Perfluoroethane

CAS 76-16-4

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$12M

Top sourceJapan 56%

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. Import value and source-country shares describe a shared customs category, not a separate chemical measurement.

Where It Comes From

Customs basis: HS 290349 · basket

EPA reports by year

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

These shares come from HS customs code 290349, which covers 14 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).

JP 56%JapanCN 28%ChinaGB 11%United KingdomTW 3%TaiwanIT 1%Italy

Russia
Ireland
Austria

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

Emd Holding

EPA-registered importers (4)

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

L'Air Liquide S A · FR France

Linde Plc · IE Ireland

Air Liquide Usa

Linde

Why It Matters

Sectors

EnergyElectronics

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 3 functional roles.

•Refrigerants in Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing (30%)Processing—repackaging
•Etching agent in Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing (100%)Processing—repackaging
•Semiconductor and photovoltaic agent in Industrial Gas ManufacturingUse—non-incorporative activities

Chemical Identity

CAS76-16-4

PubChem CID6431

DTXSIDDTXSID2041915

FormulaC2F6

Mol. Weight138.01 g/mol

SMILESC(C(F)(F)F)(F)(F)F

Data Sources

EPA CompTox (DSSTox) · DTXSID2041915Retrieved 2026-04-06
PubChem · compound 6431Retrieved 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

Perfluoroethane (CAS 76-16-4) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/76-16-4/ EPA CompTox (DSSTox): DTXSID2041915. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://comptox.epa.gov/dashboard/chemical/details/DTXSID2041915 PubChem: 6431. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/6431 EPA Chemical Data Reporting: 76-16-4. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting EPA Chemical Data Reporting: CAS 76-16-4. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting US Census international trade: HS 290349 for CAS 76-16-4. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/