barium iodide

Drug ingredient

CAS 13718-50-8

This chemical is an active pharmaceutical ingredient used in FDA-regulated drugs.

BaI₂391.1 g/mol

no molecular structure to draw

US productionNot reported

Import value, 2024$21M

Top sourceGermany 35%

This chemical is listed as active in US commerce, but no company reported it to EPA’s survey for 2019 or 2023. Sites may have made or imported less than the threshold amount, or none.

Why supply is unknown

Production is reported production, not a complete census of factories. Import value and source-country shares describe a shared customs category, not a separate chemical measurement.

Where It Comes From

Customs basis: HS 282760 · basket

These shares come from HS customs code 282760, which covers 29 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).

DE 35%GermanyIN 24%IndiaCA 17%CanadaBR 11%BrazilJP 4%Japan

China
Singapore
Spain
Ireland
Malta
United Kingdom
South Africa
Sweden
Israel
Armenia
Chile

11 FDA-registered drug labelers

Apex Energetics Inc.

Bestmade Natural Products

Boiron

Deseret Biologicals, Inc.

Hahnemann Laboratories, INC.

Hanoun, Andrew Functional Medicine Inc.

NET Remedies

OHM PHARMA INC.

Professional Complementary Health Formulas

Vitality Works, Inc.

WELL BODY CONCEPTS LLC

Why It Matters

Sectors

Health

Downstream Uses

Appears in 17 drug and cosmetic product listings (FDA).

•Healthy Start Weight and Appetite Support
•Secale Combination 9244
•Baryta Iodata
•OHM-CIR
•A03 Ultra Antitox
•N10 Paraklenz
•THY-Plex
•Metabolic Reset

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•Aesculus Combination 9202
•Weight Control
•Esteem
•N05 Lymphotox
•Bestmade Natural Products BM96
•D07 LMPH-DRN
•Bestmade Natural Products BM252
•Yin-Yang Balance
•Bestmade Natural Products BM163

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

CAS13718-50-8

PubChem CID83684

DTXSIDDTXSID2065597

FormulaBaI2

Mol. Weight391.14 g/mol

SMILES[I-].[I-].[Ba+2]

Data Sources

PubChem · compound 83684Retrieved 2026-04-07
EPA TSCA InventoryRetrieved 2026-04-24
FDA National Drug Code directoryRetrieved 2026-04-07
US Census international tradeReporting year: 2024 · Retrieved 2026-10-04

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Brief citations

barium iodide (CAS 13718-50-8) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/13718-50-8/ PubChem: 83684. Retrieved 2026-04-07. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/83684 EPA TSCA Inventory: CAS 13718-50-8. Retrieved 2026-04-24. https://www.epa.gov/tsca-inventory FDA National Drug Code directory: bulk match. Retrieved 2026-04-07. https://open.fda.gov/data/ndc/ US Census international trade: HS 282760 for CAS 13718-50-8. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/