Trifluoromethanesulfonic acid

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

Molecular structure of 1493-13-6
US ProductionCBI
Import Value$9M
Top SourceChina 53%

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 290499 · basket

These shares come from HS customs code 290499, which covers 15 chemicals in total. They estimate the bucket's origin mix, not this chemical specifically.

Source Countries
CN 53%ChinaIN 30%IndiaUA 4%UkraineTW 4%TaiwanIT 4%Italy

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.

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

Vendor Pricing

$0.20/gApollo Scientific US
CountryUnited Kingdom
Pack$204.00 / 1 kg
Purity99%
Vendors14 available

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

13 more vendors
VendorCountry$/gPackPurity
Fluorochem UKUnited Kingdom$0.211 kg99%
Manchester OrganicsUnited Kingdom$0.25250 g96%
AK Scientific SpecializedUnited States$0.53500 g98%
AK Scientific, Inc.United States$0.72500 g99.5%
Sigma-Aldrich (Rush Stock)Germany$1.88100 g98%
Sigma-AldrichGermany$1.88100 g98%
Combi-Blocks, Inc.United States$2.10100 g95%
ALFA AESARGermany$4.4210 g98%
Labotest KGGermany$453.001000 mg90%
Otava, Ltd.Ukraine$2280.0050 mg95%
Otava, Ltd. (2 weeks)Ukraine$2724.0050 mg95%
AsinexNetherlands$6461.40100 mg90%
TimTec, LLC (back-ordered)United States$32000.0015 mg94%

Chemical Identity

CAS1493-13-6
PubChem CID62406
DTXSIDDTXSID2044397
FormulaCHF3O3S
Mol. Weight150.08 g/mol
SMILESC(F)(F)(F)S(=O)(=O)O

Data Sources

DTXSID20443972026-04-06

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

Archive: data/sources/comptox/dsstox_identifiers.csv

624062026-04-06

https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/rest/pug/compound/cid/62406/property/MolecularFormula,MolecularWeight,CanonicalSMILES,InChIKey/JSON

Archive: data/sources/pubchem_properties/62406.json

1493-13-62026-04-24

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

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

CAS 1493-13-62026-04-25

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

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