Chlorobenzene

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

Molecular structure of 108-90-7
US ProductionCBI
Import Value$49M
Top SourceGermany 52%

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 290391 · narrow

These shares come from HS customs code 290391, which covers 3 chemicals in total. They estimate the bucket'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
EPA-registered importers (11)
Basf Se · DE Germany
Aceto Us
Basf
Concordia Chemical
Greenchem Industries
Show all 11
Harcros Chemicals
Huntsman
Koch Industries
Lanxess
Tedia
The Dow Chemical

Why It Matters

Sectors
HealthTransportationMetals & MiningPlastics & RubberConsumer ProductsPaints & CoatingsCore Chemicals
Downstream UsesNo data available
FDA Shortage Status
No FDA shortage records

Industrial Uses

Used in 10 sectors as 6 functional roles.

  • Intermediate in Miscellaneous Manufacturing (100%)Processing as a reactant
  • Paint additives and coating additives not described by other categories in Transportation Equipment Manufacturing (0%)Processing—incorporation into article
  • Paint additives and coating additives not described by other categories in Paint and Coating Manufacturing (0%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
  • Solvent in Plastics Product Manufacturing (100%)Processing as a reactant
  • Intermediate in All Other Basic Organic Chemical ManufacturingProcessing as a reactant
  • Solvent in Plastics Material and Resin Manufacturing (33%)Processing as a reactant
  • Solvent in Miscellaneous Manufacturing (33%)Processing—repackaging
  • Functional fluids (closed systems) in Pharmaceutical and Medicine ManufacturingNot Known or Reasonably Ascertainable
  • Laboratory chemicals in ServicesNot Known or Reasonably Ascertainable
  • Laboratory chemicals in Wholesale and Retail TradeProcessing—repackaging
  • Monomers in All Other Basic Inorganic Chemical Manufacturing (100%)Processing as a reactant

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

DTXSID40202982026-04-06

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

Archive: data/sources/comptox/dsstox_identifiers.csv

79642026-04-06

https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/rest/pug/compound/cid/7964/property/MolecularFormula,MolecularWeight,CanonicalSMILES,InChIKey/JSON

Archive: data/sources/pubchem_properties/7964.json

108-90-72026-04-24

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

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

CAS 108-90-72026-04-25

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

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