m-Xylene

CAS 108-38-3

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$62M

Top sourceSouth Korea 93%

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 290242 · 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 93%South KoreaBE 6%Belgium

Canada
Japan
India

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.

Shell Plc · GB United Kingdom

Shell Petroleum

Trafigura Trading

Domestic parents -- activity not disclosed (3)

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

Ineos Us Petrochem

Koch Industries

EPA-registered importers (1)

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

Eneos Americas

Why It Matters

Sectors

EnergyConsumer ProductsPaints & CoatingsCore 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 5 sectors as 3 functional roles.

•Intermediate in Petrochemical Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
•Intermediate in All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing (87%)Processing as a reactant
•Solvent in Petrochemical Manufacturing (100%)Processing as a reactant
•Solvent in Paint and Coating Manufacturing (100%)Use—non-incorporative activities
•Fuel agents in Petroleum Refineries (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
•Solvent in Wholesale and Retail Trade (2%)Processing—repackaging
•Intermediate in Wholesale and Retail Trade (13%)Processing as a reactant

Vendor Pricing

$9.60/gA2B Chem LLC (1 week)

CountryUnited States

Pack$96.00 / 10 g

Purity95%

Vendors6 available

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

5 more vendors

Vendor	Country	$/g	Pack	Purity
Sigma-Aldrich (Rush Stock)	Germany	$176.65	1 g	—
Sigma-Aldrich	Germany	$176.65	1 g	—
Labotest KG	Germany	$217.80	5000 mg	90%
Otava, Ltd.	Ukraine	$2280.00	50 mg	95%
Otava, Ltd. (2 weeks)	Ukraine	$2724.00	50 mg	95%

Chemical Identity

CAS108-38-3

PubChem CID7929

DTXSIDDTXSID6026298

FormulaC8H10

Mol. Weight106.16 g/mol

SMILESCC1=CC(=CC=C1)C

Data Sources

EPA CompTox (DSSTox) · DTXSID6026298Retrieved 2026-04-06
PubChem · compound 7929Retrieved 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

m-Xylene (CAS 108-38-3) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/108-38-3/ EPA CompTox (DSSTox): DTXSID6026298. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://comptox.epa.gov/dashboard/chemical/details/DTXSID6026298 PubChem: 7929. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/7929 EPA Chemical Data Reporting: 108-38-3. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting EPA Chemical Data Reporting: CAS 108-38-3. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting US Census international trade: HS 290242 for CAS 108-38-3. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/