Trifluoromethanesulfonic acid

CAS 1493-13-6

Companies reported imports and no US production of this chemical to EPA for 2023.

US productionZero

Import value, 2024$9M

Import volume26.1K lb

Import dependency100%

Top sourceChina 53%

Production is reported production, not a complete census of factories. Production reporting year: 2023. Import value and source-country shares describe a shared customs category, not a separate chemical measurement.

Trifluoromethanesulfonic acid · US import value by year

2013: $0M · Peak 2022: $12M · 2024: $9M · 2025: $9M

Where It Comes From

Customs basis: HS 290499 · basket

EPA reports by year

2023: US production Zero · Imports 26.1K lb
2019: US production Confidential · Imports Confidential

These shares come from HS customs code 290499, which covers 112 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 53%ChinaIN 30%IndiaUA 4%UkraineTW 4%TaiwanIT 4%Italy

United Kingdom
Japan
Canada
Czech Republic
South Korea
Lithuania
Latvia
Russia

EPA-registered importers (1)

Companies that report making or importing this chemical to the EPA. Registration is US-centric and does not indicate import origin.

Wego Chemical Group

Why It Matters

Sectors

Core 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

•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

Vendor	Country	$/g	Pack	Purity
Fluorochem UK	United Kingdom	$0.21	1 kg	99%
Manchester Organics	United Kingdom	$0.25	250 g	96%
AK Scientific Specialized	United States	$0.53	500 g	98%
AK Scientific, Inc.	United States	$0.72	500 g	99.5%
Sigma-Aldrich (Rush Stock)	Germany	$1.88	100 g	98%
Sigma-Aldrich	Germany	$1.88	100 g	98%
Combi-Blocks, Inc.	United States	$2.10	100 g	95%
ALFA AESAR	Germany	$4.42	10 g	98%
Labotest KG	Germany	$453.00	1000 mg	90%
Otava, Ltd.	Ukraine	$2280.00	50 mg	95%
Otava, Ltd. (2 weeks)	Ukraine	$2724.00	50 mg	95%
Asinex	Netherlands	$6461.40	100 mg	90%
TimTec, LLC (back-ordered)	United States	$32000.00	15 mg	94%

Chemical Identity

CAS1493-13-6

PubChem CID62406

DTXSIDDTXSID2044397

FormulaCHF3O3S

Mol. Weight150.08 g/mol

SMILESC(F)(F)(F)S(=O)(=O)O

Data Sources

EPA CompTox (DSSTox) · DTXSID2044397Retrieved 2026-04-06
PubChem · compound 62406Retrieved 2026-04-06
EPA Chemical Data ReportingReporting year: 2023 · Retrieved 2026-10-04
EPA Chemical Data ReportingReporting year: 2019 · Retrieved 2026-10-04
US Census international tradeReporting year: 2024 · Retrieved 2026-10-04

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Brief citations

Trifluoromethanesulfonic acid (CAS 1493-13-6) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/1493-13-6/ EPA CompTox (DSSTox): DTXSID2044397. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://comptox.epa.gov/dashboard/chemical/details/DTXSID2044397 PubChem: 62406. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/62406 EPA Chemical Data Reporting: 1493-13-6. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting EPA Chemical Data Reporting: CAS 1493-13-6. Reporting year: 2019. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting US Census international trade: HS 290499 for CAS 1493-13-6. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/