1,1,2-Trichloroethane

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

Molecular structure of 79-00-5
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 (2)
Occidental Petroleum
Olin

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 ManufacturingProcessing as a reactant

Chemical Identity

CAS79-00-5
PubChem CID6574
DTXSIDDTXSID5021380
FormulaC2H3Cl3
Mol. Weight133.4 g/mol
SMILESC(C(Cl)Cl)Cl

Data Sources

DTXSID50213802026-04-06

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

Archive: data/sources/comptox/dsstox_identifiers.csv

65742026-04-06

https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/rest/pug/compound/cid/6574/property/MolecularFormula,MolecularWeight,CanonicalSMILES,InChIKey/JSON

Archive: data/sources/pubchem_properties/6574.json

79-00-52026-04-24

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

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

CAS 79-00-52026-04-25

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

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