Ethylene

Drug ingredient

This drug ingredient has classified U.S. production volumes. EPA withholds the number as confidential business information.

Molecular structure of 74-85-1
US ProductionCBI
Import Value$404M
Top SourceCanada 90%

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 271114, 271129, 290121 · exact

Source Countries
CA 90%CanadaCL 4%ChileMX 1%MexicoKR 1%South Korea
EPA-registered manufacturers (25)
Basf Se · DE Germany
Ineos · GB United Kingdom
Mubadala Investment Co Pjsc (Mubadala) · AE United Arab Emirates
Sasol · ZA South Africa
Saudi Arabian Oil · SA Saudi Arabia
Show all 25
Shell · GB United Kingdom
Basf
Chevron Phiillips Chemical Sweeny/Old Ocean
Chevron Phillips Chemical
Energy Transfer
ExxonMobil
Formosa Plastics
Huntsman
Indorama Ventures Olefins
Ineos Us I
Lyondell Chemical
Marathon Petroleum
Motiva Enterprises
Nc Holdings Usa
Occidental Petroleum
Sasol Chemicals (Usa)
Shell Chemical
The Dow Chemical
Westlake Chemical
Westlake Petrochemicals
1 FDA-registered drug labeler
Professional Complementary Health Formulas

Why It Matters

Sectors
Core ChemicalsHealthEnergyPlastics & RubberMetals & MiningConstruction
Downstream Uses

Appears in 1 drug and cosmetic product listings (FDA).

  • •Simple Chlorinated Combination 9315
FDA Shortage Status
No FDA shortage records

Industrial Uses

Used in 6 sectors as 5 functional roles.

  • •Intermediate in All Other Basic Organic Chemical ManufacturingProcessing as a reactant
  • •Monomers in Plastics Material and Resin Manufacturing (96%)Processing 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
  • •Intermediate in Plastics Material and Resin Manufacturing (56%)Processing as a reactant
  • •Intermediate in Petroleum Lubricating Oil and Grease Manufacturing (10%)Processing as a reactant
  • •Intermediate in Petrochemical Manufacturing (100%)Processing as a reactant
  • •Fuel agents in Petrochemical Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
  • •Monomers in Synthetic Rubber Manufacturing (10%)Processing as a reactant
  • •Intermediate in Adhesive Manufacturing (5%)Processing as a reactant

Vendor Pricing

$0.19/gALFA AESAR
CountryGermany
Pack$487.20 / 2.5 kg
PurityNo data available
Vendors3 available

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

2 more vendors
VendorCountry$/gPackPurity
Sigma-Aldrich (Rush Stock)Germany$7.30110 g99.99%
Sigma-AldrichGermany$7.30110 g99.99%

Chemical Identity

CAS74-85-1
PubChem CID6325
DTXSIDDTXSID1026378
FormulaC2H4
Mol. Weight28.05 g/mol
SMILESC=C

Data Sources

DTXSID10263782026-04-06

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

Archive: data/sources/comptox/dsstox_identifiers.csv

63252026-04-06

https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/rest/pug/compound/cid/6325/property/MolecularFormula,MolecularWeight,CanonicalSMILES,InChIKey/JSON

Archive: data/sources/pubchem_properties/6325.json

74-85-12026-04-24

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

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

CAS 74-85-12026-04-07

https://open.fda.gov/data/ndc/

Archive: data/sources/fda/ndc/ndc.json

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