Bismuth tris(dimethyldithiocarbamate)

CAS 21260-46-8

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, 2024$25M

Import volumeZero

Top sourceChina 40%

At least one company claimed its 2023 production or import volume for this chemical as confidential, so EPA withholds it.

Why supply is unknown

Production is reported production, not a complete census of factories. US production volume is confidential. Production reporting year: 2023. Import value and source-country shares describe a shared customs category, not a separate chemical measurement.

Where It Comes From

Customs basis: HS 293020 · basket

EPA reports by year

2023: US production Confidential · Imports Zero
2019: US production Confidential · Imports Zero

These shares come from HS customs code 293020, which covers 37 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).

CN 40%ChinaHU 16%HungaryJP 15%JapanIN 15%IndiaIT 6%Italy

Canada
Netherlands
United Kingdom
Israel

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.

Vanderbilt Chemicals

Why It Matters

Sectors

Plastics & Rubber

Downstream UsesNot recorded

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

•Process regulators in Rubber Product Manufacturing (90%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product

Chemical Identity

CAS21260-46-8

PubChem CID560564

DTXSIDDTXSID7020180

FormulaC9H18BiN3S6

Mol. Weight569.6 g/mol

SMILESCN(C)C(=S)S[Bi](SC(=S)N(C)C)SC(=S)N(C)C

Data Sources

EPA CompTox (DSSTox) · DTXSID7020180Retrieved 2026-04-06
PubChem · compound 560564Retrieved 2026-04-06
EPA Chemical Data ReportingReporting year: 2023 · Retrieved 2026-10-04
EPA Chemical Data ReportingReporting year: 2023 · Retrieved 2026-10-04
US Census international tradeReporting year: 2024 · Retrieved 2026-10-04

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Brief citations

Bismuth tris(dimethyldithiocarbamate) (CAS 21260-46-8) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/21260-46-8/ EPA CompTox (DSSTox): DTXSID7020180. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://comptox.epa.gov/dashboard/chemical/details/DTXSID7020180 PubChem: 560564. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/560564 EPA Chemical Data Reporting: 21260-46-8. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting EPA Chemical Data Reporting: CAS 21260-46-8. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting US Census international trade: HS 293020 for CAS 21260-46-8. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/