Naphthalene

Drug ingredient

This drug ingredient has classified U.S. production volumes. EPA withholds the number as confidential business information.

US ProductionCBI

Import Value$73M

Top SourceIndia 33%

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 270740, 290290 · basket

These shares come from HS customs code 270740, 290290, which covers 64 chemicals in total. They estimate the bucket's origin mix, not this chemical specifically.

Source Countries

IN 33%IndiaES 12%SpainTW 11%TaiwanDE 10%GermanyCN 8%China

EPA-registered manufacturers (5)

Coopers Creek Chemical

Koppers

Monument Chemical

Shell

Shell Chemical

EPA-registered importers (15)

Basf Se · DE Germany

Clariant International · CH Switzerland

Shell · GB United Kingdom

Agc America

Basf

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Clariant

ExxonMobil

Geo Specialty Chemicals

Ies Downstream

Innospec

Mie

Shell Chemical

Shell Trading (Us)

Sopus

World Fuel Services

14 FDA-registered drug labelers

Apex Energetics Inc.

Be Well Medical dba Richard Clement Nutrition y Be Well Homeopathics

Bestmade Natural Products

BioActive Nutritional, Inc.

Boiron

Deseret Biologicals, Inc.

Energique, Inc.

Homeocare Laboratories

King Bio Inc.

Newton Laboratories, Inc.

Nutritional Specialties, Inc.

Professional Complementary Health Formulas

Ratis, LLC

Silver Star Brands

Why It Matters

Sectors

Plastics & RubberPaints & CoatingsTransportationPaper & PrintingCore ChemicalsHealthEnergyConsumer ProductsMetals & MiningTextilesAgricultureConstruction

Downstream Uses

Appears in 22 drug and cosmetic product listings (FDA).

•Bestmade Natural Products BM13
•Industriox
•Allergy Relief Indoor and Outdoor
•Lung Drops
•EyeClear Pro
•Bestmade Natural Products BM26
•Household Detox
•Para-Si

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•Cataracc
•Industriox 6011
•Respiratory Plus
•Household Antigens
•D08 LNG-DRN
•Breathe-Ease
•Enviro Detox 6009
•Opsin II 6015
•Allergy Escape
•Visual Detox 6037
•Bestmade Natural Products BM13 Pellets
•Tartarus Combination 9259
•Tobaccotox
•Naphthalinum

FDA Shortage Status

No FDA shortage records

Industrial Uses

Used in 17 sectors as 11 functional roles.

•Paint additives and coating additives not described by other categories in Paint and Coating Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
•Corrosion inhibitor in Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing (0%)Processing—incorporation into article
•Solvent in Transportation Equipment Manufacturing (0%)Processing—incorporation into article
•Paint additives and coating additives not described by other categories in Transportation Equipment ManufacturingProcessing—incorporation into article
•Pigment in Paint and Coating Manufacturing (0%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
•Solvent in Paint and Coating Manufacturing (0%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
•Pigment in Printing Ink Manufacturing (0%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
•Laboratory chemicals in Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing (0%)Use—non-incorporative activities
•Solvent in All Other Chemical Product and Preparation ManufacturingProcessing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
•Solvent in Miscellaneous ManufacturingProcessing—incorporation into article
•Solvent in Oil and Gas Drilling, Extraction, and Support activities (100%)Use—non-incorporative activities
•Intermediate in All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
•Fuels and fuel additives in Petrochemical Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
•Intermediate in All Other Chemical Product and Preparation Manufacturing (100%)Processing as a reactant
•Agricultural chemicals (non-pesticidal) in Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting (10%)Processing as a reactant
•Surface active agents in Synthetic Rubber Manufacturing (5%)Processing as a reactant
•Surface active agents in Soap, Cleaning Compound, and Toilet Preparation Manufacturing (1%)Processing as a reactant
•Surface active agents in All Other Chemical Product and Preparation Manufacturing (10%)Processing as a reactant
•Surface active agents in Construction (40%)Processing as a reactant
•Surface active agents in Textiles, apparel, and leather manufacturing (10%)Processing as a reactant
•Fuels and fuel additives in Petroleum Refineries (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
•Fuels and fuel additives in Services (3%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
•Solvents (which become part of product formulation or mixture) in Wholesale and Retail Trade (100%)Processing—repackaging
•Intermediate in Petrochemical Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
•Processing aids, specific to petroleum production in Oil and Gas Drilling, Extraction, and Support activities (0%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
•Fuels and fuel additives in Wholesale and Retail Trade (100%)Processing—repackaging

Chemical Identity

CAS91-20-3

PubChem CID931

DTXSIDDTXSID8020913

FormulaC10H8

Mol. Weight128.17 g/mol

SMILESC1=CC=C2C=CC=CC2=C1

Data Sources

DTXSID80209132026-04-06

https://doi.org/10.23645/epacomptox.5588566

Archive: data/sources/comptox/dsstox_identifiers.csv

9312026-04-06

https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/rest/pug/compound/cid/931/property/MolecularFormula,MolecularWeight,CanonicalSMILES,InChIKey/JSON

Archive: data/sources/pubchem_properties/931.json

91-20-32026-04-24

https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting

Archive: data/sources/epa_cdr/2020_cdr.csv

CAS 91-20-32026-04-07

https://open.fda.gov/data/ndc/

Archive: data/sources/fda/ndc/ndc.json

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