Benzene, 1-chloro-3-methoxy-2-methyl-

CAS 3260-88-6

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$59M

Top sourceChina 51%

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 290930 · basket

EPA reports by year

2023: US production Not published · Imports Not published
2019: US production Confidential · Imports Confidential

These shares come from HS customs code 290930, which covers 119 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 51%ChinaIN 23%IndiaIT 12%ItalyJP 9%JapanCA 2%Canada

Spain
Israel
Netherlands
Taiwan
Germany
Ireland
Switzerland
Ukraine
Mexico
United Kingdom
Australia

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.

Weylchem Us

EPA-registered importers (1)

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

Corteva

Why It Matters

Sectors

Agriculture

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 Pesticide, Fertilizer, and Other Agricultural Chemical Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product

Vendor Pricing

$4.13/gAaron Chemicals LLC

CountryHong Kong

Pack$413.00 / 100 g

Purity98%

Vendors11 available

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

10 more vendors

Vendor	Country	$/g	Pack	Purity
A2B Chem LLC	United States	$4.26	100 g	96%
Angene Chemical	China → Hong Kong	$4.42	100 g	97%
AA BLOCKS	United States	$5.60	5 g	96%
Combi-Blocks, Inc.	United States	$5.60	25 g	97%
ALFA AESAR	Germany	$6.70	100 g	97%
Ambeed, Inc.	United States	$7.00	5 g	98%
MedChemExpress MCE	Sweden	$8.08	25 g	—
AK Scientific, Inc.	United States	$13.60	5 g	98%
Angene International Limited	United States	$52.00	5 g	96%
Angene	China → Hong Kong	$4266.67	30 mg	97%

Chemical Identity

CAS3260-88-6

PubChem CID76749

DTXSIDDTXSID1074599

FormulaC8H9ClO

Mol. Weight156.61 g/mol

SMILESCC1=C(C=CC=C1Cl)OC

Data Sources

EPA CompTox (DSSTox) · DTXSID1074599Retrieved 2026-04-06
PubChem · compound 76749Retrieved 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

Benzene, 1-chloro-3-methoxy-2-methyl- (CAS 3260-88-6) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/3260-88-6/ EPA CompTox (DSSTox): DTXSID1074599. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://comptox.epa.gov/dashboard/chemical/details/DTXSID1074599 PubChem: 76749. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/76749 EPA Chemical Data Reporting: 3260-88-6. Reporting year: 2019. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting EPA Chemical Data Reporting: CAS 3260-88-6. Reporting year: 2019. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting US Census international trade: HS 290930 for CAS 3260-88-6. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/