p-Xylene

U.S. production volumes are classified as confidential business information.

Molecular structure of 106-42-3
US ProductionCBI
Import Value$1.5B
Top SourceSaudi Arabia 37%

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 290243 · exact

Source Countries
SA 37%Saudi ArabiaKR 23%South KoreaBN 11%BruneiNL 10%NetherlandsTW 8%Taiwan
EPA-registered manufacturers (7)
Shell · GB United Kingdom
Chalmette Refining
Eastman Chemical
ExxonMobil
Indorama Ventures Xylenes & Pta
Show all 7
Koch Industries
Shell Chemical
EPA-registered importers (12)
Alfa Sab De Cv · MX Mexico
Mitsui & · JP Japan
Pos · KR South Korea
Total Se · FR France
BP
Show all 12
Dak Americas
ExxonMobil
Mitsubishi Corp (Americas)
Mitsui & Co. (U. S. A.)
Posco International America
Total Holdings Usa
Tricon International

Why It Matters

Sectors
ConstructionMetals & MiningPlastics & RubberConsumer ProductsCore Chemicals
Downstream UsesNo data available
FDA Shortage Status
No FDA shortage records

Industrial Uses

Used in 6 sectors as 2 functional roles.

  • •Intermediate in All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing (100%)Processing as a reactant
  • •Intermediate in Petrochemical Manufacturing (83%)Processing as a reactant
  • •Intermediate in Wholesale and Retail Trade (17%)Processing as a reactant
  • •Intermediate in Plastics Material and Resin Manufacturing (100%)Processing as a reactant
  • •Intermediate in Plastics Product Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into article
  • •Intermediate in OtherProcessing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
  • •Solvents (which become part of product formulation or mixture) in Plastics Material and Resin Manufacturing (100%)Processing as a reactant

Vendor Pricing

$0.49/gA2B Chem LLC (1 week)
CountryUnited States
Pack$244.00 / 500 g
Purity95%
Vendors7 available

Prices reflect listed pack sizes. Small research packs run far above bulk rates.

6 more vendors
VendorCountry$/gPackPurity
AA BLOCKS (1 week)United States$2.33100 g—
Sigma-Aldrich (Rush Stock)Germany$149.161 g—
Sigma-AldrichGermany$149.161 g—
Labotest KGGermany$217.805000 mg90%
Otava, Ltd.Ukraine$2280.0050 mg95%
Otava, Ltd. (2 weeks)Ukraine$2724.0050 mg95%

Chemical Identity

CAS106-42-3
PubChem CID7809
DTXSIDDTXSID2021868
FormulaC8H10
Mol. Weight106.16 g/mol
SMILESCC1=CC=C(C=C1)C

Data Sources

DTXSID20218682026-04-06

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

Archive: data/sources/comptox/dsstox_identifiers.csv

78092026-04-06

https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/rest/pug/compound/cid/7809/property/MolecularFormula,MolecularWeight,CanonicalSMILES,InChIKey/JSON

Archive: data/sources/pubchem_properties/7809.json

106-42-32026-04-24

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

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

CAS 106-42-32026-04-25

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

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

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