Ethane

U.S. production volumes are classified as confidential business information.

Molecular structure of 74-84-0
US ProductionCBI
Import Value$917M
Top SourceCanada 95%

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 290110 · basket

These shares come from HS customs code 290110, which covers 24 chemicals in total. They estimate the bucket's origin mix, not this chemical specifically.

Source Countries
CA 95%CanadaDE 2%GermanyBR 1%BrazilKR 1%South Korea
EPA-registered manufacturers (28)
Shell · GB United Kingdom
Steel Reef Infrastructure · CA Canada
Aux Sable Liquid Products
California Resources
Chevron Phiillips Chemical Sweeny/Old Ocean
Show all 28
Dcp Midstream
Energy Transfer
Enterprise Gas Processing
Enterprise Hydrocarbons
Enterprise Products Operating
Etc Texas Pipeline
ExxonMobil
Formosa Plastics
Harvest Four Corners
Kinder Morgan
Kinder Morgan, Copano Energy
Lambda Energy Resources Llc.
Lone Star Ngl
Marathon Petroleum
Mplx
Oneok
Phillips 66
Shell Chemical
Shell Deer Park Refining
Steel Reef Burke
Targa Resources
The Dow Chemical
The Williams Companies
EPA-registered importers (1)
Sopus

Why It Matters

Sectors
AgricultureEnergyPlastics & RubberConsumer ProductsCore Chemicals
Downstream UsesNo data available
FDA Shortage Status
No FDA shortage records

Industrial Uses

Used in 9 sectors as 6 functional roles.

  • Fuels and fuel additives in Petrochemical Manufacturing (100%)Processing—repackaging
  • Intermediate in Petrochemical Manufacturing (100%)Processing as a reactant
  • Intermediate in Pesticide, Fertilizer, and Other Agricultural Chemical Manufacturing (100%)Processing as a reactant
  • Fuels and fuel additives in Petroleum Refineries (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
  • Intermediate in All Other Basic Organic Chemical ManufacturingProcessing as a reactant
  • Fuel in Petrochemical Manufacturing (34%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
  • Refrigerants in Petrochemical Manufacturing (33%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
  • Fuel in All other Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
  • Intermediate in Plastics Product ManufacturingProcessing—repackaging
  • Anti-freeze agent in Petrochemical Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
  • Fuels and fuel additives in All other Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing (100%)Processing as a reactant
  • Fuel agents in Petrochemical Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
  • Fuel agents in Oil and Gas Drilling, Extraction, and Support activities (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
  • Fuels and fuel additives in Wholesale and Retail Trade (100%)Use—non-incorporative activities
  • Fuels and fuel additives in Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting (60%)Use—non-incorporative activities
  • Intermediate in Petroleum Refineries (100%)Processing as a reactant

Vendor Pricing

$7.51/gSigma-Aldrich (Rush Stock)
CountryGermany
Pack$825.89 / 110 g
Purity99.99%
Vendors2 available

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

1 more vendor
VendorCountry$/gPackPurity
Sigma-AldrichGermany$7.51110 g99.99%

Chemical Identity

CAS74-84-0
PubChem CID6324
DTXSIDDTXSID6026377
FormulaC2H6
Mol. Weight30.07 g/mol
SMILESCC

Data Sources

DTXSID60263772026-04-06

https://doi.org/10.23645/epacomptox.5588566

Archive: data/sources/comptox/dsstox_identifiers.csv

63242026-04-06

https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/rest/pug/compound/cid/6324/property/MolecularFormula,MolecularWeight,CanonicalSMILES,InChIKey/JSON

Archive: data/sources/pubchem_properties/6324.json

74-84-02026-04-24

https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting

Archive: data/sources/epa_cdr/2020_cdr.csv

CAS 74-84-02026-04-25

https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting

Archive: data/sources/epa_cdr/2020_cdr_industrial.csv