Aromatic hydrocarbons, C8, o-xylene-lean
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$533M
Import VolumeZero
Top SourceSouth Korea 58%
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 270730, 290244 · narrow
These shares come from HS customs code 270730, 290244, 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).
KR 58%South KoreaJP 22%JapanCA 11%CanadaBE 3%BelgiumDE 2%Germany
- Italy
- United Kingdom
- Czech Republic
EPA-registered manufacturers (1)
Companies that report making or importing this chemical to the EPA. Registration is US-centric and does not indicate import origin.
Koch Industries
Why It Matters
No data available
Chemical Identity
CAS68650-36-2
PubChem CIDNo data available
DTXSIDDTXSID5028792
FormulaNo data available
Mol. WeightNo data available
SMILESNo data available
Data Sources
DTXSID50287922026-04-06
https://doi.org/10.23645/epacomptox.5588566
Archive: data/sources/comptox/dsstox_identifiers.csv
68650-36-22026-04-24
https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting
Archive: data/sources/epa_cdr/2020_cdr.csv