Benzoic acid, 4-[(octadecylamino)carbonyl]-, methyl ester
No U.S. production. America imports the entire domestic supply.
US ProductionZero
Import Value$872M
Import Volume25.4K lbs
Import Dependency100%
Top SourceSwitzerland 44%
Benzoic acid, 4-[(octadecylamino)carbonyl]-, methyl ester · US import value by year
Where It Comes From
Customs basis: HS 292429 · basket
These shares come from HS customs code 292429, which covers 24 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).
CH 44%SwitzerlandCN 19%ChinaIN 12%IndiaJP 9%JapanIE 6%Ireland
- Taiwan
- United Kingdom
- El Salvador
- Colombia
- Ukraine
- Brazil
- Guatemala
- Belgium
- Netherlands
- Turkey
- Sweden
- Greece
- Canada
- Israel
- New Zealand
- Latvia
- Lithuania
- Finland
- Slovakia
- Australia
- Hong Kong
- Czech Republic
- Armenia
- Poland
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.
Quaker Chemical
Why It Matters
Sectors
Energy
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 1 sector as 1 functional role.
- •Corrosion inhibitors and anti-scaling agents in Petroleum Lubricating Oil and Grease Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
Chemical Identity
CAS7333-86-0
PubChem CID81781
DTXSIDDTXSID5064629
FormulaC27H45NO3
Mol. Weight431.7 g/mol
SMILESCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCNC(=O)C1=CC=C(C=C1)C(=O)OC
Data Sources
DTXSID50646292026-04-06
https://doi.org/10.23645/epacomptox.5588566
Archive: data/sources/comptox/dsstox_identifiers.csv
817812026-04-06
https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/rest/pug/compound/cid/81781/property/MolecularFormula,MolecularWeight,CanonicalSMILES,InChIKey/JSON
Archive: data/sources/pubchem_properties/81781.json
7333-86-02026-04-24
https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting
Archive: data/sources/epa_cdr/2020_cdr.csv
CAS 7333-86-02026-04-25
https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting
Archive: data/sources/epa_cdr/2020_cdr_industrial.csv