cobaltous iodide

Drug ingredient

CAS 15238-00-3

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

CoI₂312.7 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

1 FDA-registered drug labeler

Hahnemann Laboratories, INC.

Why It Matters

Sectors

Health

Downstream Uses

Appears in 1 drug and cosmetic product listings (FDA).

•Cobaltum Iodatum

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

CAS15238-00-3

PubChem CID84850

DTXSIDDTXSID301014304

FormulaCoI2

Mol. Weight312.7421 g/mol

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

Data Sources

PubChem · compound 84850Retrieved 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

cobaltous iodide (CAS 15238-00-3) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/15238-00-3/ PubChem: 84850. Retrieved 2026-04-07. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/84850 EPA TSCA Inventory: CAS 15238-00-3. 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 15238-00-3. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/