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Chlorobenzene

CAS 108-90-7

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

Molecular structure of 108-90-7
US productionCBI
Import value, 2024$49M
Top sourceGermany 52%

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. Import value and source-country shares describe a shared customs category, not a separate chemical measurement.

Where It Comes From

Customs basis: HS 290391 · narrow

EPA reports by year
2023
US production Confidential · Imports Confidential
2019
US production Confidential · Imports Confidential

These shares come from HS customs code 290391, which covers 3 tracked chemicals in total. They estimate the category's origin mix, not this chemical specifically.

Source Countries
DE 52%GermanyIN 37%IndiaCN 6%ChinaIL 2%IsraelMX 2%Mexico
EPA-registered manufacturers (1)
Occidental Petroleum
Domestic parents -- activity not disclosed (4)
Dow Chemical
Futurefuel
Harcros Chemicals
Koch Industries
EPA-registered importers (6)
Basf Se · DE Germany
Pcc Exol Sa · PL Poland
Basf
Lanxess
Pcc Chemax
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Why It Matters

Sectors
HealthMetals & MiningConsumer ProductsCore Chemicals
Downstream UsesNot recorded
FDA Shortage Status
No FDA shortage records

Industrial Uses

Used in 4 sectors as 2 functional roles.

  • •Intermediate in All Other Basic Organic Chemical ManufacturingProcessing as a reactant
  • •Laboratory chemicals in ServicesNot Known or Reasonably Ascertainable
  • •Intermediate in Pharmaceutical and Medicine ManufacturingNot Known or Reasonably Ascertainable
  • •Laboratory chemicals in Wholesale and Retail TradeProcessing—repackaging

Vendor Pricing

$0.05/gA2B Chem LLC
CountryUnited States
Pack$23.00 / 500 g
Purity98%
Vendors12 available

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

11 more vendors
VendorCountry$/gPackPurity
AA BLOCKSUnited States$0.05500 g98%
Fluorochem UKUnited Kingdom$0.071 kg99%
AK Scientific SpecializedUnited States$0.09500 g98%
AK Scientific, Inc.United States$0.11500 g99%
Combi-Blocks, Inc.United States$0.251 kg98%
Labotest KGGermany$217.805000 mg90%
Key Organics Ltd.United Kingdom$1960.00100 mg95%
Otava, Ltd.Ukraine$2280.0050 mg95%
Otava, Ltd. (2 weeks)Ukraine$2724.0050 mg95%
AsinexNetherlands$6461.40100 mg90%
TimTec, LLC (back-ordered)United States$32000.0015 mg94%

Chemical Identity

CAS108-90-7
PubChem CID7964
DTXSIDDTXSID4020298
FormulaC6H5Cl
Mol. Weight112.55 g/mol
SMILESC1=CC=C(C=C1)Cl

Data Sources

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Brief citations

Chlorobenzene (CAS 108-90-7) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/108-90-7/ EPA CompTox (DSSTox): DTXSID4020298. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://comptox.epa.gov/dashboard/chemical/details/DTXSID4020298 PubChem: 7964. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/7964 EPA Chemical Data Reporting: 108-90-7. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting EPA Chemical Data Reporting: CAS 108-90-7. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting US Census international trade: HS 290391 for CAS 108-90-7. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/