Distillates, coal tar, heavy oils
No U.S. production. America imports the entire domestic supply.
US ProductionZero
Import Value$35M
Import Volume122.0K lbs
Import Dependency100%
Top SourceSouth Africa 72%
Distillates, coal tar, heavy oils · US import value by year
Where It Comes From
Customs basis: HS 270799 · basket
These shares come from HS customs code 270799, which covers 14 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).
ZA 72%South AfricaCA 11%CanadaES 6%SpainNL 3%NetherlandsIT 2%Italy
- Sweden
- Israel
- China
- India
- Belgium
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.
Elkem Asa · NO Norway
Elkem Materials
Why It Matters
Sectors
Metals & Mining
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 1 sector as 1 functional role.
- •Intermediate in Primary Metal Manufacturing (100%)Use—non-incorporative activities
Chemical Identity
CAS90640-86-1
PubChem CIDNo data available
DTXSIDDTXSID4029068
FormulaNo data available
Mol. WeightNo data available
SMILESNo data available
Data Sources
DTXSID40290682026-04-06
https://doi.org/10.23645/epacomptox.5588566
Archive: data/sources/comptox/dsstox_identifiers.csv
90640-86-12026-04-24
https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting
Archive: data/sources/epa_cdr/2020_cdr.csv
CAS 90640-86-12026-04-25
https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting
Archive: data/sources/epa_cdr/2020_cdr_industrial.csv