1,3-Benzenedicarbonyl dichloride

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

Molecular structure of 99-63-8
US ProductionCBI
Import Value$316M
Top SourceSouth Korea 19%

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 291739 · basket

These shares come from HS customs code 291739, which covers 32 chemicals in total. They estimate the bucket's origin mix, not this chemical specifically.

Source Countries
KR 19%South KoreaCN 19%ChinaIN 18%IndiaES 13%SpainCA 9%Canada

Why It Matters

Sectors
Plastics & Rubber
Downstream UsesNo data available
FDA Shortage Status
No FDA shortage records

Industrial Uses

Used in 2 sectors as 1 functional role.

  • Intermediate in Plastics Material and Resin Manufacturing (100%)Processing as a reactant
  • Intermediate in Organic Fiber ManufacturingProcessing as a reactant

Vendor Pricing

$0.07/gA2B Chem LLC
CountryUnited States
Pack$33.00 / 500 g
Purity98%
Vendors8 available

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

7 more vendors
VendorCountry$/gPackPurity
AA BLOCKSUnited States$0.08500 g98%
Sigma-Aldrich (Rush Stock)Germany$0.161 kg99%
Sigma-AldrichGermany$0.161 kg99%
ALFA AESARGermany$0.36100 g98%
AK Scientific SpecializedUnited States$0.60100 g95%
AK Scientific, Inc.United States$0.80100 g98%
Labotest KGGermany$217.805000 mg90%

Chemical Identity

CAS99-63-8
PubChem CID7451
DTXSIDDTXSID3026641
FormulaC8H4Cl2O2
Mol. Weight203.02 g/mol
SMILESC1=CC(=CC(=C1)C(=O)Cl)C(=O)Cl

Data Sources

DTXSID30266412026-04-06

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

Archive: data/sources/comptox/dsstox_identifiers.csv

74512026-04-06

https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/rest/pug/compound/cid/7451/property/MolecularFormula,MolecularWeight,CanonicalSMILES,InChIKey/JSON

Archive: data/sources/pubchem_properties/7451.json

99-63-82026-04-24

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

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

CAS 99-63-82026-04-25

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

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