2,4-Dichloroaniline

CAS 554-00-7

EPA’s 2023 records show zero U.S. production of this chemical.

US productionZero

Import value, 2024$30M

Import volumeCBI

Confidential Business Information. The EPA withholds this volume because publishing it could reveal the reporting company's trade secrets.

Top sourceChina 49%

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. 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 292142 · basket

EPA reports by year

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

These shares come from HS customs code 292142, which covers 67 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 49%ChinaIN 34%IndiaDE 6%GermanyCA 4%CanadaKR 3%South Korea

United Kingdom
Switzerland

EPA-registered importers (3)

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

Bayer Ag · DE Germany

Bayer Us Holding

Lanxess

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 as a reactant

Vendor Pricing

$0.19/gA2B Chem LLC

CountryUnited States

Pack$93.00 / 500 g

Purity99%

Vendors14 available

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

13 more vendors

Vendor	Country	$/g	Pack	Purity
ALFA AESAR	Germany	$0.22	2.5 kg	99%
AA BLOCKS	United States	$0.24	500 g	99%
Sigma-Aldrich (Rush Stock)	Germany	$0.32	500 g	99%
Sigma-Aldrich	Germany	$0.32	500 g	99%
Apollo Scientific UK	United Kingdom	$0.37	1 kg	99%
Fluorochem UK	United Kingdom	$0.80	100 g	98%
AstaTech, Inc	United States	$1.72	25 g	95%
Key Organics Ltd.	United Kingdom	$74.00	1 g	97%
HTS Biochemie Innovationen	Germany	$170.00	5 g	95%
Labotest KG	Germany	$217.80	5000 mg	90%
Otava, Ltd.	Ukraine	$460.00	250 mg	95%
Princeton BioMolecular Research (SC)	United States	$2900.00	100 mg	90%
Vitas M Chemical Limited	Hong Kong	$3170.00	100 mg	90%

Chemical Identity

CAS554-00-7

PubChem CID11123

DTXSIDDTXSID1024966

FormulaC6H5Cl2N

Mol. Weight162.01 g/mol

SMILESC1=CC(=C(C=C1Cl)Cl)N

Data Sources

EPA CompTox (DSSTox) · DTXSID1024966Retrieved 2026-04-06
PubChem · compound 11123Retrieved 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

2,4-Dichloroaniline (CAS 554-00-7) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/554-00-7/ EPA CompTox (DSSTox): DTXSID1024966. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://comptox.epa.gov/dashboard/chemical/details/DTXSID1024966 PubChem: 11123. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/11123 EPA Chemical Data Reporting: 554-00-7. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting EPA Chemical Data Reporting: CAS 554-00-7. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting US Census international trade: HS 292142 for CAS 554-00-7. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/