Chloral

CAS 75-87-6

Companies reported imports and no US production of this chemical to EPA for 2023.

US productionZero

Import value, 2024$3M

Import volume1.4M lb

Import dependency100%

Top sourceIndia 77%

Production is reported production, not a complete census of factories. Production reporting year: 2023. Import value and source-country shares describe a shared customs category, not a separate chemical measurement.

Chloral · US import value by year

2013: $8M · Peak 2014: $9M · 2024: $3M · 2025: $4M

Where It Comes From

Customs basis: HS 291300 · basket

EPA reports by year

2023: US production Zero · Imports 1.4M lb
2019: US production Zero · Imports 1.6M lb

These shares come from HS customs code 291300, which covers 36 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 77%IndiaCN 11%ChinaUA 5%UkraineJP 3%JapanDE 2%Germany

United Kingdom
Austria

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.

American Vanguard

Why It Matters

Sectors

Agriculture

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

•Binder in Pesticide, Fertilizer, and Other Agricultural Chemical Manufacturing (90%)Processing as a reactant

Vendor Pricing

$0.15/gA2B Chem LLC

CountryUnited States

Pack$74.00 / 500 g

Purity90%

Vendors3 available

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

2 more vendors

Vendor	Country	$/g	Pack	Purity
AA BLOCKS	United States	$0.19	500 g	90%
Interbioscreen	Hong Kong	$10.00	10 g	95%

Chemical Identity

CAS75-87-6

PubChem CID6407

DTXSIDDTXSID7024744

FormulaC2HCl3O

Mol. Weight147.38 g/mol

SMILESC(=O)C(Cl)(Cl)Cl

Data Sources

EPA CompTox (DSSTox) · DTXSID7024744Retrieved 2026-04-06
PubChem · compound 6407Retrieved 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

Chloral (CAS 75-87-6) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/75-87-6/ EPA CompTox (DSSTox): DTXSID7024744. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://comptox.epa.gov/dashboard/chemical/details/DTXSID7024744 PubChem: 6407. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/6407 EPA Chemical Data Reporting: 75-87-6. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting EPA Chemical Data Reporting: CAS 75-87-6. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting US Census international trade: HS 291300 for CAS 75-87-6. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/