Sulfonic acids, petroleum, sodium salts
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$489M
Top SourceItaly 41%
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 381121 · basket
These shares come from HS customs code 381121, which covers 16 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).
IT 41%ItalyCA 13%CanadaMX 12%MexicoJP 8%JapanSG 7%Singapore
- United Kingdom
- United Arab Emirates
- Austria
- Argentina
- Ukraine
- South Africa
- Hungary
- Lithuania
- Australia
- Switzerland
- Colombia
- Denmark
- Turkey
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.
Calumet Lubricants
Custom Synthesis
Icc Industries
EPA-registered importers (8)
Companies that report making or importing this chemical to the EPA. Registration is US-centric and does not indicate import origin.
Clariant International · CH Switzerland
Blaser Swisslube
Clariant
Hollyfrontier
Italmatch Sc
Show all 8
Lanxess
Moresco Usa
Sea-Land Chemical
Why It Matters
Sectors
EnergyTransportationMetals & MiningPlastics & RubberPaints & CoatingsPaper & PrintingCore Chemicals
Downstream UsesNo data available
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
Used in 12 sectors as 8 functional roles.
- •Lubricants and lubricant additives in Petroleum Lubricating Oil and Grease Manufacturing (99%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Functional fluids (open systems) in Mining (except Oil and Gas) and support activities (100%)Processing as a reactant
- •Corrosion inhibitors and anti-scaling agents in Paint and Coating Manufacturing (25%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Corrosion inhibitors and anti-scaling agents in Transportation Equipment Manufacturing (75%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Surfactant (surface active agent) in Printing and Related Support Activities (11%)Processing—incorporation into article
- •Surfactant (surface active agent) in Plastics Product Manufacturing (3%)Processing—incorporation into article
- •Surfactant (surface active agent) in Not Known or Reasonably Ascertainable (33%)Processing—incorporation into article
- •Surfactant (surface active agent) in Paint and Coating Manufacturing (49%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Surfactant (surface active agent) in Printing Ink Manufacturing (18%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Surfactant (surface active agent) in Custom Compounding of Purchased Resins (26%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Surfactant (surface active agent) in All Other Chemical Product and Preparation Manufacturing (4%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Lubricants and lubricant additives in Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Lubricating agent in Petroleum Lubricating Oil and Grease Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Solvents (which become part of product formulation or mixture) in Petroleum Lubricating Oil and Grease Manufacturing (80%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Defoamer in Petrochemical Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Emulsifier in Petroleum Lubricating Oil and Grease Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
Chemical Identity
CAS68608-26-4
PubChem CIDNo data available
DTXSIDDTXSID8028763
FormulaNo data available
Mol. WeightNo data available
SMILESNo data available
Data Sources
DTXSID80287632026-04-06
https://doi.org/10.23645/epacomptox.5588566
Archive: data/sources/comptox/dsstox_identifiers.csv
68608-26-42026-04-24
https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting
Archive: data/sources/epa_cdr/2020_cdr.csv
CAS 68608-26-42026-04-25
https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting
Archive: data/sources/epa_cdr/2020_cdr_industrial.csv