Tributyltin chloride

CAS 1461-22-9

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$15M

Top sourceChina 33%

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 293120, 380859 · basket

EPA reports by year

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

These shares come from HS customs code 293120, 380859, which covers 8 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).

CN 33%ChinaMX 26%MexicoDO 14%Dominican RepublicIT 9%ItalyCA 6%Canada

Hong Kong
Spain
Costa Rica
Germany
Netherlands
Ukraine
Latvia

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.

Galata Chemicals

Pmc Group N.A

Why It Matters

Sectors

Plastics & RubberCore 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

Used in 2 sectors as 1 functional role.

•Intermediate in Plastics Product Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
•Intermediate in All Other Chemical Product and Preparation Manufacturing (100%)Processing as a reactant

Chemical Identity

CAS1461-22-9

PubChem CID15096

DTXSIDDTXSID3027403

FormulaC12H27ClSn

Mol. Weight325.5 g/mol

SMILESCCCC[Sn](CCCC)(CCCC)Cl

Data Sources

EPA CompTox (DSSTox) · DTXSID3027403Retrieved 2026-04-06
PubChem · compound 15096Retrieved 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

Tributyltin chloride (CAS 1461-22-9) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/1461-22-9/ EPA CompTox (DSSTox): DTXSID3027403. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://comptox.epa.gov/dashboard/chemical/details/DTXSID3027403 PubChem: 15096. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/15096 EPA Chemical Data Reporting: 1461-22-9. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting EPA Chemical Data Reporting: CAS 1461-22-9. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting US Census international trade: HS 293120,380859 for CAS 1461-22-9. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/