Charcoal

CAS 16291-96-6

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

C12.0 g/mol

no molecular structure to draw

US productionCBI

Confidential Business Information. The EPA withholds this volume because publishing it could reveal the reporting company's trade secrets.

Import value, 2024$96M

Top sourceMexico 53%

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.

Where It Comes From

Customs basis: HS 440290 · exact

EPA reports by year

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

Source Countries

Country of origin for US imports, from Census customs data (2024).

MX 53%MexicoPY 17%ParaguayNL 5%NetherlandsZA 5%South AfricaID 4%Indonesia

Dominican Republic
China
Argentina
Malaysia
Uruguay
Germany
Poland
Japan
South Korea
Guatemala
Turkey
Laos
Nigeria
Egypt
Ecuador
Spain
Honduras
Switzerland
Italy

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.

Clorox Co., The

Royal Oak Enterprises

Why It Matters

No EPA sector or FDA product records name a use for this chemical.

Chemical Identity

CAS16291-96-6

PubChem CID5462310

DTXSIDDTXSID2051217

FormulaC

Mol. Weight12.011 g/mol

SMILESC

Data Sources

EPA CompTox (DSSTox) · DTXSID2051217Retrieved 2026-04-06
PubChem · compound 5462310Retrieved 2026-04-06
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

Charcoal (CAS 16291-96-6) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/16291-96-6/ EPA CompTox (DSSTox): DTXSID2051217. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://comptox.epa.gov/dashboard/chemical/details/DTXSID2051217 PubChem: 5462310. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/5462310 EPA Chemical Data Reporting: 16291-96-6. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting US Census international trade: HS 440290 for CAS 16291-96-6. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/