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Tetraethylammonium chloride

CAS 56-34-8

U.S. production volumes are classified as confidential business information.

Molecular structure of 56-34-8
1 Cl⁻
US productionCBI
Import value, 2024$108M
Import volumeZero
Top sourceChina 14%

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 292390 · basket

EPA reports by year
2023
US production Confidential · Imports Zero
2019
US production 1.7M lb · Imports Zero

These shares come from HS customs code 292390, which covers 130 tracked chemicals in total. They estimate the category's origin mix, not this chemical specifically.

Source Countries
CN 14%ChinaGB 13%United KingdomDE 11%GermanyIN 10%IndiaTW 10%Taiwan

Why It Matters

Sectors
Core Chemicals
Downstream UsesNot recorded
FDA Shortage Status
No FDA shortage records

Industrial Uses

  • •Intermediate in All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing (100%)Processing as a reactant

Chemical Identity

CAS56-34-8
PubChem CID5946
DTXSIDDTXSID6041137
FormulaC8H20ClN
Mol. Weight165.7 g/mol
SMILESCC[N+](CC)(CC)CC.[Cl-]

Data Sources

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Brief citations

Tetraethylammonium chloride (CAS 56-34-8) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/56-34-8/ EPA CompTox (DSSTox): DTXSID6041137. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://comptox.epa.gov/dashboard/chemical/details/DTXSID6041137 PubChem: 5946. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/5946 EPA Chemical Data Reporting: 56-34-8. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting EPA Chemical Data Reporting: CAS 56-34-8. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting US Census international trade: HS 292390 for CAS 56-34-8. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/