2-Nitrotoluene

CAS 88-72-2

Benzene, 1-methyl-2-nitro-

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$44M

Top sourcePortugal 61%

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 290420 · basket

EPA reports by year

2023: US production Confidential · Imports Confidential

These shares come from HS customs code 290420, which covers 43 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).

PT 61%PortugalPL 17%PolandIN 10%IndiaKR 7%South KoreaCN 5%China

Japan
Taiwan

EPA-registered manufacturers (2)

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

Basf Se · DE Germany

Basf

Why It Matters

Sectors

Core Chemicals

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

•Intermediate in All Other Basic Organic Chemical ManufacturingProcessing as a reactant

Vendor Pricing

$0.03/gALFA AESAR

CountryGermany

Pack$76.68 / 2.5 kg

Purity99%

Vendors9 available

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

8 more vendors

Vendor	Country	$/g	Pack	Purity
A2B Chem LLC	United States	$0.11	500 g	99%
AA BLOCKS	United States	$0.12	500 g	99%
AK Scientific Specialized	United States	$0.27	100 g	98%
AK Scientific, Inc.	United States	$0.36	100 g	99%
Fluorochem UK	United Kingdom	$0.54	100 g	99%
Labotest KG	Germany	$217.80	5000 mg	90%
Otava, Ltd.	Ukraine	$2280.00	50 mg	95%
Otava, Ltd. (2 weeks)	Ukraine	$2724.00	50 mg	95%

Chemical Identity

CAS88-72-2

PubChem CIDNot recorded

DTXSIDDTXSID4025791

FormulaC7H7NO2

Mol. Weight137.138 g/mol

SMILESCC1=CC=CC=C1[N+]([O-])=O

Data Sources

EPA TSCA InventoryRetrieved 2026-04-29
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

2-Nitrotoluene (CAS 88-72-2) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/88-72-2/ EPA TSCA Inventory: CAS 88-72-2. Retrieved 2026-04-29. https://www.epa.gov/tsca-inventory EPA Chemical Data Reporting: 88-72-2. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting EPA Chemical Data Reporting: CAS 88-72-2. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting US Census international trade: HS 290420 for CAS 88-72-2. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/