Tetraethyl lead

CAS 78-00-2

U.S. production volumes are classified 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$20M

Top sourceUnited Kingdom 88%

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 293110, 381111 · 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).

GB 88%United KingdomJP 9%JapanIN 3%India

Germany

Domestic parents -- activity not disclosed (1)

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

Innospec

EPA-registered importers (2)

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

Newmarket

World Fuel Services

Why It Matters

Sectors

EnergyConsumer Products

Downstream UsesNot recorded

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 3 sectors as 1 functional role.

•Fuel agents in All other Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
•Fuel agents in Wholesale and Retail Trade (100%)Processing—repackaging
•Fuel agents in Petroleum Refineries (100%)Use—non-incorporative activities

Chemical Identity

CAS78-00-2

PubChem CID6511

DTXSIDDTXSID7023801

FormulaC8H20Pb

Mol. Weight323 g/mol

SMILESCC[Pb](CC)(CC)CC

Data Sources

EPA CompTox (DSSTox) · DTXSID7023801Retrieved 2026-04-06
PubChem · compound 6511Retrieved 2026-04-06
EPA Chemical Data ReportingReporting year: 2023 · Retrieved 2026-10-04
EPA Chemical Data ReportingReporting year: 2023 · Retrieved 2026-10-04
US Census international tradeReporting year: 2024 · Retrieved 2026-10-04

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Brief citations

Tetraethyl lead (CAS 78-00-2) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/78-00-2/ EPA CompTox (DSSTox): DTXSID7023801. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://comptox.epa.gov/dashboard/chemical/details/DTXSID7023801 PubChem: 6511. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/6511 EPA Chemical Data Reporting: 78-00-2. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting EPA Chemical Data Reporting: CAS 78-00-2. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting US Census international trade: HS 293110,381111 for CAS 78-00-2. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/