Ethylene

Drug ingredient

CAS 74-85-1

This drug ingredient has classified U.S. production volumes. EPA withholds the number 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$3K

Top sourceChina 100%

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.

Where It Comes From

Customs basis: HS 290121 · exact

EPA reports by year

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

Source Countries

Country of origin for US imports, from Census customs data (2024).

CN 100%China

EPA-registered manufacturers (30)

Companies that report making or importing this chemical to the EPA. Registration is US-centric and does not indicate import origin.

Basf Se · DE Germany

Government Of Abu Dhabi · AE United Arab Emirates

Indorama Netherlands Bv · NL Netherlands

Ineos · GB United Kingdom

Sasol · ZA South Africa

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Saudi Arabian Oil · SA Saudi Arabia

Shell Plc · GB United Kingdom

Shin-Etsu Chemical · JP Japan

Basf

Bayport Polymers

Chevron Phiillips Chemical

Chevron Phillips Chemical

Dow Chemical

Energy Transfer

ExxonMobil

Formosa Plastics Corporation, U.S.A.

Gulf Coast Growth Ventures

Hep Javelina

Indorama Ventures Usa Holdings

Ineos Us I

Lotte Chemical Usa

Lyondell Chemical

Motiva Enterprises

Nc Holdings Usa

Occidental Petroleum

Sasol Chemicals (Usa)

Shell Chemical Appalachia

Shell Petroleum

Shintech Louisiana

Westlake

Domestic parents -- activity not disclosed (2)

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

Eastman Chemical

Lg Chem America

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

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 6 sectors as 5 functional roles.

•Intermediate in Petrochemical Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
•Monomers in Plastics Material and Resin Manufacturing (100%)Processing as a reactant
•Intermediate in All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing (60%)Processing as a reactant
•Intermediate in Plastics Material and Resin Manufacturing (100%)Processing as a reactant
•Monomers in Synthetic Rubber Manufacturing (7%)Processing as a reactant
•Monomers in Petrochemical Manufacturing (20%)Processing as a reactant
•Plasticizer in Plastics Material and Resin Manufacturing (16%)Processing as a reactant
•Intermediate in Adhesive ManufacturingProcessing as a reactant
•Intermediate in Petroleum Lubricating Oil and Grease Manufacturing (10%)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

Vendor Pricing

$0.19/gALFA AESAR

CountryGermany

Pack$487.20 / 2.5 kg

PurityNot recorded

Vendors3 available

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

2 more vendors

Vendor	Country	$/g	Pack	Purity
Sigma-Aldrich (Rush Stock)	Germany	$7.30	110 g	99.99%
Sigma-Aldrich	Germany	$7.30	110 g	99.99%

Chemical Identity

CAS74-85-1

PubChem CID6325

DTXSIDDTXSID1026378

FormulaC2H4

Mol. Weight28.05 g/mol

SMILESC=C

Data Sources

EPA CompTox (DSSTox) · DTXSID1026378Retrieved 2026-04-06
PubChem · compound 6325Retrieved 2026-04-06
EPA Chemical Data ReportingReporting year: 2023 · Retrieved 2026-10-04
FDA National Drug Code directoryRetrieved 2026-04-07
US Census international tradeReporting year: 2024 · Retrieved 2026-10-04

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Brief citations

Ethylene (CAS 74-85-1) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/74-85-1/ EPA CompTox (DSSTox): DTXSID1026378. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://comptox.epa.gov/dashboard/chemical/details/DTXSID1026378 PubChem: 6325. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/6325 EPA Chemical Data Reporting: 74-85-1. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting FDA National Drug Code directory: CAS 74-85-1. Retrieved 2026-04-07. https://open.fda.gov/data/ndc/ US Census international trade: HS 290121 for CAS 74-85-1. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/