(Perfluorobutyl)ethene

CAS 19430-93-4

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$48M

Top sourceChina 36%

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 290359 · basket

EPA reports by year

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

These shares come from HS customs code 290359, which covers 16 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 36%ChinaDE 35%GermanyJP 21%JapanKR 5%South KoreaIN 1%India

Italy
Spain
Malaysia
Ukraine

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.

Chemours

Why It Matters

Sectors

Metals & MiningCore 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 2 functional roles.

•Intermediate in All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing (60%)Processing as a reactant
•Waterproofing agent in Miscellaneous ManufacturingProcessing—incorporation into article

Vendor Pricing

$1.20/gCombi-Blocks, Inc.

CountryUnited States

Pack$120.00 / 100 g

Purity97%

Vendors6 available

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

5 more vendors

Vendor	Country	$/g	Pack	Purity
Apollo Scientific UK	United Kingdom	$1.44	500 g	98%
Fluorochem UK	United Kingdom	$4.00	25 g	97%
ALFA AESAR	Germany	$4.42	100 g	97%
Sigma-Aldrich (Rush Stock)	Germany	$8.37	25 g	99%
Sigma-Aldrich	Germany	$8.37	25 g	99%

Chemical Identity

CAS19430-93-4

PubChem CID88054

DTXSIDDTXSID6047575

FormulaC6H3F9

Mol. Weight246.07 g/mol

SMILESC=CC(C(C(C(F)(F)F)(F)F)(F)F)(F)F

Data Sources

EPA CompTox (DSSTox) · DTXSID6047575Retrieved 2026-04-06
PubChem · compound 88054Retrieved 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

(Perfluorobutyl)ethene (CAS 19430-93-4) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/19430-93-4/ EPA CompTox (DSSTox): DTXSID6047575. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://comptox.epa.gov/dashboard/chemical/details/DTXSID6047575 PubChem: 88054. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/88054 EPA Chemical Data Reporting: 19430-93-4. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting EPA Chemical Data Reporting: CAS 19430-93-4. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting US Census international trade: HS 290359 for CAS 19430-93-4. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/