Epichlorohydrin

Drug ingredient

CAS 106-89-8

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

US productionCBI

Confidential Business Information. The EPA withholds this volume because publishing it could reveal the reporting company's trade secrets.

Import value, 2024$60M

Top sourceSouth Korea 46%

At least one company claimed its 2023 production or import volume for this chemical as confidential, so EPA withholds it.

Why supply is unknown

Production is reported production, not a complete census of factories. US production volume is confidential. Production reporting year: 2023.

Where It Comes From

Customs basis: HS 291030 · exact

EPA reports by year

2023: US production Confidential · Imports Confidential
2019: US production Confidential · Imports Confidential

Source Countries

Country of origin for US imports, from Census customs data (2024).

KR 46%South KoreaMY 26%MalaysiaDE 18%GermanyNL 6%NetherlandsTW 2%Taiwan

United Kingdom
China
Switzerland
Denmark
Czech Republic
Israel

EPA-registered manufacturers (3)

Companies that report making or importing this chemical to the EPA. Registration is US-centric and does not indicate import origin.

Dow Chemical

Olin

Soyventis North America

Domestic parents -- activity not disclosed (4)

EPA records name a US company for this chemical but do not disclose whether the company made it here or imported it.

Aceto Us

Dynachem

Harcros Chemicals

Univar Solutions Usa

EPA-registered importers (7)

Companies that report making or importing this chemical to the EPA. Registration is US-centric and does not indicate import origin.

Archroma Management Gmbh · CH Switzerland

Unid Global · KR South Korea

Archroma U.S

Helm America

Oci International

Show all 7

Snf Holding

Westlake

1 FDA-registered drug labeler

Professional Complementary Health Formulas

Why It Matters

Sectors

HealthEnergyConstructionPlastics & RubberTextilesConsumer ProductsPaints & CoatingsCore Chemicals

Downstream Uses

Appears in 2 drug and cosmetic product listings (FDA).

•Amalgam 6003
•Peroxide Combination 9316

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 7 sectors as 5 functional roles.

•Monomers in Plastics Product Manufacturing (100%)Processing as a reactant
•Flocculating agent in All Other Chemical Product and Preparation ManufacturingProcessing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
•Monomers in Paint and Coating ManufacturingProcessing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
•Monomers in All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing (100%)Processing as a reactant
•Intermediate in Asphalt Paving, Roofing, and Coating Materials Manufacturing (100%)Processing as a reactant
•Intermediate in All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing (100%)Processing as a reactant
•Intermediate in Synthetic Dye and Pigment Manufacturing (100%)Processing as a reactant
•Intermediate in Plastics Material and Resin ManufacturingProcessing as a reactant
•Intermediate in Paint and Coating ManufacturingProcessing as a reactant
•Stabilizing agent in Paint and Coating Manufacturing (100%)Processing as a reactant
•Monomers in Plastics Material and Resin Manufacturing (100%)Processing as a reactant
•Filler in All Other Chemical Product and Preparation Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product

Vendor Pricing

$0.05/gA2B Chem LLC

CountryUnited States

Pack$24.00 / 500 g

Purity99%

Vendors10 available

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

9 more vendors

Vendor	Country	$/g	Pack	Purity
AA BLOCKS	United States	$0.05	500 g	99%
AK Scientific Specialized	United States	$0.12	500 g	98%
AK Scientific, Inc.	United States	$0.17	500 g	99%
Fluorochem UK	United Kingdom	$0.34	100 g	99%
Interbioscreen	Hong Kong	$5.00	10 g	95%
HTS Biochemie Innovationen	Germany	$120.00	10 g	95%
Labotest KG	Germany	$217.80	5000 mg	90%
Otava, Ltd.	Ukraine	$460.00	250 mg	95%
Princeton BioMolecular Research (SC)	United States	$2900.00	100 mg	90%

Chemical Identity

CAS106-89-8

PubChem CID7835

DTXSIDDTXSID1020566

FormulaC3H5ClO

Mol. Weight92.52 g/mol

SMILESC1C(O1)CCl

Data Sources

EPA CompTox (DSSTox) · DTXSID1020566Retrieved 2026-04-06
PubChem · compound 7835Retrieved 2026-04-06
EPA Chemical Data ReportingReporting year: 2023 · Retrieved 2026-10-04
FDA National Drug Code directoryRetrieved 2026-04-07
US Census international tradeReporting year: 2024 · Retrieved 2026-10-04

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Brief citations

Epichlorohydrin (CAS 106-89-8) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/106-89-8/ EPA CompTox (DSSTox): DTXSID1020566. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://comptox.epa.gov/dashboard/chemical/details/DTXSID1020566 PubChem: 7835. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/7835 EPA Chemical Data Reporting: 106-89-8. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting FDA National Drug Code directory: CAS 106-89-8. Retrieved 2026-04-07. https://open.fda.gov/data/ndc/ US Census international trade: HS 291030 for CAS 106-89-8. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/