Pentachlorobenzene

CAS 608-93-5

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$5K

Import volumeZero

Top sourceIndia 57%

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.

Where It Comes From

Customs basis: HS 290393, 382486 · exact

EPA reports by year

2019: US production Confidential · Imports Zero

Source Countries

Country of origin for US imports, from Census customs data (2024).

IN 57%IndiaCN 43%China

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.

Olin

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

Chemical Identity

CAS608-93-5

PubChem CID11855

DTXSIDDTXSID7024247

FormulaC6HCl5

Mol. Weight250.3 g/mol

SMILESC1=C(C(=C(C(=C1Cl)Cl)Cl)Cl)Cl

Data Sources

EPA CompTox (DSSTox) · DTXSID7024247Retrieved 2026-04-06
PubChem · compound 11855Retrieved 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

Pentachlorobenzene (CAS 608-93-5) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/608-93-5/ EPA CompTox (DSSTox): DTXSID7024247. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://comptox.epa.gov/dashboard/chemical/details/DTXSID7024247 PubChem: 11855. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/11855 EPA Chemical Data Reporting: 608-93-5. Reporting year: 2019. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting EPA Chemical Data Reporting: CAS 608-93-5. Reporting year: 2019. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting US Census international trade: HS 290393,382486 for CAS 608-93-5. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/