Bromochloromethane

CAS 74-97-5

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$56M

Top sourceIndia 51%

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 290379 · basket

EPA reports by year

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

These shares come from HS customs code 290379, which covers 34 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).

IN 51%IndiaCN 38%ChinaJP 11%JapanMX 1%Mexico

United Kingdom

EPA-registered manufacturers (1)

Companies that report making or importing this chemical to the EPA. Registration is US-centric and does not indicate import origin.

Buckman Laboratories

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.

Albemarle

Why It Matters

Sectors

AgricultureCore 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 2 sectors as 1 functional role.

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

Chemical Identity

CAS74-97-5

PubChem CID6333

DTXSIDDTXSID4021503

FormulaCH2BrCl

Mol. Weight129.38 g/mol

SMILESC(Cl)Br

Data Sources

EPA CompTox (DSSTox) · DTXSID4021503Retrieved 2026-04-06
PubChem · compound 6333Retrieved 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

Bromochloromethane (CAS 74-97-5) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/74-97-5/ EPA CompTox (DSSTox): DTXSID4021503. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://comptox.epa.gov/dashboard/chemical/details/DTXSID4021503 PubChem: 6333. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/6333 EPA Chemical Data Reporting: 74-97-5. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting EPA Chemical Data Reporting: CAS 74-97-5. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting US Census international trade: HS 290379 for CAS 74-97-5. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/