Fatty acids, vegetable-oil, Me esters

CAS 68990-52-3

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$8.0B

Top sourceJapan 25%

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 382499, 382600 · basket

EPA reports by year

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

These shares come from HS customs code 382499, 382600, which covers 217 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).

JP 25%JapanKR 22%South KoreaDE 13%GermanyCA 12%CanadaES 6%Spain

Taiwan
Brazil
Sweden
Liechtenstein
Indonesia
Chile
Ireland
Vietnam
Austria
Colombia
Israel
Australia
United Arab Emirates
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Turkey
Denmark
South Africa
Philippines
Norway
Hungary
Czech Republic
El Salvador
New Zealand
Slovenia
Morocco
Monaco
Saudi Arabia
Finland
Argentina
Egypt
Oman
Portugal
Slovakia
Qatar
Ukraine
Lebanon
Estonia
Serbia
Costa Rica
Belarus
Hong Kong
Croatia
Luxembourg
Cambodia
Bulgaria
Greece
Uruguay
Romania
Tunisia
Peru
Zimbabwe
Dominican Republic
Georgia
Malta
Sri Lanka
Jamaica
Armenia

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.

Archer Daniels Midland

Cargill, Incorporated

Imperial Western Products

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.

Sika Ag · CH Switzerland

Sika

Why It Matters

Sectors

Paper & PrintingCore 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 4 sectors as 3 functional roles.

•Fuel in All Other Chemical Product and Preparation Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
•Fuel agents in Petrochemical Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
•Fuel agents in All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
•Fuel in Petrochemical Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
•Pigment in Printing Ink Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product

Chemical Identity

CAS68990-52-3

PubChem CIDNot recorded

DTXSIDDTXSID0028955

FormulaNot recorded

Mol. WeightNot recorded

SMILESNot recorded

Data Sources

EPA CompTox (DSSTox) · DTXSID0028955Retrieved 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, vegetable-oil, Me esters (CAS 68990-52-3) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/68990-52-3/ EPA CompTox (DSSTox): DTXSID0028955. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://comptox.epa.gov/dashboard/chemical/details/DTXSID0028955 EPA Chemical Data Reporting: 68990-52-3. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting EPA Chemical Data Reporting: CAS 68990-52-3. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting US Census international trade: HS 382499,382600 for CAS 68990-52-3. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/