bismuth hydroxide

Drug ingredient

CAS 10361-43-0

This drug ingredient has classified U.S. production volumes. EPA withholds the number as confidential business information.

BiH₃O₃260.0 g/mol

no molecular structure to draw

US productionCBI

Confidential Business Information. The EPA withholds this volume because publishing it could reveal the reporting company's trade secrets.

Import value, 2024$123M

Top sourceBrazil 32%

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 282590 · basket

EPA reports by year

2023: US production Confidential · Imports Confidential

These shares come from HS customs code 282590, which covers 34 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).

BR 32%BrazilTR 15%TurkeyCN 9%ChinaVN 8%VietnamKR 8%South Korea

Ireland
Mexico
Spain
Belgium
Switzerland
Trinidad and Tobago
Hong Kong

EPA-registered manufacturers (2)

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

1 FDA-registered drug labeler

OCB Pharmaceutical S.R.L.

Why It Matters

Sectors

HealthCore 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

•Catalyst in All Other Basic Inorganic Chemical ManufacturingProcessing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product

Chemical Identity

CAS10361-43-0

PubChem CID9838064

DTXSIDDTXSID1065053

FormulaBiH3O3

Mol. Weight260.003 g/mol

SMILES[OH-].[OH-].[OH-].[Bi+3]

Data Sources

PubChem · compound 9838064Retrieved 2026-04-07
EPA Chemical Data ReportingReporting year: 2023 · Retrieved 2026-10-04
FDA National Drug Code directoryRetrieved 2026-04-07
US Census international tradeReporting year: 2024 · Retrieved 2026-10-04

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Brief citations

bismuth hydroxide (CAS 10361-43-0) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/10361-43-0/ PubChem: 9838064. Retrieved 2026-04-07. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/9838064 EPA Chemical Data Reporting: 10361-43-0. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting FDA National Drug Code directory: bulk match. Retrieved 2026-04-07. https://open.fda.gov/data/ndc/ US Census international trade: HS 282590 for CAS 10361-43-0. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/