(Pentabromophenyl)methyl acrylate

CAS 59447-55-1

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$196M

Top sourceSouth Korea 24%

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 291612 · basket

EPA reports by year

2019: US production Confidential · Imports Confidential

These shares come from HS customs code 291612, which covers 92 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).

KR 24%South KoreaTW 17%TaiwanZA 14%South AfricaIT 13%ItalyJP 12%Japan

United Kingdom
Hungary
Singapore
Saudi Arabia
Netherlands
Switzerland
Spain
Malaysia
Canada
Lithuania
India
Mexico
Denmark

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.

Icl Specialty Products North America

Why It Matters

Sectors

Plastics & Rubber

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

•Flame retardant in Plastics Material and Resin Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product

Vendor Pricing

$28.00/gA2B Chem LLC

CountryUnited States

Pack$140.00 / 5 g

Purity98%

Vendors7 available

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

6 more vendors

Vendor	Country	$/g	Pack	Purity
AA BLOCKS	United States	$29.80	5 g	98%
Angene International Limited	United States	$88.20	5 g	98%
Aaron Chemicals LLC	Hong Kong	$91.60	5 g	98%
Angene Chemical	China → Hong Kong	$92.40	5 g	98%
Combi-Blocks, Inc.	United States	$104.00	5 g	98%
AstaTech (2 weeks)	United States	$137.00	5 g	98%

Chemical Identity

CAS59447-55-1

PubChem CID101059

DTXSIDDTXSID9052719

FormulaC10H5Br5O2

Mol. Weight556.7 g/mol

SMILESC=CC(=O)OCC1=C(C(=C(C(=C1Br)Br)Br)Br)Br

Data Sources

EPA CompTox (DSSTox) · DTXSID9052719Retrieved 2026-04-06
PubChem · compound 101059Retrieved 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

(Pentabromophenyl)methyl acrylate (CAS 59447-55-1) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/59447-55-1/ EPA CompTox (DSSTox): DTXSID9052719. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://comptox.epa.gov/dashboard/chemical/details/DTXSID9052719 PubChem: 101059. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/101059 EPA Chemical Data Reporting: 59447-55-1. Reporting year: 2019. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting EPA Chemical Data Reporting: CAS 59447-55-1. Reporting year: 2019. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting US Census international trade: HS 291612 for CAS 59447-55-1. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/