Vinyl chloride

CAS 75-01-4

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$117K

Top sourceGermany 68%

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.

Where It Comes From

Customs basis: HS 290321 · exact

EPA reports by year

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

Source Countries

Country of origin for US imports, from Census customs data (2024).

DE 68%GermanySG 29%SingaporeCN 3%China

EPA-registered manufacturers (6)

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

Shin-Etsu Chemical · JP Japan

Formosa Plastics Corporation, U.S.A.

Occidental Petroleum

Olin

Shintech Louisiana

Show all 6

Westlake

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.

Weylchem Us

Why It Matters

Sectors

Plastics & RubberCore 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 2 functional roles.

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

Vendor Pricing

$0.21/gSigma-Aldrich (Rush Stock)

CountryGermany

Pack$210.05 / 1 kg

PurityNot recorded

Vendors3 available

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

2 more vendors

Vendor	Country	$/g	Pack	Purity
Sigma-Aldrich	Germany	$0.21	1 kg	—
Labotest KG	Germany	$453.00	1000 mg	90%

Chemical Identity

CAS75-01-4

PubChem CID6338

DTXSIDDTXSID8021434

FormulaC2H3Cl

Mol. Weight62.5 g/mol

SMILESC=CCl

Data Sources

EPA CompTox (DSSTox) · DTXSID8021434Retrieved 2026-04-06
PubChem · compound 6338Retrieved 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

Vinyl chloride (CAS 75-01-4) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/75-01-4/ EPA CompTox (DSSTox): DTXSID8021434. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://comptox.epa.gov/dashboard/chemical/details/DTXSID8021434 PubChem: 6338. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/6338 EPA Chemical Data Reporting: 75-01-4. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting EPA Chemical Data Reporting: CAS 75-01-4. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting US Census international trade: HS 290321 for CAS 75-01-4. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/