Benzal chloride

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

Molecular structure of 98-87-3
US ProductionCBI
Import Value$108M
Top SourceChina 77%

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 290399 · basket

These shares come from HS customs code 290399, which covers 17 chemicals in total. They estimate the bucket's origin mix, not this chemical specifically.

Source Countries
CN 77%ChinaIN 7%IndiaDE 7%GermanyJP 5%JapanIT 2%Italy
EPA-registered manufacturers (1)
Valtris

Why It Matters

Sectors
Core Chemicals
Downstream UsesNo data available
FDA Shortage Status
No FDA shortage records

Industrial Uses

Used in 1 sector as 1 functional role.

  • Intermediate in All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing (100%)Processing as a reactant

Vendor Pricing

$66.00/gKey Organics Ltd.
CountryUnited Kingdom
Pack$66.00 / 1 g
Purity95%
Vendors3 available

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

2 more vendors
VendorCountry$/gPackPurity
A2B Chem LLC (1 week)United States$169.4010 g95%
Labotest KGGermany$217.805000 mg90%

Chemical Identity

CAS98-87-3
PubChem CID7411
DTXSIDDTXSID6025014
FormulaC7H6Cl2
Mol. Weight161.03 g/mol
SMILESC1=CC=C(C=C1)C(Cl)Cl

Data Sources

DTXSID60250142026-04-06

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

Archive: data/sources/comptox/dsstox_identifiers.csv

74112026-04-06

https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/rest/pug/compound/cid/7411/property/MolecularFormula,MolecularWeight,CanonicalSMILES,InChIKey/JSON

Archive: data/sources/pubchem_properties/7411.json

98-87-32026-04-24

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

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

CAS 98-87-32026-04-25

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

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