Benzal chloride

CAS 98-87-3

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$108M

Top sourceChina 77%

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 290399 · basket

EPA reports by year

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

These shares come from HS customs code 290399, which covers 178 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).

CN 77%ChinaIN 7%IndiaDE 7%GermanyJP 5%JapanIT 2%Italy

Ukraine
United Kingdom
Israel
Taiwan
Russia
Hong Kong
Canada
Ireland
Latvia

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.

Polymer Additives

Why It Matters

Sectors

Core Chemicals

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 All Other Basic Organic Chemical ManufacturingProcessing 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

Vendor	Country	$/g	Pack	Purity
A2B Chem LLC (1 week)	United States	$169.40	10 g	95%
Labotest KG	Germany	$217.80	5000 mg	90%

Chemical Identity

CAS98-87-3

PubChem CID7411

DTXSIDDTXSID6025014

FormulaC7H6Cl2

Mol. Weight161.03 g/mol

SMILESC1=CC=C(C=C1)C(Cl)Cl

Data Sources

EPA CompTox (DSSTox) · DTXSID6025014Retrieved 2026-04-06
PubChem · compound 7411Retrieved 2026-04-06
EPA Chemical Data ReportingReporting year: 2023 · Retrieved 2026-10-04
EPA Chemical Data ReportingReporting year: 2023 · Retrieved 2026-10-04
US Census international tradeReporting year: 2024 · Retrieved 2026-10-04

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Brief citations

Benzal chloride (CAS 98-87-3) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/98-87-3/ EPA CompTox (DSSTox): DTXSID6025014. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://comptox.epa.gov/dashboard/chemical/details/DTXSID6025014 PubChem: 7411. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/7411 EPA Chemical Data Reporting: 98-87-3. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting EPA Chemical Data Reporting: CAS 98-87-3. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting US Census international trade: HS 290399 for CAS 98-87-3. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/