(Diethyl ether)trifluoroborane

CAS 109-63-7

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$89M

Top sourceIndia 48%

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 294200 · basket

EPA reports by year

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

These shares come from HS customs code 294200, which covers 18 tracked chemicals in total. They estimate the category's origin mix, not this chemical specifically.

Source Countries

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

IN 48%IndiaIT 14%ItalyCN 9%ChinaCA 5%CanadaDE 4%Germany

Turkey
Australia
Ireland
Czech Republic
Ukraine
Brazil
Portugal
Hungary
Israel
Russia
Hong Kong
Mexico
South Africa
Bulgaria
Singapore
Poland
Malaysia
Armenia

Domestic parents -- activity not disclosed (1)

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

Honeywell International (123312)

EPA-registered importers (2)

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

Basf Se · DE Germany

Basf

Why It Matters

Sectors

Core 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

•Catalyst in All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing (100%)Processing as a reactant

Chemical Identity

CAS109-63-7

PubChem CID8000

DTXSIDDTXSID40861733

FormulaC4H10BF3O

Mol. Weight141.93 g/mol

SMILESB(F)(F)F.CCOCC

Data Sources

EPA CompTox (DSSTox) · DTXSID40861733Retrieved 2026-04-06
PubChem · compound 8000Retrieved 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

(Diethyl ether)trifluoroborane (CAS 109-63-7) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/109-63-7/ EPA CompTox (DSSTox): DTXSID40861733. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://comptox.epa.gov/dashboard/chemical/details/DTXSID40861733 PubChem: 8000. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/8000 EPA Chemical Data Reporting: 109-63-7. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting EPA Chemical Data Reporting: CAS 109-63-7. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting US Census international trade: HS 294200 for CAS 109-63-7. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/