Dichloromethane
Drug ingredientThis drug ingredient has classified U.S. production volumes. EPA withholds the number 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$9M
Top SourceGermany 77%
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 290312 · exact
Source Countries
Country of origin for US imports, from Census customs data (2023).
DE 77%GermanyIN 6%IndiaCN 6%ChinaIL 4%IsraelKR 3%South Korea
- United Kingdom
- Canada
- Belgium
- Australia
EPA-registered manufacturers (3)
Companies that report making or importing this chemical to the EPA. Registration is US-centric and does not indicate import origin.
Occidental Petroleum
Olin
Solvchem
EPA-registered importers (17)
Companies that report making or importing this chemical to the EPA. Registration is US-centric and does not indicate import origin.
Basf Se · DE Germany
Greenfield Global · CA Canada
Allchem Industries Holding
Arkema
Avantor
Show all 17
Basf
Colonial Group
Emd Holding
Greenchem Industries
Greenfield Global Usa
Helmitin
Lord
M.A.Global Resources
Norman, Fox &
Olin
The Sherwin Williams
Univar Solutions
Why It Matters
Sectors
Plastics & RubberElectronicsCore ChemicalsHealthConsumer ProductsMetals & MiningPaints & CoatingsAgricultureConstruction
Downstream Uses
Appears in 4 drug and cosmetic product listings (FDA).
- •Insecticides/Pest/Food Additives Detox
- •Additox
- •Addiclenz
- •Lipotox
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 11 sectors as 8 functional roles.
- •Solvents (for cleaning or degreasing) in Not Known or Reasonably Ascertainable (100%)Use—non-incorporative activities
- •Intermediate in All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing (100%)Processing as a reactant
- •Plasticizer in Construction (0%)Use—non-incorporative activities
- •Intermediate in Wood Product Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Solvent in All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing (100%)Use—non-incorporative activities
- •Cleaning agent in All Other Chemical Product and Preparation Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Laboratory chemicals in All Other Chemical Product and Preparation ManufacturingProcessing—repackaging
- •Solvent in Pharmaceutical and Medicine Manufacturing (20%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Laboratory chemicals in Pharmaceutical and Medicine Manufacturing (40%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Solvent in Services (10%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Laboratory chemicals in Services (20%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Adhesives and sealant chemicals in Adhesive Manufacturing (68%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Intermediate in Pharmaceutical and Medicine Manufacturing (0%)Processing as a reactant
- •Solvent in All Other Chemical Product and Preparation ManufacturingProcessing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Cleaning agent in Fabricated Metal Product ManufacturingUse—non-incorporative activities
- •Laboratory chemicals in All Other Basic Organic Chemical ManufacturingProcessing—repackaging
- •Refrigerants in All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing (58%)Processing as a reactant
- •Intermediate in Plastics Material and Resin Manufacturing (100%)Processing as a reactant
- •Solvents (for cleaning or degreasing) in Plastics Material and Resin Manufacturing (5%)Use—non-incorporative activities
- •Solvents (for cleaning or degreasing) in All Other Chemical Product and Preparation Manufacturing (5%)Use—non-incorporative activities
- •Solvents (for cleaning or degreasing) in Plastics Product Manufacturing (2%)Use—non-incorporative activities
Chemical Identity
CAS75-09-2
PubChem CID6344
DTXSIDDTXSID0020868
FormulaCH2Cl2
Mol. Weight84.93 g/mol
SMILESC(Cl)Cl
Data Sources
DTXSID00208682026-04-06
https://doi.org/10.23645/epacomptox.5588566
Archive: data/sources/comptox/dsstox_identifiers.csv
63442026-04-06
https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/rest/pug/compound/cid/6344/property/MolecularFormula,MolecularWeight,CanonicalSMILES,InChIKey/JSON
Archive: data/sources/pubchem_properties/6344.json
75-09-22026-04-24
https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting
Archive: data/sources/epa_cdr/2020_cdr.csv
CAS 75-09-22026-04-25
https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting
Archive: data/sources/epa_cdr/2020_cdr_industrial.csv