Silicic acid, sodium salt, reaction products with chlorotrimethylsilane and iso-Pr alc.
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$697M
Top SourceGermany 27%
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 391000 · basket
These shares come from HS customs code 391000, which covers 8 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).
DE 27%GermanyJP 22%JapanCA 12%CanadaCN 11%ChinaIT 9%Italy
- Netherlands
- Taiwan
- Indonesia
- Ireland
- Mexico
- New Zealand
- Hungary
- Sweden
- Turkey
- Norway
- Colombia
- Switzerland
- Austria
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Australia
- Hong Kong
- Denmark
- Finland
- United Arab Emirates
- Poland
- Portugal
- Israel
- Singapore
- Argentina
- Slovenia
- Costa Rica
- Russia
- Dominican Republic
- Luxembourg
- Romania
- Peru
- South Africa
- Lithuania
- Serbia
- Liechtenstein
- Philippines
- Monaco
- Latvia
- Cambodia
- Saudi Arabia
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.
The Dow Chemical
EPA-registered importers (2)
Companies that report making or importing this chemical to the EPA. Registration is US-centric and does not indicate import origin.
Goulston Technologies
The Dow Chemical
Why It Matters
Sectors
ConstructionPlastics & RubberTextilesConsumer ProductsPaints & 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 9 sectors as 6 functional roles.
- •Viscosity modifiers in All Other Chemical Product and Preparation Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Lubricants and lubricant additives in Textiles, apparel, and leather manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Defoamer in Soap, Cleaning Compound, and Toilet Preparation Manufacturing (30%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Surfactant (surface active agent) in Textiles, apparel, and leather manufacturing (10%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Defoamer in Paper Manufacturing (40%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Defoamer in Not Known or Reasonably Ascertainable (10%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Intermediate in All Other Basic Inorganic Chemical Manufacturing (50%)Processing as a reactant
- •Viscosity modifiers in Plastics Material and Resin Manufacturing (50%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Viscosity modifiers in Paint and Coating Manufacturing (1%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Adhesion/cohesion promoter in Adhesive Manufacturing (4%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
Chemical Identity
CAS68988-56-7
PubChem CIDNo data available
DTXSIDDTXSID00102553
FormulaNo data available
Mol. WeightNo data available
SMILESNo data available
Data Sources
DTXSID001025532026-04-06
https://doi.org/10.23645/epacomptox.5588566
Archive: data/sources/comptox/dsstox_identifiers.csv
68988-56-72026-04-24
https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting
Archive: data/sources/epa_cdr/2020_cdr.csv
CAS 68988-56-72026-04-25
https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting
Archive: data/sources/epa_cdr/2020_cdr_industrial.csv