tetrabromomethane

Drug ingredient

CAS 558-13-4

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

US productionNot reported

Import value, 2024$18M

Top sourceChina 42%

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 290369 · basket

These shares come from HS customs code 290369, which covers 96 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 42%ChinaIN 19%IndiaIT 14%ItalyIL 13%IsraelNL 9%Netherlands

Singapore
Germany
Hungary
Ukraine
Switzerland
Mexico
Hong Kong

1 FDA-registered drug labeler

Hahnemann Laboratories, INC.

Why It Matters

Sectors

Health

Downstream Uses

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

•Carboneum Bromatum

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

$0.09/gKeminntek Laboratories

CountryIndia

Pack$88.91 / 1 kg

Purity95%

Vendors15 available

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

14 more vendors

Vendor	Country	$/g	Pack	Purity
A2B Chem LLC	United States	$0.33	500 g	99%
AA BLOCKS	United States	$0.43	500 g	99%
Fluorochem UK	United Kingdom	$0.51	500 g	99%
Sigma-Aldrich (Rush Stock)	Germany	$0.59	500 g	99%
Sigma-Aldrich	Germany	$0.59	500 g	99%
AK Scientific Specialized	United States	$0.66	100 g	98%
AK Scientific, Inc.	United States	$0.93	100 g	99%
Combi-Blocks, Inc.	United States	$0.96	500 g	97%
AstaTech, Inc	United States	$0.98	100 g	95%
Labotest KG	Germany	$217.80	5000 mg	90%
Otava, Ltd.	Ukraine	$2280.00	50 mg	95%
Otava, Ltd. (2 weeks)	Ukraine	$2724.00	50 mg	95%
Asinex	Netherlands	$6461.40	100 mg	90%
TimTec, LLC (back-ordered)	United States	$32000.00	15 mg	94%

Chemical Identity

CAS558-13-4

PubChem CID11205

DTXSIDDTXSID8060327

FormulaCBr4

Mol. Weight331.63 g/mol

SMILESC(Br)(Br)(Br)Br

Data Sources

PubChem · compound 11205Retrieved 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

tetrabromomethane (CAS 558-13-4) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/558-13-4/ PubChem: 11205. Retrieved 2026-04-07. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/11205 EPA TSCA Inventory: CAS 558-13-4. 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 290369 for CAS 558-13-4. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/