Hexachlorobenzene

Drug ingredient

This drug ingredient has classified U.S. production volumes. EPA withholds the number as confidential business information.

Molecular structure of 118-74-1
US ProductionCBI
Import Value$15M
Top SourceChina 32%

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 290392, 380859, 382486 · exact

Source Countries
CN 32%ChinaMX 26%MexicoDO 14%Dominican RepublicIT 9%ItalyCA 6%Canada
EPA-registered manufacturers (1)
Occidental Petroleum
1 FDA-registered drug labeler
Professional Complementary Health Formulas

Why It Matters

Sectors
Core ChemicalsHealth
Downstream Uses

Appears in 2 drug and cosmetic product listings (FDA).

  • •Chlorinated Ring Combination 9314
  • •POP Detox 6045
FDA Shortage Status
No FDA shortage records

Industrial Uses

Used in 1 sector as 1 functional role.

  • •Intermediate in All Other Basic Organic Chemical ManufacturingProcessing as a reactant

Chemical Identity

CAS118-74-1
PubChem CID8370
DTXSIDDTXSID2020682
FormulaC6Cl6
Mol. Weight284.8 g/mol
SMILESC1(=C(C(=C(C(=C1Cl)Cl)Cl)Cl)Cl)Cl

Data Sources

DTXSID20206822026-04-06

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

Archive: data/sources/comptox/dsstox_identifiers.csv

83702026-04-06

https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/rest/pug/compound/cid/8370/property/MolecularFormula,MolecularWeight,CanonicalSMILES,InChIKey/JSON

Archive: data/sources/pubchem_properties/8370.json

118-74-12026-04-24

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

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

CAS 118-74-12026-04-07

https://open.fda.gov/data/ndc/

Archive: data/sources/fda/ndc/ndc.json

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