Fatty acids, C8-10

CAS 68937-75-7

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$260M

Top sourceSpain 17%

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 380892 · basket

EPA reports by year

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

These shares come from HS customs code 380892, which covers 15 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).

ES 17%SpainMX 16%MexicoDE 14%GermanyIN 8%IndiaIT 8%Italy

South Korea
Bulgaria
South Africa
El Salvador
Estonia
New Zealand
Costa Rica
Singapore
Turkey
Australia
Hungary
Brazil

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.

P&G

Domestic parents -- activity not disclosed (3)

EPA records name a US company for this chemical but do not disclose whether the company made it here or imported it.

Rierden Chemical & Trading

Stepan

Zschimmer&Schwarz

EPA-registered importers (5)

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

Acme-Hardesty Co A Division Of Jacob Stern & Sons

Icof America

Kic Chemicals

Peter Cremer North America

Sea-Land Chemical

Why It Matters

Sectors

Metals & MiningConsumer ProductsCore 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

Used in 2 sectors as 3 functional roles.

•Corrosion inhibitor in All Other Chemical Product and Preparation Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
•Lubricating agent in All Other Chemical Product and Preparation ManufacturingProcessing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
•Lubricating agent in Wholesale and Retail TradeProcessing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
•Intermediate in All Other Chemical Product and Preparation Manufacturing (30%)Processing as a reactant

Chemical Identity

CAS68937-75-7

PubChem CIDNot recorded

DTXSIDDTXSID9028887

FormulaNot recorded

Mol. WeightNot recorded

SMILESNot recorded

Data Sources

EPA CompTox (DSSTox) · DTXSID9028887Retrieved 2026-04-06
EPA Chemical Data ReportingReporting year: 2023 · Retrieved 2026-10-04
EPA Chemical Data ReportingReporting year: 2023 · Retrieved 2026-10-04
US Census international tradeReporting year: 2024 · Retrieved 2026-10-04

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Brief citations

Fatty acids, C8-10 (CAS 68937-75-7) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/68937-75-7/ EPA CompTox (DSSTox): DTXSID9028887. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://comptox.epa.gov/dashboard/chemical/details/DTXSID9028887 EPA Chemical Data Reporting: 68937-75-7. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting EPA Chemical Data Reporting: CAS 68937-75-7. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting US Census international trade: HS 380892 for CAS 68937-75-7. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/