Alkanes, C14-16
U.S. production volumes are classified as confidential business information.
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 271019 · basket
These shares come from HS customs code 271019, which covers 128 chemicals in total. They estimate the bucket's origin mix, not this chemical specifically.
- Finland
- Spain
- Japan
- Ecuador
- Denmark
- Taiwan
- Malaysia
- Indonesia
- Pakistan
- Brunei
- Venezuela
- Oman
- Bahamas
- Chile
- Argentina
- Sweden
- Lithuania
- Gabon
- Poland
- Jamaica
- Egypt
- Switzerland
- Hong Kong
- Israel
- Ukraine
- China
- Austria
- Antigua and Barbuda
- El Salvador
- Greece
- Portugal
- Romania
- Bermuda
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Panama
- Hungary
- Dominican Republic
- Costa Rica
- South Africa
- Slovakia
- Uruguay
- Morocco
- Estonia
- Cyprus
- Australia
- Czech Republic
- Barbados
- Norway
- Latvia
- Sri Lanka
- Belarus
- Ireland
Why It Matters
Industrial Uses
Used in 5 sectors as 4 functional roles.
- •Intermediate in All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing (10%)Processing as a reactant
- •Solvent in Miscellaneous Manufacturing (1%)Processing as a reactant
- •Lubricating agent in Petroleum Lubricating Oil and Grease Manufacturing (1%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Lubricating agent in Plastics Product Manufacturing (2%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Fuel in Other (90%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
Chemical Identity
Data Sources
https://doi.org/10.23645/epacomptox.5588566
Archive: data/sources/comptox/dsstox_identifiers.csv
https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting
Archive: data/sources/epa_cdr/2020_cdr.csv
https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting
Archive: data/sources/epa_cdr/2020_cdr_industrial.csv