Trichloroacetonitrile

CAS 545-06-2

Companies reported imports and no US production of this chemical to EPA for 2019.

US productionZero

Import value, 2024$281M

Import volume72.8K lb

Import dependency100%

Top sourceChina 31%

Production is reported production, not a complete census of factories. Production reporting year: 2019. Import value and source-country shares describe a shared customs category, not a separate chemical measurement.

Trichloroacetonitrile · US import value by year

2013: $339M · Peak 2022: $410M · 2024: $281M · 2025: $254M

Where It Comes From

Customs basis: HS 292690 · basket

EPA reports by year

2023: US production Not published · Imports Not published
2019: US production Zero · Imports 72.8K lb

These shares come from HS customs code 292690, which covers 191 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 31%ChinaIT 15%ItalyGB 14%United KingdomIN 11%IndiaJP 8%Japan

South Korea
Spain
Ireland
Ukraine
Malaysia
Brazil
Hong Kong
Latvia
Australia

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.

Lonza

Why It Matters

No EPA sector or FDA product records name a use for this chemical.

Industrial Uses

•Intermediate in Not Known or Reasonably Ascertainable (100%)Processing as a reactant

Vendor Pricing

$0.11/gApollo Scientific US

CountryUnited Kingdom

Pack$572.00 / 5 kg

Purity99%

Vendors15 available

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

14 more vendors

Vendor	Country	$/g	Pack	Purity
Fluorochem UK	United Kingdom	$0.16	1 kg	99%
A2B Chem LLC	United States	$0.19	500 g	98%
AA BLOCKS	United States	$0.24	500 g	98%
AK Scientific Specialized	United States	$0.33	1 kg	95%
Fluorochem EU	Germany	$0.44	100 g	99%
AK Scientific, Inc.	United States	$0.47	1 kg	99%
Combi-Blocks, Inc.	United States	$0.48	500 g	98%
Sigma-Aldrich (Rush Stock)	Germany	$0.70	500 g	98%
Sigma-Aldrich	Germany	$0.70	500 g	98%
AstaTech, Inc	United States	$0.87	100 g	95%
Interbioscreen	Hong Kong	$25.50	10 g	95%
Otava, Ltd.	Ukraine	$2280.00	50 mg	95%
Otava, Ltd. (2 weeks)	Ukraine	$2724.00	50 mg	95%
TimTec, LLC (back-ordered)	United States	$32000.00	15 mg	94%

Chemical Identity

CAS545-06-2

PubChem CID11011

DTXSIDDTXSID0021672

FormulaC2Cl3N

Mol. Weight144.38 g/mol

SMILESC(#N)C(Cl)(Cl)Cl

Data Sources

EPA CompTox (DSSTox) · DTXSID0021672Retrieved 2026-04-06
PubChem · compound 11011Retrieved 2026-04-06
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

Trichloroacetonitrile (CAS 545-06-2) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/545-06-2/ EPA CompTox (DSSTox): DTXSID0021672. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://comptox.epa.gov/dashboard/chemical/details/DTXSID0021672 PubChem: 11011. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/11011 EPA Chemical Data Reporting: 545-06-2. Reporting year: 2019. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting US Census international trade: HS 292690 for CAS 545-06-2. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/