Castor oil
Drug ingredientThis 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$115M
Top SourceIndia 96%
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 151530 · exact
Source Countries
Country of origin for US imports, from Census customs data (2023).
IN 96%IndiaCA 2%CanadaDE 1%Germany
- China
- Brazil
- Haiti
- United Kingdom
- Italy
- Indonesia
- Netherlands
- Spain
- Jamaica
- Bangladesh
- Belgium
- Japan
EPA-registered importers (24)
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
Clariant International · CH Switzerland
Kemper System Unternehmensverwaltungsgesellschaft Mbh · DE Germany
Sika Ag · CH Switzerland
Acme-Hardesty Co A Division Of Jacob Stern & Sons
Show all 24
Allnex Usa
Basf
Brenntag
Clariant
Coim Usa In.
Flint Cps Inks North America
George Degen & Co, D/B/A Industrial Oil Products
Kemper System America
Lanxess
Latina
Royal Chemical
Rpm
Sika
Solvay
Stoncor Group
The Dow Chemical
The Sherwin Williams
Univar Solutions
Vertellus
26 FDA-registered drug labelers
Amerisource Bergen
Better Living Brands, LLC
BIONPHARMA INC.
Cardinal Health, 110 dba Leader
Chain Drug Consortium
Chain Drug Market Asociation
Chain Drug Marketing Association
Consumer Product Partners, LLC
CVS Pharmacy, Inc.
Discount Drug Mart
DLC Laboratories, Inc.
Harris Teeter, LLC
Humco Holding Group, Inc.
Jinzhitang (Foshan) Biotechnology Co., Ltd.
Meijer, Inc.
Nice-Pak Products, LLC
OLD EAST MAIN CO
Perrigo Direct, Inc
Pharma Nobis, LLC
Retail Business Services, LLC
Rite Aid Corporation.
Strategic Sourcing Services, LLC
TOPCO ASSOCIATES LLC
United Natural Foods, Inc. dba UNFI
Vi-Jon, LLC
Walgreen Co.
Why It Matters
Sectors
HealthEnergyPlastics & RubberPaints & CoatingsCore Chemicals
Downstream Uses
Appears in 17 drug and cosmetic product listings (FDA).
- •Harris Teeter Castor Oil
- •Castor Oil
- •GNP Castor Oil
- •Leader Castor Oil
- •Foster and Thrive Castor Oil
- •Well at Walgreens Castor Oil
- •Rite Aid Castor Oil
- •Humco Castor Oil
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- •Organic Castor Oil
- •Humco Castor Oil (Regular)
- •Signature Care
- •DDM Castor Oil
- •Freskaro Castor Oil
- •De La Cruz Castor Oil
- •Quality Choice Castor Oil
- •Premiere Value Castor Oil
- •Top Care Castor Oil
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 9 functional roles.
- •Paint additives and coating additives not described by other categories in Plastics Material and Resin Manufacturing (100%)Processing as a reactant
- •Pigment in Paint and Coating Manufacturing (0%)Processing as a reactant
- •Solvent in Plastics Material and Resin Manufacturing (0%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Binder in Paint and Coating ManufacturingProcessing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Paint additives and coating additives not described by other categories in Paint and Coating Manufacturing (0%)Use—non-incorporative activities
- •Adhesives and sealant chemicals in All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Plasticizer in Rubber Product Manufacturing (1%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Monomers in Paint and Coating Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Lubricants and lubricant additives in Petroleum Lubricating Oil and Grease Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Intermediate in All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing (100%)Processing as a reactant
- •Binder in Not Known or Reasonably AscertainableProcessing—incorporation into article
Chemical Identity
CAS8001-79-4
PubChem CIDNo data available
DTXSIDDTXSID7024742
FormulaNo data available
Mol. WeightNo data available
SMILESNo data available
Data Sources
DTXSID70247422026-04-06
https://doi.org/10.23645/epacomptox.5588566
Archive: data/sources/comptox/dsstox_identifiers.csv
8001-79-42026-04-24
https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting
Archive: data/sources/epa_cdr/2020_cdr.csv
CAS 8001-79-42026-04-07
https://open.fda.gov/data/ndc/
Archive: data/sources/fda/ndc/ndc.json