1-Chloro-1,1-difluoroethane

CAS 75-68-3

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$31M

Top sourceItaly 93%

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 290374 · narrow

EPA reports by year

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

HS 290374 covers only 1-Chloro-1,1-difluoroethane, so these shares are 1-Chloro-1,1-difluoroethane's own.

Source Countries

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

IT 93%ItalyCN 7%China

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.

Arkema

Domestic parents -- activity not disclosed (2)

EPA records name a US company for this chemical but do not disclose whether the company made it here or imported it.

Chemours

EPA-registered importers (3)

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

Arkema · FR France

Syensqo Sa · BE Belgium

Solvay

Why It Matters

Sectors

Plastics & Rubber

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 1 sector as 2 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

Chemical Identity

CAS75-68-3

PubChem CID6388

DTXSIDDTXSID9023960

FormulaC2H3ClF2

Mol. Weight100.49 g/mol

SMILESCC(F)(F)Cl

Data Sources

EPA CompTox (DSSTox) · DTXSID9023960Retrieved 2026-04-06
PubChem · compound 6388Retrieved 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

1-Chloro-1,1-difluoroethane (CAS 75-68-3) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/75-68-3/ EPA CompTox (DSSTox): DTXSID9023960. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://comptox.epa.gov/dashboard/chemical/details/DTXSID9023960 PubChem: 6388. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/6388 EPA Chemical Data Reporting: 75-68-3. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting EPA Chemical Data Reporting: CAS 75-68-3. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting US Census international trade: HS 290374 for CAS 75-68-3. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/