Indigo

Drug ingredient

This drug ingredient has classified U.S. production volumes. EPA withholds the number as confidential business information.

Molecular structure of 482-89-3
US ProductionCBI
Import Value$9M
Top SourceIndia 67%

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 320415 · basket

These shares come from HS customs code 320415, which covers 2 chemicals in total. They estimate the bucket's origin mix, not this chemical specifically.

Source Countries
IN 67%IndiaCN 14%ChinaNL 9%NetherlandsJP 5%JapanID 2%Indonesia
EPA-registered importers (1)
Aceto Us
3 FDA-registered drug labelers
Bestmade Natural Products
BM PRIVATE LIMITED
Hahnemann Laboratories, INC.

Why It Matters

Sectors
HealthTextiles
Downstream Uses

Appears in 3 drug and cosmetic product listings (FDA).

  • Indigo
  • CINA
  • Bestmade Natural Products BM238
FDA Shortage Status
No FDA shortage records

Industrial Uses

Used in 1 sector as 1 functional role.

  • Pigment in Synthetic Dye and Pigment Manufacturing (100%)Processing as a reactant

Chemical Identity

CAS482-89-3
PubChem CID10215
DTXSIDDTXSID3026279
FormulaC16H10N2O2
Mol. Weight262.26 g/mol
SMILESC1=CC=C2C(=C1)C(=C(N2)C3=NC4=CC=CC=C4C3=O)O

Data Sources

DTXSID30262792026-04-06

https://doi.org/10.23645/epacomptox.5588566

Archive: data/sources/comptox/dsstox_identifiers.csv

102152026-04-06

https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/rest/pug/compound/cid/10215/property/MolecularFormula,MolecularWeight,CanonicalSMILES,InChIKey/JSON

Archive: data/sources/pubchem_properties/10215.json

482-89-32026-04-24

https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting

Archive: data/sources/epa_cdr/2020_cdr.csv

CAS 482-89-32026-04-07

https://open.fda.gov/data/ndc/

Archive: data/sources/fda/ndc/ndc.json