C.I. Pigment Blue 15
U.S. production volumes are classified as confidential business information.
US ProductionCBI
Confidential Business Information. The EPA withholds this volume because publishing it could reveal the reporting company's trade secrets.
Import Value$419M
Top SourceIndia 31%
The EPA did not publish how much of this chemical companies made or imported, or marked that amount confidential. Without that volume, ACID cannot calculate import dependency.
Where It Comes From
Customs basis: HS 320417 · basket
These shares come from HS customs code 320417, which covers 51 chemicals in total. They estimate the bucket's origin mix, not this chemical specifically.
Source Countries
Country of origin for US imports, from Census customs data (2023).
IN 31%IndiaCN 21%ChinaDE 17%GermanyKR 6%South KoreaCA 5%Canada
- Netherlands
- Sweden
- Taiwan
- South Africa
- Turkey
- Spain
- Pakistan
- Denmark
- Hungary
- Austria
- Portugal
- Israel
- Ireland
- Australia
- Malaysia
- Singapore
- Brazil
- Poland
- Slovakia
- Hong Kong
- Romania
- Norway
- Colombia
EPA-registered importers (29)
Companies that report making or importing this chemical to the EPA. Registration is US-centric and does not indicate import origin.
Azelis S A · LU Luxembourg
Basf Se · DE Germany
Clariant International · CH Switzerland
Inabata & · JP Japan
Safic Alcan · FR France
Show all 29
Akrochem
Apollo Colors
Azelis Us Holding
Basf
Canon U.S.A
Chemspec
Clariant
Ferro
Flint Cps Inks North America
Flint Group Packaging Inks North America Holdings
H.I.G. Colors
Heubach
Hp
Inabata America
Lexmark International
Liberty Specialty Chemicals
Ricoh Electronics
Ricoh Usa
Sensient Technologies
Target
Toyo Ink America, Llc.
Trust Chem Usa Llc.
Xerox
Yara North America
Why It Matters
Sectors
AgricultureConstructionMetals & MiningPlastics & RubberTextilesConsumer ProductsPaints & CoatingsPaper & PrintingCore Chemicals
Downstream UsesNo data available
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
Used in 16 sectors as 4 functional roles.
- •Pigment in Rubber Product Manufacturing (0%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Pigment in Printing Ink ManufacturingProcessing—incorporation into article
- •Pigment in Wholesale and Retail Trade (0%)Not Known or Reasonably Ascertainable
- •Pigment in Plastics Material and Resin ManufacturingProcessing—incorporation into article
- •Pigment in Paint and Coating Manufacturing (0%)Processing as a reactant
- •Paint additives and coating additives not described by other categories in Paint and Coating Manufacturing (0%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Pigment in Miscellaneous Manufacturing (0%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Pigment in Paper Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into article
- •Intermediate in Printing Ink ManufacturingProcessing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Pigment in Printing and Related Support ActivitiesProcessing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Pigment in Synthetic Rubber ManufacturingProcessing as a reactant
- •Pigment in Plastics Product Manufacturing (55%)Processing—incorporation into article
- •Pigment in Not Known or Reasonably Ascertainable (34%)Processing—incorporation into article
- •Pigment in Custom Compounding of Purchased Resins (55%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Pigment in All Other Chemical Product and Preparation Manufacturing (1%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Pigment in Synthetic Dye and Pigment ManufacturingProcessing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Pigment in Construction (3%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Dyes in Printing and Related Support Activities (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Pigment in Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Paint additives and coating additives not described by other categories in Printing and Related Support Activities (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
Vendor Pricing
$0.30/gBLD Pharmatech Ltd.
CountryChina
Pack$150.00 / 500 g
Purity98%
Vendors6 available
Prices reflect listed pack sizes. Small research packs run far above bulk rates.
5 more vendors
| Vendor | Country Supplier country. Where available, shows shipping origin. When the supplier ships from a different country than where they are registered, both are shown. Most suppliers show registration country only. | $/g | Pack | Purity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BLD Pharmatech GmbH | Germany | $0.46 | 100 g | 98% |
| BLD Pharmatech Co., Limited | United States | $0.51 | 100 g | 98% |
| Ambeed, Inc. | United States | $0.51 | 100 g | 98% |
| AK Scientific, Inc. | United States | $0.90 | 100 g | — |
| AstaTech, Inc | United States | $1.56 | 100 g | 96% |
Chemical Identity
CAS147-14-8
PubChem CID6531516
DTXSIDDTXSID8027117
FormulaC32H16CuN8
Mol. Weight576.1 g/mol
SMILESC1=CC=C2C(=C1)C3=NC4=NC(=NC5=C6C=CC=CC6=C([N-]5)N=C7C8=CC=CC=C8C(=N7)N=C2[N-]3)C9=CC=CC=C94.[Cu+2]
Data Sources
DTXSID80271172026-04-06
https://doi.org/10.23645/epacomptox.5588566
Archive: data/sources/comptox/dsstox_identifiers.csv
65315162026-04-06
https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/rest/pug/compound/cid/6531516/property/MolecularFormula,MolecularWeight,CanonicalSMILES,InChIKey/JSON
Archive: data/sources/pubchem_properties/6531516.json
147-14-82026-04-24
https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting
Archive: data/sources/epa_cdr/2020_cdr.csv
CAS 147-14-82026-04-25
https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting
Archive: data/sources/epa_cdr/2020_cdr_industrial.csv