A method for producing a halogen-substituted benzenedimethanol represented by the formula (2): wherein X1, X2, X3 and X4 are the same or different and each independently represent a hydrogen atom or a halogen atom, provided that X1, X2, X3 and X4 are not hydrogen atoms at the same time, by reacting a halogen-substituted terephthalic acid represented by the formula (1): wherein X1, X2, X3 and X4 are the same meanings as defined above, with a borohydride compound in an organic solvent, followed by contacting the obtained reaction mixture with hydrogen chloride at 40 to 70° C.