1,2-Dichloroethane

CAS 107-06-2

U.S. production volumes are classified 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$5K

Top sourceItaly 100%

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 290315 · 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).

IT 100%Italy

EPA-registered manufacturers (7)

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

Shin-Etsu Chemical · JP Japan

Formosa Plastics Corporation, U.S.A.

Lanxess

Occidental Petroleum

Olin

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Shintech Louisiana

Westlake

Why It Matters

Sectors

AgricultureEnergyWaterPlastics & RubberConsumer ProductsCore Chemicals

Downstream UsesNot recorded

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.

•Intermediate in Petrochemical Manufacturing (70%)Processing as a reactant
•Intermediate in Plastics Material and Resin Manufacturing (30%)Processing as a reactant
•Solvent in Petrochemical Manufacturing (50%)Processing as a reactant
•Monomers in Plastics Material and Resin ManufacturingProcessing as a reactant
•Intermediate in All Other Basic Organic Chemical ManufacturingProcessing as a reactant
•Flame retardant in All Other Basic Organic Chemical ManufacturingProcessing as a reactant
•Intermediate in UtilitiesProcessing as a reactant
•Intermediate in Petroleum RefineriesProcessing as a reactant
•Intermediate in Wholesale and Retail TradeProcessing as a reactant
•Soil amendments (fertilizers) in Pesticide, Fertilizer, and Other Agricultural Chemical ManufacturingProcessing as a reactant

Chemical Identity

CAS107-06-2

PubChem CID11

DTXSIDDTXSID6020438

FormulaC2H4Cl2

Mol. Weight98.96 g/mol

SMILESC(CCl)Cl

Data Sources

EPA CompTox (DSSTox) · DTXSID6020438Retrieved 2026-04-06
PubChem · compound 11Retrieved 2026-04-06
EPA Chemical Data ReportingReporting year: 2023 · Retrieved 2026-10-04
EPA Chemical Data ReportingReporting year: 2023 · Retrieved 2026-10-04
US Census international tradeReporting year: 2024 · Retrieved 2026-10-04

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Brief citations

1,2-Dichloroethane (CAS 107-06-2) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/107-06-2/ EPA CompTox (DSSTox): DTXSID6020438. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://comptox.epa.gov/dashboard/chemical/details/DTXSID6020438 PubChem: 11. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/11 EPA Chemical Data Reporting: 107-06-2. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting EPA Chemical Data Reporting: CAS 107-06-2. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting US Census international trade: HS 290315 for CAS 107-06-2. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/