Methyl chloroacetate

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

Molecular structure of 96-34-4
US ProductionCBI
Import Value$72M
Import VolumeZero
Top SourceGermany 40%

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 291540 · basket

These shares come from HS customs code 291540, which covers 5 chemicals in total. They estimate the bucket's origin mix, not this chemical specifically.

Source Countries
DE 40%GermanyNL 39%NetherlandsCN 7%ChinaIN 6%IndiaPL 4%Poland
EPA-registered manufacturers (1)
Corteva

Why It Matters

Sectors
Agriculture
Downstream UsesNo data available
FDA Shortage Status
No FDA shortage records

Industrial Uses

Used in 1 sector as 1 functional role.

  • Intermediate in Pesticide, Fertilizer, and Other Agricultural Chemical Manufacturing (100%)Processing as a reactant

Vendor Pricing

$0.06/gA2B Chem LLC (1 week)
CountryUnited States
Pack$227.00 / 4 kg
Purity99%
Vendors10 available

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

9 more vendors
VendorCountry$/gPackPurity
Sigma-Aldrich (Rush Stock)Germany$0.071 kg99%
Sigma-AldrichGermany$0.071 kg99%
AA BLOCKS (1 week)United States$0.084 kg99%
ALFA AESARGermany$0.11250 g99%
InterbioscreenHong Kong$10.0010 g95%
Labotest KGGermany$217.805000 mg90%
Otava, Ltd.Ukraine$460.00250 mg90%
AsinexNetherlands$6461.40100 mg90%
TimTec, LLC (back-ordered)United States$32000.0015 mg94%

Chemical Identity

CAS96-34-4
PubChem CID7295
DTXSIDDTXSID9041576
FormulaC3H5ClO2
Mol. Weight108.52 g/mol
SMILESCOC(=O)CCl

Data Sources

DTXSID90415762026-04-06

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

Archive: data/sources/comptox/dsstox_identifiers.csv

72952026-04-06

https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/rest/pug/compound/cid/7295/property/MolecularFormula,MolecularWeight,CanonicalSMILES,InChIKey/JSON

Archive: data/sources/pubchem_properties/7295.json

96-34-42026-04-24

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

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

CAS 96-34-42026-04-25

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

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