Trichloroethylene

Drug ingredient

This drug ingredient has classified U.S. production volumes. EPA withholds the number as confidential business information.

Molecular structure of 79-01-6
US ProductionCBI
Import Value$568K
Top SourceChina 60%

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 290322 · exact

Source Countries
CN 60%ChinaJP 28%JapanID 9%IndonesiaDE 3%Germany
EPA-registered manufacturers (3)
Occidental Petroleum
Olin
Westlake Chemical
EPA-registered importers (9)
Allchem Industries Holding
Arkema
Greenchem Industries
Helmitin
Norman, Fox &
Show all 9
Rema Tip Top/Na
Superior Oil
The Sherwin Williams
Univar Solutions
3 FDA-registered drug labelers
Apex Energetics Inc.
Nutritional Specialties, Inc.
Professional Complementary Health Formulas

Why It Matters

Sectors
Plastics & RubberTransportationCore ChemicalsHealthEnergyConsumer ProductsMetals & MiningPaints & CoatingsConstruction
Downstream Uses

Appears in 4 drug and cosmetic product listings (FDA).

  • •Industriox
  • •Simple Chlorinated Combination 9315
  • •Industriox 6011
  • •N02 Petrochem
FDA Shortage Status
No FDA shortage records

Industrial Uses

Used in 9 sectors as 7 functional roles.

  • •Solvents (for cleaning or degreasing) in Other (100%)Use—non-incorporative activities
  • •Intermediate in All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing (100%)Processing as a reactant
  • •Solvents (for cleaning or degreasing) in Services (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
  • •Cleaning agent in Adhesive Manufacturing (1%)Use—non-incorporative activities
  • •Solvent in Soap, Cleaning Compound, and Toilet Preparation ManufacturingProcessing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
  • •Refrigerants in All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing (99%)Processing as a reactant
  • •Solvent in Adhesive Manufacturing (1%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
  • •Solvents (for cleaning or degreasing) in Wholesale and Retail TradeProcessing—repackaging
  • •Corrosion inhibitors and anti-scaling agents in Soap, Cleaning Compound, and Toilet Preparation Manufacturing (20%)Not Known or Reasonably Ascertainable
  • •Solvents (which become part of product formulation or mixture) in Paint and Coating Manufacturing (6%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
  • •Solvents (for cleaning or degreasing) in All Other Chemical Product and Preparation Manufacturing (47%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
  • •Refrigerants in Industrial Gas ManufacturingProcessing as a reactant
  • •Cleaning agent in Wholesale and Retail TradeProcessing as a reactant

Chemical Identity

CAS79-01-6
PubChem CID6575
DTXSIDDTXSID0021383
FormulaC2HCl3
Mol. Weight131.38 g/mol
SMILESC(=C(Cl)Cl)Cl

Data Sources

DTXSID00213832026-04-06

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

Archive: data/sources/comptox/dsstox_identifiers.csv

65752026-04-06

https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/rest/pug/compound/cid/6575/property/MolecularFormula,MolecularWeight,CanonicalSMILES,InChIKey/JSON

Archive: data/sources/pubchem_properties/6575.json

79-01-62026-04-24

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

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

CAS 79-01-62026-04-07

https://open.fda.gov/data/ndc/

Archive: data/sources/fda/ndc/ndc.json

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