTox (DSSTox): DTXSID4028759. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://comptox.epa.gov/dashboard/chemical/details/DTXSID4028759 EPA Chemical Data Reporting: 68607-11-4. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting EPA Chemical Data Reporting: CAS 68607-11-4. Reporting year: 2019. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting US Census international trade: HS 271129 for CAS 68607-11-4. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/