Mercury sulfide (HgS)
Drug ingredientThis chemical is an active pharmaceutical ingredient used in FDA-regulated drugs.
US Production77.7K lbs
Import Value$509K
Import VolumeZero
Import Dependency0%
Top SourceArgentina 35%
Where It Comes From
Customs basis: HS 261790, 285210 · exact
Source Countries
Country of origin for US imports, from Census customs data (2023).
AR 35%ArgentinaNZ 22%New ZealandIN 16%IndiaCN 9%ChinaUA 8%Ukraine
- Japan
EPA-registered manufacturers (1)
Companies that report making or importing this chemical to the EPA. Registration is US-centric and does not indicate import origin.
Bethlehem Apparatus
Why It Matters
Sectors
Health
Downstream Uses
Appears in 25 drug and cosmetic product listings (FDA).
- •Cinnabaris
- •Mercurius sulphuratus ruber
- •Bestmade Natural Products BM8
- •GUNA-Sinus NOSE
- •Hers Plus
- •Cinnabar-Pyrite 6X
- •Warts
- •Luffa
Show all 25
- •B08 Mucous Membranes
- •Lymphocil
- •CitriDrops
- •Ricura
- •Hendel Sinus Relief
- •Sinus Relief Formula
- •Sinusitis Drops 2060
- •Sinus-Tone
- •Bestmade Natural Products BM43
- •D-49
- •Immune Booster
- •Nasal Decongestant
- •Sinus Tonic
- •Sinusforce
- •D09 SNS-DRN
- •GUNA Sinus PLUS
- •B03 Sinus Relief
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
Chemical Identity
CAS1344-48-5
PubChem CID62402
DTXSIDDTXSID0047747
FormulaHgS
Mol. Weight232.66 g/mol
SMILESS=[Hg]
Data Sources
DTXSID00477472026-04-06
https://doi.org/10.23645/epacomptox.5588566
Archive: data/sources/comptox/dsstox_identifiers.csv
624022026-04-06
https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/rest/pug/compound/cid/62402/property/MolecularFormula,MolecularWeight,CanonicalSMILES,InChIKey/JSON
Archive: data/sources/pubchem_properties/62402.json
1344-48-52026-04-24
https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting
Archive: data/sources/epa_cdr/2020_cdr.csv
bulk match2026-04-07
https://open.fda.gov/data/ndc/
Archive: data/sources/fda/ndc/ndc.json