2,4-Dichlorophenol

CAS 120-83-2

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$34M

Top sourceJordan 65%

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 290819 · basket

EPA reports by year

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

These shares come from HS customs code 290819, which covers 63 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).

JO 65%JordanDE 12%GermanyCN 6%ChinaJP 6%JapanGB 5%United Kingdom

Ukraine
Italy
Canada
Latvia
Russia

EPA-registered manufacturers (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

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.

Corteva Agriscience

Why It Matters

Sectors

Agriculture

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

•Intermediate in Pesticide, Fertilizer, and Other Agricultural Chemical Manufacturing (0%)Processing as a reactant

Vendor Pricing

$0.09/gA2B Chem LLC

CountryUnited States

Pack$46.00 / 500 g

Purity98%

Vendors11 available

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

10 more vendors

Vendor	Country	$/g	Pack	Purity
AA BLOCKS	United States	$0.11	500 g	98%
Sigma-Aldrich (Rush Stock)	Germany	$0.19	250 g	99%
Sigma-Aldrich	Germany	$0.19	250 g	99%
AK Scientific Specialized	United States	$9.60	25 g	95%
Combi-Blocks, Inc.	United States	$9.60	25 g	95%
AK Scientific, Inc.	United States	$13.16	25 g	98%
Labotest KG	Germany	$217.80	5000 mg	90%
Otava, Ltd.	Ukraine	$460.00	250 mg	95%
Key Organics Ltd.	United Kingdom	$2740.00	50 mg	95%
Molnova	China	$9800.00	5 mg	99%

Chemical Identity

CAS120-83-2

PubChem CID8449

DTXSIDDTXSID1020439

FormulaC6H4Cl2O

Mol. Weight163 g/mol

SMILESC1=CC(=C(C=C1Cl)Cl)O

Data Sources

EPA CompTox (DSSTox) · DTXSID1020439Retrieved 2026-04-06
PubChem · compound 8449Retrieved 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

2,4-Dichlorophenol (CAS 120-83-2) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/120-83-2/ EPA CompTox (DSSTox): DTXSID1020439. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://comptox.epa.gov/dashboard/chemical/details/DTXSID1020439 PubChem: 8449. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/8449 EPA Chemical Data Reporting: 120-83-2. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting EPA Chemical Data Reporting: CAS 120-83-2. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting US Census international trade: HS 290819 for CAS 120-83-2. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/