Bismuth subsalicylate
Drug ingredientCAS 14882-18-9
Companies reported imports and no US production of this drug ingredient to EPA for 2023.
US productionZero
Import value, 2024$22M
Import volume3.4M lb
Import dependency100%
Top sourceGermany 45%
Production is reported production, not a complete census of factories. Production reporting year: 2023. Import value and source-country shares describe a shared customs category, not a separate chemical measurement.
Bismuth subsalicylate · US import value by year
2013: $12M · Peak 2022: $25M · 2024: $22M · 2025: $19M
Where It Comes From
Customs basis: HS 291821 · basket
EPA reports by year
- 2023
- US production Zero · Imports 3.4M lb
- 2019
- US production Confidential · Imports Confidential
These shares come from HS customs code 291821, which covers 14 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 45%GermanyIT 16%ItalyCN 15%ChinaMX 15%MexicoIN 5%India
- Japan
- Netherlands
EPA-registered importers (1)
Companies that report making or importing this chemical to the EPA. Registration is US-centric and does not indicate import origin.
5N Plus
105 FDA-registered drug labelers
5N Plus Lubeck GmbH
Advance Pharmaceutical Inc.
Allegiant Health
AMAZON.COM SERVICES LLC
AMERISOURCE BERGEN
AptaPharma Inc.
ASCLEMED USA INC.
ATLANTIC BIOLOGICALS CORP.
Best Choice (Valu Merchandisers Company)
Cardinal Health (Leader) 70000
CARDINAL HEALTH 110, LLC. DBA LEADER
Care One (Retail Business Services, LLC.)
Catalent Ontario Limited
CDMA- QC
CHAIN DRUG CONSORTIUM,LLC
CHAIN DRUG MARKETING ASSOCIATION INC
Cintas Corp
Consumer Value Products, Inc.
CVS
CVS PHARMACY
CVS PHARMACY, INC.
Demoulas Super Markets Inc
Discount Drug Mart, Inc
DOLGENCORP, INC.
Dolgencorp, Inc. (DOLLAR GENERAL & REXALL)
EQUATE (Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.) (see also WAL-MART INC)
Family Dollar (FAMILY WELLNESS)
Family Dollar Services, Inc.
First Aid Direct
FSA Store Inc. (Caring Mill)
Ginger Health Company
Gobrands, Inc. (Goodnow)
Good Sense (Geiss, Destin & Dunn, Inc.)
Grocery Outlet, Inc.
Guardian Drug Company
H E B
Harris Teeter, LLC
JC World Bell Wholesale Co., Inc.
JHK Inc dba American Safety & First Aid
KRAMER LABORATORIES
KROGER COMPANY
Laboratorios Imperiales, S.A. de C.V.
Laboratorios Sanfer, S.A. de C.V.
LEADER/ Cardinal Health 110, Inc.
LETCO MEDICAL, LLC
Lil' Drug Store Products, Inc
Major Pharmaceuticals
Marc Glassman, Inc.
McKesson Medical-Surgical
MEDGEL PRIVATE LIMITED
Meijer
MEIJER DISTRIBUTION INC
Menper Distributors, Inc.
Merrick Medicine Company, Inc
Navajo Manufacturing Company Inc.
NUVICARE LLC
OCB Pharmaceutical S.R.L.
P & L Development, LLC
PHARMACY VALUE ALLIANCE, LLC
Pharmadel LLC
Pioneer Life Sciences, LLC
Preferred Pharmaceuticals Inc.
Procter & Gamble Manufactura S de RL de CV
Procter & Gamble Manufacturing Mxico, S. de R.L. de C.V.
PROFESSIONAL COMPOUNDING CENTERS OF AMERICA
ProMex LLC
PUBLIX SUPER MARKETS INC,
PuraCap Pharmaceutical LLC
QUALITY CHOICE (CHAIN DRUG MARKETING ASSOCIATION)
RARITAN PHAMACEUTICALS INC
Raritan Pharmaceuticals Inc
Reliable 1 Laboratories LLC
Retail Business Services, LLC.
Richmond Pharmaceuticals, Inc
RITE AID CORPORATION
Rnv LLC
Rugby Laboratories, Inc.
SAFEWAY
Safeway, Inc.
