Tetrachlorophthalic anhydride

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

Molecular structure of 117-08-8
US ProductionCBI
Import Value$316M
Top SourceSouth Korea 19%

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 291739 · basket

These shares come from HS customs code 291739, which covers 32 chemicals in total. They estimate the bucket's origin mix, not this chemical specifically.

Source Countries
KR 19%South KoreaCN 19%ChinaIN 18%IndiaES 13%SpainCA 9%Canada
EPA-registered importers (1)
Teknor Apex

Why It Matters

Sectors
Core Chemicals
Downstream UsesNo data available
FDA Shortage Status
No FDA shortage records

Industrial Uses

Used in 1 sector as 1 functional role.

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

Vendor Pricing

$0.05/gA2B Chem LLC
CountryUnited States
Pack$24.00 / 500 g
Purity95%
Vendors14 available

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

13 more vendors
VendorCountry$/gPackPurity
AA BLOCKSUnited States$0.06500 g98%
ALFA AESARGermany$0.1310 kg98%
AK Scientific SpecializedUnited States$0.22500 g95%
Apollo Scientific UKUnited Kingdom$0.241 kg97%
Combi-Blocks, Inc.United States$0.251 kg98%
AK Scientific, Inc.United States$0.30500 g98%
Sigma-Aldrich (Rush Stock)Germany$0.35500 g96%
Sigma-AldrichGermany$0.35500 g96%
Vitas M Chemical LimitedHong Kong$310.001 g90%
Otava, Ltd.Ukraine$460.00250 mg95%
Princeton BioMolecular Research (SC)United States$2900.00100 mg90%
ChemDiv, Inc.United States$4070.00100 mg90%
TimTec, LLC (back-ordered)United States$32000.0015 mg94%

Chemical Identity

CAS117-08-8
PubChem CID8326
DTXSIDDTXSID7026102
FormulaC8Cl4O3
Mol. Weight285.9 g/mol
SMILESC12=C(C(=C(C(=C1Cl)Cl)Cl)Cl)C(=O)OC2=O

Data Sources

DTXSID70261022026-04-06

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

Archive: data/sources/comptox/dsstox_identifiers.csv

83262026-04-06

https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/rest/pug/compound/cid/8326/property/MolecularFormula,MolecularWeight,CanonicalSMILES,InChIKey/JSON

Archive: data/sources/pubchem_properties/8326.json

117-08-82026-04-24

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

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

CAS 117-08-82026-04-25

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

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