Amines, C12-18-alkyldimethyl, N-oxides
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$6.2B
Top SourceJapan 32%
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 340249, 382499 · exact
Source Countries
Country of origin for US imports, from Census customs data (2023).
JP 32%JapanKR 27%South KoreaDE 8%GermanyCA 6%CanadaCN 4%China
- Liechtenstein
- Indonesia
- Chile
- Ireland
- Vietnam
- Austria
- Brazil
- Colombia
- Israel
- Australia
- United Arab Emirates
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Turkey
- Denmark
- South Africa
- Philippines
- Norway
- Hungary
- Czech Republic
- El Salvador
- New Zealand
- Slovenia
- Egypt
- Morocco
- Monaco
- Saudi Arabia
- Finland
- Argentina
- Oman
- Portugal
- Slovakia
- Qatar
- Guatemala
- Ukraine
- Lebanon
- Estonia
- Serbia
- Costa Rica
- Belarus
- Hong Kong
- Uruguay
- Croatia
- Luxembourg
- Cambodia
- Bulgaria
- Greece
- Romania
- Tunisia
- Peru
- Zimbabwe
- Dominican Republic
- Georgia
- Malta
- Sri Lanka
- Jamaica
- Armenia
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.
Solvay
Starchem
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.
Pulcra Chemicals
Why It Matters
Sectors
TextilesConsumer Products
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 2 sectors as 2 functional roles.
- •Surfactant (surface active agent) in Soap, Cleaning Compound, and Toilet Preparation Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Thickening agent in Soap, Cleaning Compound, and Toilet Preparation Manufacturing (42%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Surfactant (surface active agent) in Wholesale and Retail TradeProcessing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
Chemical Identity
CAS68955-55-5
PubChem CIDNo data available
DTXSIDDTXSID4029804
FormulaNo data available
Mol. WeightNo data available
SMILESNo data available
Data Sources
DTXSID40298042026-04-06
https://doi.org/10.23645/epacomptox.5588566
Archive: data/sources/comptox/dsstox_identifiers.csv
68955-55-52026-04-24
https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting
Archive: data/sources/epa_cdr/2020_cdr.csv
CAS 68955-55-52026-04-25
https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting
Archive: data/sources/epa_cdr/2020_cdr_industrial.csv