Ethane
U.S. production volumes are classified as confidential business information.
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.
- China
- Spain
- Italy
- Japan
- Israel
- Malaysia
- United Kingdom
- Austria
- Portugal
- India
- Poland
- Netherlands
- Turkey
- Switzerland
- Belgium
- Greece
- Sweden
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Why It Matters
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
Prices reflect listed pack sizes. Small research packs run far above bulk rates.
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| Vendor | Country Supplier country. Where available, shows shipping origin. When the supplier ships from a different country than where they are registered, both are shown. Most suppliers show registration country only. | $/g | Pack | Purity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sigma-Aldrich | Germany | $7.51 | 110 g | 99.99% |
Chemical Identity
Data Sources
https://doi.org/10.23645/epacomptox.5588566
Archive: data/sources/comptox/dsstox_identifiers.csv
https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/rest/pug/compound/cid/6324/property/MolecularFormula,MolecularWeight,CanonicalSMILES,InChIKey/JSON
Archive: data/sources/pubchem_properties/6324.json
https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting
Archive: data/sources/epa_cdr/2020_cdr.csv
https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting
Archive: data/sources/epa_cdr/2020_cdr_industrial.csv