Curcumin

Drug ingredient

CAS 458-37-7

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

US productionNot reported

Import value, 2024$216M

Top sourceIndia 20%

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 320300 · basket

These shares come from HS customs code 320300, which covers 16 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).

IN 20%IndiaNZ 14%New ZealandNL 12%NetherlandsIT 12%ItalyPE 10%Peru

Switzerland
Australia
Indonesia
Czech Republic
Dominican Republic
Taiwan
Ecuador
Slovenia
Ivory Coast
South Korea
Poland
Sweden
Philippines
Chile
Finland
Colombia
Nicaragua
Belgium
Austria
El Salvador
Honduras
Greece
Vietnam
Hungary
Pakistan
Morocco
Lebanon
South Africa

1 FDA-registered drug labeler

ProBLEN

Why It Matters

Sectors

Health

Downstream Uses

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

•Immune Support

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

Vendor Pricing

$0.17/gAA BLOCKS

CountryUnited States

Pack$169.00 / 1 kg

Purity99%

Vendors5 available

Prices reflect listed pack sizes. Small research packs run far above bulk rates.

4 more vendors

Vendor	Country	$/g	Pack	Purity
Aaron Chemicals LLC	Hong Kong	$1.37	100 g	80%
AA BLOCKS (2 weeks)	United States	$1.76	100 g	80%
TargetMol Chemicals	China → United States	$1426.00	500 mg	99.07%
TargetMol Chemicals EU	Austria	$2870.00	100 mg	99.07%

Chemical Identity

CAS458-37-7

PubChem CID969516

DTXSIDDTXSID8031077

FormulaC21H20O6

Mol. Weight368.4 g/mol

SMILESCOC1=C(C=CC(=C1)C=CC(=O)CC(=O)C=CC2=CC(=C(C=C2)O)OC)O

Data Sources

PubChem · compound 969516Retrieved 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

Curcumin (CAS 458-37-7) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/458-37-7/ PubChem: 969516. Retrieved 2026-04-07. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/969516 EPA TSCA Inventory: CAS 458-37-7. 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 320300 for CAS 458-37-7. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/