(Perfluorohexyl)ethylene

CAS 25291-17-2

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$48M

Top sourceChina 36%

At least one company claimed its 2019 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: 2019. 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

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

EPA-registered importers (2)

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

Daikin Industries · JP Japan

Daikin America

Why It Matters

Sectors

Plastics & Rubber

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 Plastics Material and Resin Manufacturing (100%)Processing as a reactant

Vendor Pricing

$0.48/gAaron Chemicals LLC

CountryHong Kong

Pack$241.00 / 500 g

PurityNot recorded

Vendors11 available

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

10 more vendors

Vendor	Country	$/g	Pack	Purity
Angene Chemical	China → Hong Kong	$0.52	500 g	98%
A2B Chem LLC	United States	$0.80	100 g	98%
AA BLOCKS	United States	$1.02	100 g	98%
Fluorochem EU	Germany	$1.48	100 g	98%
Fluorochem UK	United Kingdom	$1.50	100 g	98%
MedChemExpress MCE	Sweden	$1.55	100 g	—
Combi-Blocks, Inc.	United States	$2.40	100 g	96%
ALFA AESAR	Germany	$7.68	25 g	99%
Angene International Limited	United States	$10.36	25 g	98%
Angene	China → Hong Kong	$4266.67	30 mg	98%

Chemical Identity

CAS25291-17-2

PubChem CID91384

DTXSIDDTXSID8067076

FormulaC8H3F13

Mol. Weight346.09 g/mol

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

Data Sources

EPA CompTox (DSSTox) · DTXSID8067076Retrieved 2026-04-06
PubChem · compound 91384Retrieved 2026-04-06
EPA Chemical Data ReportingReporting year: 2019 · 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

(Perfluorohexyl)ethylene (CAS 25291-17-2) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/25291-17-2/ EPA CompTox (DSSTox): DTXSID8067076. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://comptox.epa.gov/dashboard/chemical/details/DTXSID8067076 PubChem: 91384. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/91384 EPA Chemical Data Reporting: 25291-17-2. Reporting year: 2019. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting EPA Chemical Data Reporting: CAS 25291-17-2. Reporting year: 2019. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting US Census international trade: HS 290359 for CAS 25291-17-2. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/