1,2-Epoxyhexadecane

CAS 7320-37-8

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$87M

Top sourceChina 27%

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 291090 · basket

EPA reports by year

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

These shares come from HS customs code 291090, which covers 69 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).

CN 27%ChinaJP 26%JapanIT 15%ItalyDE 6%GermanyIN 5%India

Ukraine
Singapore
Canada
Finland
Belgium
Spain

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.

Cargill, Incorporated

Domestic parents -- activity not disclosed (1)

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

Arkema

Why It Matters

Sectors

Energy

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

•Intermediate in Petroleum Lubricating Oil and Grease Manufacturing (100%)Processing as a reactant

Vendor Pricing

$0.86/gAaron Chemicals LLC

CountryHong Kong

Pack$86.00 / 100 g

Purity98%

Vendors12 available

Prices reflect listed pack sizes. Small research packs run far above bulk rates.

11 more vendors

Vendor	Country	$/g	Pack	Purity
Fluorochem EU	Germany	$1.74	25 g	95%
AA BLOCKS	United States	$2.47	100 g	98%
A2B Chem LLC	United States	$2.68	25 g	98%
Angene Chemical	China → Hong Kong	$3.06	100 g	95%
Ambeed, Inc.	United States	$3.12	100 g	98%
Combi-Blocks, Inc.	United States	$3.35	100 g	80%
Chemscene	United States	$3.80	25 g	—
AstaTech, Inc	United States	$3.96	25 g	80%
Synthonix	United States	$5.20	25 g	98%
Angene International Limited	United States	$26.20	5 g	80%
Angene	China → Hong Kong	$4266.67	30 mg	95%

Chemical Identity

CAS7320-37-8

PubChem CID23741

DTXSIDDTXSID9025245

FormulaC16H32O

Mol. Weight240.42 g/mol

SMILESCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC1CO1

Data Sources

EPA CompTox (DSSTox) · DTXSID9025245Retrieved 2026-04-06
PubChem · compound 23741Retrieved 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

1,2-Epoxyhexadecane (CAS 7320-37-8) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/7320-37-8/ EPA CompTox (DSSTox): DTXSID9025245. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://comptox.epa.gov/dashboard/chemical/details/DTXSID9025245 PubChem: 23741. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/23741 EPA Chemical Data Reporting: 7320-37-8. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting EPA Chemical Data Reporting: CAS 7320-37-8. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting US Census international trade: HS 291090 for CAS 7320-37-8. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/