Nitrobenzene

CAS 98-95-3

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$44M

Top sourcePortugal 61%

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 290420 · basket

EPA reports by year

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

These shares come from HS customs code 290420, which covers 43 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).

PT 61%PortugalPL 17%PolandIN 10%IndiaKR 7%South KoreaCN 5%China

Japan
Taiwan

EPA-registered manufacturers (5)

Companies that report making or importing this chemical to the EPA. Registration is US-centric and does not indicate import origin.

Basf Se · DE Germany

Basf

Covestro

Dow Chemical

Huntsman

Domestic parents -- activity not disclosed (2)

EPA records name a US company for this chemical but do not disclose whether the company made it here or imported it.

American Vanguard

Tedia

EPA-registered importers (3)

Companies that report making or importing this chemical to the EPA. Registration is US-centric and does not indicate import origin.

Mallinckrodt Plc · IE Ireland

Meh

W. R. Grace & Co. - Conn.

Why It Matters

Sectors

AgricultureEnergyConsumer ProductsCore 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

Used in 5 sectors as 2 functional roles.

•Intermediate in All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing (100%)Processing as a reactant
•Intermediate in Pesticide, Fertilizer, and Other Agricultural Chemical Manufacturing (100%)Processing as a reactant
•Laboratory chemicals in Wholesale and Retail TradeNot Known or Reasonably Ascertainable
•Laboratory chemicals in ServicesNot Known or Reasonably Ascertainable
•Intermediate in Petrochemical Manufacturing (1%)Processing as a reactant

Vendor Pricing

$0.02/gALFA AESAR

CountryGermany

Pack$189.60 / 10 kg

Purity99%

Vendors8 available

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

7 more vendors

Vendor	Country	$/g	Pack	Purity
AA BLOCKS	United States	$0.03	500 g	99.97%
A2B Chem LLC	United States	$0.04	500 g	99.97%
Fluorochem UK	United Kingdom	$0.09	500 g	99%
AK Scientific, Inc.	United States	$0.18	500 g	99.5%
Labotest KG	Germany	$217.80	5000 mg	90%
Otava, Ltd.	Ukraine	$2280.00	50 mg	95%
Otava, Ltd. (2 weeks)	Ukraine	$2724.00	50 mg	95%

Chemical Identity

CAS98-95-3

PubChem CID7416

DTXSIDDTXSID3020964

FormulaC6H5NO2

Mol. Weight123.11 g/mol

SMILESC1=CC=C(C=C1)[N+](=O)[O-]

Data Sources

EPA CompTox (DSSTox) · DTXSID3020964Retrieved 2026-04-06
PubChem · compound 7416Retrieved 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

Nitrobenzene (CAS 98-95-3) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/98-95-3/ EPA CompTox (DSSTox): DTXSID3020964. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://comptox.epa.gov/dashboard/chemical/details/DTXSID3020964 PubChem: 7416. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/7416 EPA Chemical Data Reporting: 98-95-3. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting EPA Chemical Data Reporting: CAS 98-95-3. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting US Census international trade: HS 290420 for CAS 98-95-3. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/