Shandong Xinhua Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
Shield Pharmaceuticals Corp
Softgel Healthcare Pvt Ltd
Spectrum Laboratory Products, Inc.
Strategic Sourcing Services LLC
Strive Pharmaceuticals Inc.
TARGET CORPORATION
THE KROGER CO.
The Procter & Gamble Manufacturing Company
Thompson Safety LLC
TopCo
TOPCO ASSOCIATES LLC
Unifirst First Aid Corporation
UNITED NATURAL FOODS, INC. DBA UNFI
VIVUNT PHARMA LLC
Wal-Mart Stores Inc
WALGREEN CO.
WALGREEN COMPANY
Walgreens
WALGREENS CO.
Walmart
Walmart Inc.
WALMART INC. (see also Equate)
WINCO FOODS
WINCO FOODS LLC
YOUR MILITARY EXCHANGE
Why It Matters
Sectors
HealthPaints & Coatings
Downstream Uses
Appears in 149 drug and cosmetic product listings (FDA).
- •Stomach Relief - Regular Strength
- •Dye Free Regular Strength Stomach Relief
- •Bismuth Subsalicylate Suspension Regular Strength
- •Quality Choice Stomach Relief 528
- •Signature CARE Regular Strength
- •Ultra Stomach Relief
- •GNP Pink Bismuth
- •Kroger Regular Strength Pink Bismuth
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- •TopCare Regular Strength
- •Stomach Relief
- •HEB Stomach Relief Regular Strength
- •Pepto Relief
- •WinCo Foods Stomach Relief
- •Premier Value
- •Premier Value Diarrhea Relief Vanilla Flavor
- •Goodsense Regular strength Stomach Relief 122
- •Soothe Ultra Strength
- •Pepto Bismol Fast Melts Fresh Berry Flavored
- •Stomach Relief Maximum Strength
- •Careone Stomach Relief
- •Ultra Strength Stomach Relief
- •Fevia Diarrhea Control
- •Rite Aid Regular Strngth Pink Bismuth
- •Pepto-Bismol Ultra
- •Equaline Stomach Relief
- •Stomach Relief Ultra
- •Guardian Pink Bismuth
- •Maximum Strength Pink Bismuth
- •Pepto-Bismol Diarrhea
- •CVS Health Anti-Diarrheal Vanilla
- •Pepto-Bismol Chewable, Travel Basix
- •Pepto Bismol Chews
- •Right Remedies Stomach Relief Bismuth Subsalicylate 262 mg softgel
- •up and up digestive relief
- •RITE AID Ultra Strnght Pink Bismuth
- •TopCare Stomach Relief Ultra Strength
- •Topcare Stomach Relief cherry
- •Pepto-Bismol Ultra Cherry
- •meijer stomach relief regular strength
- •meijer stomach relief
- •Publix Regular Strength Pink Bismuth
- •First Aid Direct Peptum Tabs
- •Pink Bismuth
- •Kaopectate
- •Pepto Bismol Chewables
- •Stomach Relief, 24-7 Life
- •Ultra Strength digestive relief
- •Major Bismuth Subsalicylate
- •Amazon Regular Strength
- •Wonderbelly Multi-Symptom
- •Treda Ultra
- •Rite Aid Stomach Relief Original Flavor
- •HEB Stomach Relief Max Strength
- •Publix Stomach Relief Ultra Strength
- •CVS Stomach Relief Ultra Strength
- •Maximum Strength Stomach Relief
- •Pocket Pepto Pepto Bismol
- •QC Anti Diarrheal Vanilla Regular Flavor
- •Pepto-Bismol Chewable, CVP Health
- •WinCo Foods Ultra Strength Stomach Relief
- •Walgreen Stomach Relief
- •Bismuth
- •Walgreen Ultra Strength PINK Bismuth
- •Topcare Stomach Relief Original Strength
- •Meijer Bismuth Stomach Relief
- •5-Symptom Digestive Relief
- •Digestive Relief Regular Strength
- •Ultra Strenght PINK Bismuth
- •Rite Aid Stomach Relief
- •Kroger Digestive Relief
- •TopCare Stomach Relief Regular Strength
- •HEB Stomach Relief Cherry
- •GNP Stomach Relief
- •Pepto Bismol Chewable 5 Symptoms Relief
- •GS Stomach Relief
- •Pink Bismuth Original
- •Kaopectate Peppermint Flavor Anti Diarrheal
- •Estomaquil Polvo
- •QC Pink Bismuth
