1,2-Dichlorobenzene

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

Molecular structure of 95-50-1
US ProductionCBI
Import Value$49M
Top SourceGermany 52%

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 290391 · narrow

These shares come from HS customs code 290391, which covers 3 chemicals in total. They estimate the bucket's origin mix, not this chemical specifically.

Source Countries
DE 52%GermanyIN 37%IndiaCN 6%ChinaIL 2%IsraelMX 2%Mexico
EPA-registered importers (1)
Lanxess

Why It Matters

Sectors
Plastics & RubberTextilesPaints & CoatingsPaper & Printing
Downstream UsesNo data available
FDA Shortage Status
No FDA shortage records

Industrial Uses

Used in 4 sectors as 2 functional roles.

  • Intermediate in Plastics Material and Resin Manufacturing (100%)Processing as a reactant
  • Solvent in Synthetic Dye and Pigment Manufacturing (40%)Use—non-incorporative activities
  • Solvent in Paint and Coating Manufacturing (40%)Use—non-incorporative activities
  • Solvent in Printing Ink Manufacturing (20%)Use—non-incorporative activities

Vendor Pricing

$0.03/gALFA AESAR
CountryGermany
Pack$302.40 / 10 kg
Purity99%
Vendors15 available

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

14 more vendors
VendorCountry$/gPackPurity
Manchester OrganicsUnited Kingdom$0.041 kg
A2B Chem LLCUnited States$0.04500 g95%
AA BLOCKSUnited States$0.04500 g99%
Apollo Scientific UKUnited Kingdom$0.061 kg99%
Fluorochem UKUnited Kingdom$0.09500 g99%
AK Scientific SpecializedUnited States$0.10500 g98%
AK Scientific, Inc.United States$0.13500 g99%
Combi-Blocks, Inc.United States$0.6025 g95%
Labotest KGGermany$217.805000 mg90%
Sigma-Aldrich (Rush Stock)Germany$376.90100 mg
Sigma-AldrichGermany$376.90100 mg
Key Organics Ltd.United Kingdom$1960.00100 mg90%
Otava, Ltd.Ukraine$2280.0050 mg90%
Otava, Ltd. (2 weeks)Ukraine$2724.0050 mg90%

Chemical Identity

CAS95-50-1
PubChem CID7239
DTXSIDDTXSID6020430
FormulaC6H4Cl2
Mol. Weight147 g/mol
SMILESC1=CC=C(C(=C1)Cl)Cl

Data Sources

DTXSID60204302026-04-06

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

Archive: data/sources/comptox/dsstox_identifiers.csv

72392026-04-06

https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/rest/pug/compound/cid/7239/property/MolecularFormula,MolecularWeight,CanonicalSMILES,InChIKey/JSON

Archive: data/sources/pubchem_properties/7239.json

95-50-12026-04-24

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

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

CAS 95-50-12026-04-25

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

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