Benzene

Drug ingredient

This drug ingredient has classified U.S. production volumes. EPA withholds the number as confidential business information.

Molecular structure of 71-43-2
US ProductionCBI
Import Value$1.6B
Top SourceSouth Korea 47%

The EPA did not publish how much of this chemical companies made or imported, or marked that amount confidential. Without that volume, ACID cannot calculate import dependency.

Where It Comes From

Customs basis: HS 270710, 290220 · exact

Source Countries
KR 47%South KoreaCA 13%CanadaNL 10%NetherlandsSA 7%Saudi ArabiaJP 5%Japan
EPA-registered manufacturers (28)
Basf Se · DE Germany
Total Se · FR France
Basf
Chalmette Refining
Chevron
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Citgo Holding
Citgo Holdings Inc, Lemont Refinery
Delek Us Holdings
Deltech
Dynachem
ExxonMobil
Husky Energy
Ineos Americas
Jx Nippon Chemical Texas
Koch Industries
Lyondell Chemical
Marathon Petroleum
New Erie
Pbf Energy
Pbf Holding
Pes Ultimate Holdings
Phillips 66
Shell
Shell Chemical
Si Group Usa (Usaa)
The Dow Chemical
Total Petrochemicals & Refining Usa
Wrb Refining Lp Wood River Refinery
EPA-registered importers (29)
Ineos · IM Isle of Man
Marubeni · JP Japan
Mitsui & · JP Japan
Samsung C&T · KR South Korea
Shell · GB United Kingdom
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Sumitomo · JP Japan
Total Se · FR France
Americas Styrenics
Emd Holding
ExxonMobil
Gunvor Usa
Icc Industries
Ies Downstream
Ineos Styrolution America
Kolmar Americas
Lyondell Chemical
Marubeni America
Mie
Mitsubishi Corp (Americas)
Mitsui & Co. (U. S. A.)
Sabic Innovative Plastics
Samsung C&T America
Shell Trading (Us)
Sopus
Sumitomo Corporation Of Americas
Tartan Oil
Total Holdings Usa
Tricon International
World Fuel Services
11 FDA-registered drug labelers
Apex Energetics Inc.
BioActive Nutritional
BioActive Nutritional, Inc.
Boiron
Deseret Biologicals, Inc.
Energetix Corporation
Energique, Inc.
Nucleic Products, LLC
Nutritional Specialties, Inc.
Professional Complementary Health Formulas
Vitality Works, Inc.

Why It Matters

Sectors
Plastics & RubberElectronicsTransportationCore ChemicalsHealthEnergyConsumer ProductsMetals & MiningConstruction
Downstream Uses

Appears in 20 drug and cosmetic product listings (FDA).

  • •Industriox
  • •Household Detox
  • •Petrochemical Detox
  • •Industriox 6011
  • •Perfumox 6028
  • •Pneumotox
  • •Household Antigens
  • •Epl-Cell Repair
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  • •Enviroclenz
  • •Benzinum
  • •Enviro Detox 6009
  • •Toxagent Detox 6035
  • •Isopathic Phenolic Rings
  • •N02 Petrochem
  • •Pollutox
  • •Hypothaltem
  • •Solvent/Small Ring Combination 9317
  • •Tobaccotox
  • •Envirotox
  • •L-Trans
FDA Shortage Status
No FDA shortage records

Industrial Uses

Used in 17 sectors as 15 functional roles.

  • •Intermediate in All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing (100%)Not Known or Reasonably Ascertainable
  • •Intermediate in Petrochemical Manufacturing (100%)Processing as a reactant
  • •Intermediate in Petroleum Refineries (13%)Processing as a reactant
  • •Intermediate in All Other Chemical Product and Preparation Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
  • •Solvents (which become part of product formulation or mixture) in Plastics Material and Resin ManufacturingProcessing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
  • •Fuel in Petrochemical Manufacturing (100%)Processing—repackaging
  • •Intermediate in Wholesale and Retail Trade (25%)Processing—repackaging
  • •Fuels and fuel additives in Wholesale and Retail Trade (14%)Processing—repackaging
  • •Intermediate in Plastics Material and Resin Manufacturing (10%)Processing as a reactant
  • •Processing aids, specific to petroleum production in Petroleum Refineries (100%)Processing as a reactant
  • •Monomers in Adhesive Manufacturing (10%)Processing as a reactant
  • •Fuel agents in Other (90%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
  • •Catalyst in All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing (95%)Processing as a reactant
  • •Intermediate in Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing (5%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
  • •Laboratory chemicals in All Other Chemical Product and Preparation ManufacturingProcessing—repackaging
  • •Fuels and fuel additives in Petrochemical Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
  • •Intermediate in Transportation Equipment Manufacturing (25%)Processing as a reactant
  • •Intermediate in Construction (35%)Processing as a reactant
  • •Fuels and fuel additives in Petroleum Refineries (100%)Use—non-incorporative activities
  • •Intermediate in Cyclic Crude and Intermediate Manufacturing (100%)Processing as a reactant
  • •Fuels and fuel additives in Cyclic Crude and Intermediate Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
  • •Fuels and fuel additives in All other Petroleum and Coal Products ManufacturingProcessing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
  • •Intermediate in Plastics Product Manufacturing (100%)Processing as a reactant
  • •Fuel in Petroleum RefineriesProcessing as a reactant
  • •Intermediate in Rubber Product ManufacturingProcessing as a reactant
  • •Solvent in Plastics Product ManufacturingProcessing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
  • •Laboratory chemicals in Other (80%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
  • •Flame retardants in Petrochemical Manufacturing (1%)Processing as a reactant
  • •Functional fluids (closed systems) in Petrochemical Manufacturing (5%)Processing as a reactant
  • •Plasticizer in Petrochemical Manufacturing (9%)Processing as a reactant
  • •Adhesives and sealant chemicals in Adhesive ManufacturingProcessing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
  • •Cleaning agent in Soap, Cleaning Compound, and Toilet Preparation Manufacturing (0%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
  • •Laboratory chemicals in All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
  • •Processing aids, specific to petroleum production in Oil and Gas Drilling, Extraction, and Support activities (0%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
  • •Fuel agents in Petrochemical Manufacturing (100%)Processing as a reactant

Chemical Identity

CAS71-43-2
PubChem CID241
DTXSIDDTXSID3039242
FormulaC6H6
Mol. Weight78.11 g/mol
SMILESC1=CC=CC=C1

Data Sources

DTXSID30392422026-04-06

https://doi.org/10.23645/epacomptox.5588566

Archive: data/sources/comptox/dsstox_identifiers.csv

2412026-04-06

https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/rest/pug/compound/cid/241/property/MolecularFormula,MolecularWeight,CanonicalSMILES,InChIKey/JSON

Archive: data/sources/pubchem_properties/241.json

71-43-22026-04-24

https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting

Archive: data/sources/epa_cdr/2020_cdr.csv

CAS 71-43-22026-04-07

https://open.fda.gov/data/ndc/

Archive: data/sources/fda/ndc/ndc.json

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