4-Methyl-2-nitroaniline

CAS 89-62-3

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$59M

Top sourceGermany 55%

At least one company claimed its 2019 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: 2019. Import value and source-country shares describe a shared customs category, not a separate chemical measurement.

Where It Comes From

Customs basis: HS 292143 · basket

EPA reports by year

2019: US production Confidential · Imports Confidential

These shares come from HS customs code 292143, which covers 45 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).

DE 55%GermanyIT 30%ItalyIN 11%IndiaJP 2%JapanCN 1%China

South Korea
United Kingdom
Taiwan

Domestic parents -- activity not disclosed (1)

EPA records name a US company for this chemical but do not disclose whether the company made it here or imported it.

Sun Chemical

Why It Matters

Sectors

Textiles

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

•Pigment in Synthetic Dye and Pigment Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product

Vendor Pricing

$0.16/gALFA AESAR

CountryGermany

Pack$393.60 / 2.5 kg

Purity98%

Vendors18 available

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

17 more vendors

Vendor	Country	$/g	Pack	Purity
A2B Chem LLC	United States	$0.19	100 g	98%
AA BLOCKS	United States	$0.22	100 g	98%
Combi-Blocks, Inc.	United States	$0.25	1 kg	98%
Sigma-Aldrich (Rush Stock)	Germany	$0.40	100 g	98%
Sigma-Aldrich	Germany	$0.40	100 g	98%
Fluorochem UK	United Kingdom	$0.49	500 g	95%
AK Scientific Specialized	United States	$0.52	100 g	95%
AK Scientific, Inc.	United States	$0.71	100 g	98%
Aldlab	United States	$4.01	12.5 g	95%
Specs	Netherlands	$68.97	10 g	90%
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%
Princeton BioMolecular Research (SC)	United States	$2900.00	100 mg	90%
Vitas M Chemical Limited	Hong Kong	$3170.00	100 mg	90%
ChemDiv, Inc.	United States	$4070.00	100 mg	90%
TimTec, LLC (back-ordered)	United States	$32000.00	15 mg	94%

Chemical Identity

CAS89-62-3

PubChem CID6978

DTXSIDDTXSID2025632

FormulaC7H8N2O2

Mol. Weight152.15 g/mol

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

Data Sources

EPA CompTox (DSSTox) · DTXSID2025632Retrieved 2026-04-06
PubChem · compound 6978Retrieved 2026-04-06
EPA Chemical Data ReportingReporting year: 2019 · Retrieved 2026-10-04
EPA Chemical Data ReportingReporting year: 2019 · Retrieved 2026-10-04
US Census international tradeReporting year: 2024 · Retrieved 2026-10-04

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Brief citations

4-Methyl-2-nitroaniline (CAS 89-62-3) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/89-62-3/ EPA CompTox (DSSTox): DTXSID2025632. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://comptox.epa.gov/dashboard/chemical/details/DTXSID2025632 PubChem: 6978. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/6978 EPA Chemical Data Reporting: 89-62-3. Reporting year: 2019. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting EPA Chemical Data Reporting: CAS 89-62-3. Reporting year: 2019. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting US Census international trade: HS 292143 for CAS 89-62-3. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/