Methyl chloroacetate

CAS 96-34-4

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$72M

Top sourceGermany 40%

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 291540 · basket

EPA reports by year

2023: US production Confidential · Imports Confidential
2019: US production Confidential · Imports Zero

These shares come from HS customs code 291540, which covers 17 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 40%GermanyNL 39%NetherlandsCN 7%ChinaIN 6%IndiaPL 4%Poland

Belgium
Japan
Mexico
Hong Kong

Why It Matters

Sectors

Agriculture

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 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

Vendor	Country	$/g	Pack	Purity
Sigma-Aldrich (Rush Stock)	Germany	$0.07	1 kg	99%
Sigma-Aldrich	Germany	$0.07	1 kg	99%
AA BLOCKS (1 week)	United States	$0.08	4 kg	99%
ALFA AESAR	Germany	$0.11	250 g	99%
Interbioscreen	Hong Kong	$10.00	10 g	95%
Labotest KG	Germany	$217.80	5000 mg	90%
Otava, Ltd.	Ukraine	$460.00	250 mg	90%
Asinex	Netherlands	$6461.40	100 mg	90%
TimTec, LLC (back-ordered)	United States	$32000.00	15 mg	94%

Chemical Identity

CAS96-34-4

PubChem CID7295

DTXSIDDTXSID9041576

FormulaC3H5ClO2

Mol. Weight108.52 g/mol

SMILESCOC(=O)CCl

Data Sources

EPA CompTox (DSSTox) · DTXSID9041576Retrieved 2026-04-06
PubChem · compound 7295Retrieved 2026-04-06
EPA Chemical Data ReportingReporting year: 2023 · 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

Methyl chloroacetate (CAS 96-34-4) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/96-34-4/ EPA CompTox (DSSTox): DTXSID9041576. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://comptox.epa.gov/dashboard/chemical/details/DTXSID9041576 PubChem: 7295. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/7295 EPA Chemical Data Reporting: 96-34-4. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting EPA Chemical Data Reporting: CAS 96-34-4. Reporting year: 2019. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting US Census international trade: HS 291540 for CAS 96-34-4. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/