Vinyl chloride

U.S. production volumes are classified as confidential business information.

Molecular structure of 75-01-4
US ProductionCBI
Import Value$117K
Top SourceGermany 68%

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 290321 · exact

Source Countries
DE 68%GermanySG 29%SingaporeCN 3%China
EPA-registered manufacturers (8)
Shin-Etsu Chemical · JP Japan
Formosa Plastics
Formosa Plastics Corporation, U.S.A.
Occidental Petroleum
Olin
Show all 8
Shintech Louisiana
Troy
Westlake Chemical

Why It Matters

Sectors
Metals & MiningPlastics & RubberCore Chemicals
Downstream UsesNo data available
FDA Shortage Status
No FDA shortage records

Industrial Uses

Used in 2 sectors as 3 functional roles.

  • Intermediate in Plastics Material and Resin Manufacturing (100%)Processing as a reactant
  • Monomers in Plastics Material and Resin Manufacturing (100%)Processing as a reactant
  • Intermediate in Petrochemical ManufacturingProcessing as a reactant
  • Binder in Plastics Material and Resin Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product

Vendor Pricing

$0.21/gSigma-Aldrich (Rush Stock)
CountryGermany
Pack$210.05 / 1 kg
PurityNo data available
Vendors3 available

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

2 more vendors
VendorCountry$/gPackPurity
Sigma-AldrichGermany$0.211 kg
Labotest KGGermany$453.001000 mg90%

Chemical Identity

CAS75-01-4
PubChem CID6338
DTXSIDDTXSID8021434
FormulaC2H3Cl
Mol. Weight62.5 g/mol
SMILESC=CCl

Data Sources

DTXSID80214342026-04-06

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

Archive: data/sources/comptox/dsstox_identifiers.csv

63382026-04-06

https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/rest/pug/compound/cid/6338/property/MolecularFormula,MolecularWeight,CanonicalSMILES,InChIKey/JSON

Archive: data/sources/pubchem_properties/6338.json

75-01-42026-04-24

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

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

CAS 75-01-42026-04-25

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

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