Dibromomethane

CAS 74-95-3

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$18M

Top sourceChina 42%

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 290369 · basket

EPA reports by year

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

These shares come from HS customs code 290369, which covers 96 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 42%ChinaIN 19%IndiaIT 14%ItalyIL 13%IsraelNL 9%Netherlands

Singapore
Germany
Hungary
Ukraine
Switzerland
Mexico
Hong Kong

Domestic parents -- activity not disclosed (2)

EPA records name a US company for this chemical but do not disclose whether the company made it here or imported it.

Albemarle

Icl Specialty Products North America

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.

Lanxess

Why It Matters

Sectors

HealthAgricultureMetals & MiningCore Chemicals

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

Used in 3 sectors as 1 functional role.

•Intermediate in Pharmaceutical and Medicine Manufacturing (20%)Processing as a reactant
•Intermediate in All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing (100%)Processing as a reactant
•Intermediate in Pesticide, Fertilizer, and Other Agricultural Chemical Manufacturing (90%)Processing as a reactant

Vendor Pricing

$0.08/gALFA AESAR

CountryGermany

Pack$204.00 / 2.5 kg

Purity99%

Vendors9 available

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

8 more vendors

Vendor	Country	$/g	Pack	Purity
A2B Chem LLC	United States	$0.09	500 g	99%
AA BLOCKS	United States	$0.10	500 g	99%
AK Scientific Specialized	United States	$0.23	500 g	98%
Combi-Blocks, Inc.	United States	$0.25	1 kg	98%
AK Scientific, Inc.	United States	$0.30	500 g	99.5%
Fluorochem UK	United Kingdom	$1.89	25 g	99%
Labotest KG	Germany	$217.80	5000 mg	90%
Otava, Ltd.	Ukraine	$460.00	250 mg	95%

Chemical Identity

CAS74-95-3

PubChem CID3024

DTXSIDDTXSID4021557

FormulaCH2Br2

Mol. Weight173.83 g/mol

SMILESC(Br)Br

Data Sources

EPA CompTox (DSSTox) · DTXSID4021557Retrieved 2026-04-06
PubChem · compound 3024Retrieved 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

Dibromomethane (CAS 74-95-3) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/74-95-3/ EPA CompTox (DSSTox): DTXSID4021557. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://comptox.epa.gov/dashboard/chemical/details/DTXSID4021557 PubChem: 3024. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/3024 EPA Chemical Data Reporting: 74-95-3. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting EPA Chemical Data Reporting: CAS 74-95-3. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting US Census international trade: HS 290369 for CAS 74-95-3. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/