Poloxalene
Drug ingredientAmerica imports all of this drug ingredient. EPA records show zero U.S. production.
US ProductionZero
Import Value$742M
Import Volume31.8K lbs
Import Dependency100%
Top SourceSouth Korea 22%
Poloxalene · US import value by year
Where It Comes From
Customs basis: HS 340242, 390729 · basket
These shares come from HS customs code 340242, 390729, which covers 30 chemicals in total. They estimate the bucket's origin mix, not this chemical specifically.
Source Countries
Country of origin for US imports, from Census customs data (2023).
KR 22%South KoreaDE 16%GermanyCN 9%ChinaJP 8%JapanCH 7%Switzerland
- Poland
- Sweden
- Turkey
- Brazil
- Denmark
- United Arab Emirates
- Austria
- Chile
- Argentina
- Slovakia
- Egypt
- Uruguay
- Australia
- Saudi Arabia
- Czech Republic
- Indonesia
- Ireland
- Israel
- Latvia
- Philippines
- Bulgaria
- Finland
- Norway
- Costa Rica
- Portugal
- Hungary
- Dominican Republic
- El Salvador
- Peru
- Lithuania
- Georgia
- Luxembourg
- Romania
- Greece
1 FDA-registered drug labeler
BASF Corporation
Why It Matters
Sectors
HealthConsumer ProductsPaints & Coatings
Downstream UsesNo data available
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 2 sectors as 2 functional roles.
- •Surfactant (surface active agent) in Paint and Coating Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Dispersing agent in Wholesale and Retail TradeNot Known or Reasonably Ascertainable
Chemical Identity
CAS9003-11-6
PubChem CIDNo data available
DTXSIDDTXSID4047597
FormulaNo data available
Mol. WeightNo data available
SMILESNo data available
Data Sources
DTXSID40475972026-04-06
https://doi.org/10.23645/epacomptox.5588566
Archive: data/sources/comptox/dsstox_identifiers.csv
9003-11-62026-04-24
https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting
Archive: data/sources/epa_cdr/2020_cdr.csv
CAS 9003-11-62026-04-07
https://open.fda.gov/data/ndc/
Archive: data/sources/fda/ndc/ndc.json