1,3,5-Benzenetriamine, 2,4,6-trinitro-

CAS 3058-38-6

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$84M

Import volumeZero

Top sourceJapan 31%

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 292159 · basket

EPA reports by year

2023: US production Confidential · Imports Zero
2019: US production 15.6K lb · Imports Zero

These shares come from HS customs code 292159, which covers 51 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).

JP 31%JapanIN 26%IndiaCN 21%ChinaCH 13%SwitzerlandBE 4%Belgium

United Kingdom
South Korea
Canada
Italy
Ukraine
Netherlands

EPA-registered manufacturers (1)

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

Bae Systems Ordnance Systems

Why It Matters

Sectors

Defense

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

•Energy Releasers (explosives, motive propellant) in Explosives Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into article

Chemical Identity

CAS3058-38-6

PubChem CID18286

DTXSIDDTXSID8062818

FormulaC6H6N6O6

Mol. Weight258.15 g/mol

SMILESC1(=C(C(=C(C(=C1[N+](=O)[O-])N)[N+](=O)[O-])N)[N+](=O)[O-])N

Data Sources

EPA CompTox (DSSTox) · DTXSID8062818Retrieved 2026-04-06
PubChem · compound 18286Retrieved 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

1,3,5-Benzenetriamine, 2,4,6-trinitro- (CAS 3058-38-6) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/3058-38-6/ EPA CompTox (DSSTox): DTXSID8062818. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://comptox.epa.gov/dashboard/chemical/details/DTXSID8062818 PubChem: 18286. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/18286 EPA Chemical Data Reporting: 3058-38-6. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting EPA Chemical Data Reporting: CAS 3058-38-6. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting US Census international trade: HS 292159 for CAS 3058-38-6. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/