1,2-Dichloropropane

U.S. production volumes are classified as confidential business information.

Molecular structure of 78-87-5
US ProductionCBI
Import Value$26M
Top SourceBrazil 54%

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 290319 · basket

These shares come from HS customs code 290319, which covers 23 chemicals in total. They estimate the bucket's origin mix, not this chemical specifically.

Source Countries
BR 54%BrazilDE 30%GermanyCN 10%ChinaIN 6%India
EPA-registered manufacturers (1)
The Dow Chemical
EPA-registered importers (1)
The Dow Chemical

Why It Matters

Sectors
Core Chemicals
Downstream UsesNo data available
FDA Shortage Status
No FDA shortage records

Industrial Uses

Used in 1 sector as 1 functional role.

  • Intermediate in All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing (100%)Processing as a reactant

Vendor Pricing

$0.06/gManchester Organics
CountryUnited Kingdom
Pack$56.40 / 1 kg
Purity99%
Vendors6 available

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

5 more vendors
VendorCountry$/gPackPurity
A2B Chem LLCUnited States$0.10500 g99%
AA BLOCKSUnited States$0.12500 g99%
Fluorochem UKUnited Kingdom$0.18500 g99%
AK Scientific, Inc.United States$1.1625 g98%
Labotest KGGermany$217.805000 mg90%

Chemical Identity

CAS78-87-5
PubChem CID6564
DTXSIDDTXSID0020448
FormulaC3H6Cl2
Mol. Weight112.98 g/mol
SMILESCC(CCl)Cl

Data Sources

DTXSID00204482026-04-06

https://doi.org/10.23645/epacomptox.5588566

Archive: data/sources/comptox/dsstox_identifiers.csv

65642026-04-06

https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/rest/pug/compound/cid/6564/property/MolecularFormula,MolecularWeight,CanonicalSMILES,InChIKey/JSON

Archive: data/sources/pubchem_properties/6564.json

78-87-52026-04-24

https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting

Archive: data/sources/epa_cdr/2020_cdr.csv

CAS 78-87-52026-04-25

https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting

Archive: data/sources/epa_cdr/2020_cdr_industrial.csv