Bromoethane

Drug ingredient

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

Molecular structure of 74-96-4
US ProductionCBI
Import Value$18M
Import VolumeZero
Top SourceChina 42%

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 290369 · basket

These shares come from HS customs code 290369, which covers 13 chemicals in total. They estimate the bucket's origin mix, not this chemical specifically.

Source Countries
CN 42%ChinaIN 19%IndiaIT 14%ItalyIL 13%IsraelNL 9%Netherlands
EPA-registered manufacturers (1)
Lanxess
1 FDA-registered drug labeler
Hahnemann Laboratories, INC.

Why It Matters

Sectors
Core ChemicalsHealthAgriculture
Downstream Uses

Appears in 1 drug and cosmetic product listings (FDA).

  • •Bromoethanum
FDA Shortage Status
No FDA shortage records

Industrial Uses

Used in 2 sectors as 1 functional role.

  • •Intermediate in All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing (76%)Processing as a reactant
  • •Intermediate in Pesticide, Fertilizer, and Other Agricultural Chemical Manufacturing (19%)Processing as a reactant

Vendor Pricing

$0.08/gA2B Chem LLC
CountryUnited States
Pack$39.00 / 500 g
Purity99%
Vendors7 available

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

6 more vendors
VendorCountry$/gPackPurity
AA BLOCKS (1 week)United States$0.113 kg98%
AK Scientific, Inc.United States$0.68100 g99%
Sigma-Aldrich (Rush Stock)Germany$1.3750 g99%
Sigma-AldrichGermany$1.3750 g99%
Labotest KGGermany$217.805000 mg90%
Princeton BioMolecular Research (SC)United States$2900.00100 mg90%

Chemical Identity

CAS74-96-4
PubChem CID6332
DTXSIDDTXSID6020199
FormulaC2H5Br
Mol. Weight108.97 g/mol
SMILESCCBr

Data Sources

DTXSID60201992026-04-06

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

Archive: data/sources/comptox/dsstox_identifiers.csv

63322026-04-06

https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/rest/pug/compound/cid/6332/property/MolecularFormula,MolecularWeight,CanonicalSMILES,InChIKey/JSON

Archive: data/sources/pubchem_properties/6332.json

74-96-42026-04-24

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

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

CAS 74-96-42026-04-07

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

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

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