#BromineMarket The organobromine industry controls the largest proportion of the global bromine market due to its extensive use in the manufacturing of brominated flame retardants, pesticides, fumigants, and biocides for the treatment of water. Most organobromine compounds are nonpolar, just like other organohalide compounds. Bromine is more electronegative than carbon. Because the carbon in a carbon-bromine bond is electrophilic as a result, alkyl bromides are alkylating substances.