1H,1H,2H,2H-Perfluorohexyl iodide

CAS 2043-55-2

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$56M

Top sourceIndia 51%

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 290379 · basket

EPA reports by year

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

These shares come from HS customs code 290379, which covers 34 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).

IN 51%IndiaCN 38%ChinaJP 11%JapanMX 1%Mexico

United Kingdom

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

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

$0.35/gAaron Chemicals LLC

CountryHong Kong

Pack$175.00 / 500 g

Purity98%

Vendors18 available

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

17 more vendors

Vendor	Country	$/g	Pack	Purity
A2B Chem LLC	United States	$0.36	100 g	98%
Angene Chemical	China → Hong Kong	$0.38	500 g	98%
AA BLOCKS	United States	$0.40	100 g	98%
Combi-Blocks, Inc.	United States	$0.42	500 g	98%
BLD Pharmatech GmbH	Germany	$0.45	500 g	98%
BLD Pharmatech Ltd.	China	$0.45	500 g	98%
Ambeed, Inc.	United States	$0.48	500 g	98%
Fluorochem EU	Germany	$0.63	25 g	96%
BLD Pharmatech Co., Limited	United States	$0.80	25 g	98%
AK Scientific Specialized	United States	$1.35	100 g	95%
AstaTech, Inc	United States	$1.51	100 g	95%
Fluorochem UK	United Kingdom	$1.72	5 g	96%
AK Scientific, Inc.	United States	$1.89	100 g	99%
Manchester Organics	United Kingdom	$2.75	100 g	97%
Angene International Limited	United States	$3.26	100 g	99%
Apollo Scientific UK	United Kingdom	$3.72	25 g	95%
Angene	China → Hong Kong	$4266.67	30 mg	98%

Chemical Identity

CAS2043-55-2

PubChem CID74887

DTXSIDDTXSID1047578

FormulaC6H4F9I

Mol. Weight373.99 g/mol

SMILESC(CI)C(C(C(C(F)(F)F)(F)F)(F)F)(F)F

Data Sources

EPA CompTox (DSSTox) · DTXSID1047578Retrieved 2026-04-06
PubChem · compound 74887Retrieved 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

1H,1H,2H,2H-Perfluorohexyl iodide (CAS 2043-55-2) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/2043-55-2/ EPA CompTox (DSSTox): DTXSID1047578. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://comptox.epa.gov/dashboard/chemical/details/DTXSID1047578 PubChem: 74887. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/74887 EPA Chemical Data Reporting: 2043-55-2. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting EPA Chemical Data Reporting: CAS 2043-55-2. Reporting year: 2019. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting US Census international trade: HS 290379 for CAS 2043-55-2. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/