- •QC Stomach Relief Regular Strength
- •Soothe
- •DRx Choice Stomach Relief Regular Strength
- •McKesson Bismuth
- •Walgreen
- •Bismuth Subsalicylate
- •Foster and Thrive Stomach Relief
- •Pepto-Bismol
- •Quality Choice Ultra Strength Stomach Relief
- •RITE AID Regular Strength Pink Bismuth
- •Topco Stomach Relief
- •HEB Stomach Relief
- •Medique Diotame
- •Goodsense maximum strength Stomach Relief 528
- •Family wellness Stomach Relief
- •Stomach Circle K
- •Stomach Relief, 24-7 Life by 7-Eleven
- •Walgreen Stomach Relief Ultra Strength
- •CVS Health Stomach relief Cherry Flavor
- •regular strength pink bismuth
- •up and up 5-symptom digestive relief
- •Signature CARE Ultra Strength Stomach
- •Kroger Stomach Relief
- •Pepto-Bismol Cherry
- •Equaline Maximum Strength Stomach Relief
- •Chewable Stomach Relief
- •Anti-Diarrheal Maximum Strength
- •Stomach Relief Ultra Strength
- •Bismutina
- •Kaopectate Max Peppermint Flavor Anti Diarrheal
- •Rapidol Stomach Relief
- •QC Stomach Relief Cherry Flavor
- •Stomach Relief Original Strength
- •Amazon Digestive Relief
- •PEPT-ACHE
- •Equate Bismuth Stomach Relief Chew
- •Quality Choice Regular Strength Stomach Relief
- •Digestive Relief
- •CVS Health Stomach Relief Softgel
- •Guardian Pink-Bismuth Cherry
- •Pep Tum
- •Pink Bismuth Regular Strength
- •Stomach Lil Drug Store Products
- •Stomach Relief, Caseys 4good
- •Pepto Bismol Fast Melts Winter Frost Flavored
- •Bismuth Subsalicylate 262 mg
- •Regular Strength Stomach Relief
- •Thompson Chewable Bismuth Tabs
- •Upset Stomach Relief-Bismuth Subsalicylate 262 mg
- •Rite Aid Digestive Relief
- •Medi-First Pep-T-Med
- •Ultra Bismuth
- •Anti-Diarrheal
- •Bismuth Chewable
- •Gastrobiz
- •Walgreens Bismuth Stomach Relief
- •Foster and Thrive Regular Strength Stomach Relief 527
- •Equate Stomach Relief
- •QCH Stomach Relief 535
- •Revasol Peptic Relief
- •Pepto Bismol Liquicaps
- •Pepto Bismol Diarrhea Liquicaps
- •Pepto Diarrhea
- •Good Neighbor Ultra Strength Stomach Relief
- •CVS Stomach Relief
- •Kaopectate Vanilla Flavor Anti Diarrheal
- •Percy Medicine
- •Max Strength Stomach Relief
- •Topcare Ultra Strength Stomach Relief
- •TopCare Bismuth Stomach 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
Industrial Uses
- •Catalyst in Paint and Coating Manufacturing (10%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
Chemical Identity
CAS14882-18-9
PubChem CID53629521
DTXSIDDTXSID6024622
FormulaC7H5BiO4
Mol. Weight362.09 g/mol
SMILESC1=CC=C(C(=C1)C(=O)[O-])[O-].[OH-].[Bi+3]
Data Sources
- EPA CompTox (DSSTox) · DTXSID6024622Retrieved 2026-04-06
- PubChem · compound 53629521Retrieved 2026-04-06
- 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
Brief citations
Bismuth subsalicylate (CAS 14882-18-9) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/14882-18-9/ EPA CompTox (DSSTox): DTXSID6024622. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://comptox.epa.gov/dashboard/chemical/details/DTXSID6024622 PubChem: 53629521. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/53629521 EPA Chemical Data Reporting: 14882-18-9. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting FDA National Drug Code directory: CAS 14882-18-9. Retrieved 2026-04-07. https://open.fda.gov/data/ndc/ US Census international trade: HS 291821 for CAS 14882-18-9. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/