C.I. Acid Black 172

U.S. production volumes are classified as confidential business information.

US ProductionCBI

Import Value$56M

Top SourceIndia 70%

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 320412 · basket

These shares come from HS customs code 320412, which covers 19 chemicals in total. They estimate the bucket's origin mix, not this chemical specifically.

Source Countries

IN 70%IndiaMY 7%MalaysiaCH 4%SwitzerlandCN 4%ChinaDE 3%Germany

EPA-registered importers (2)

Huntsman

Organic Dyes And Pigments

Why It Matters

Sectors

Textiles

Downstream UsesNo data available

FDA Shortage Status

No FDA shortage records

Industrial Uses

Used in 1 sector as 1 functional role.

•Dye in Textiles, apparel, and leather manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into article

Chemical Identity

CAS57693-14-8

PubChem CID11979793

DTXSIDDTXSID9028045

FormulaC40H20CrN6Na3O14S2

Mol. Weight993.7 g/mol

SMILESC1=CC=C2C(=C1)C=CC(=C2N=NC3=C4C=CC(=CC4=C(C=C3[O-])S(=O)(=O)[O-])[N+](=O)[O-])[O-].C1=CC=C2C(=C1)C=CC(=C2N=NC3=C4C=CC(=CC4=C(C=C3[O-])S(=O)(=O)[O-])[N+](=O)[O-])[O-].[Na+].[Na+].[Na+].[Cr+3]

Data Sources

DTXSID90280452026-04-06

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

Archive: data/sources/comptox/dsstox_identifiers.csv

119797932026-04-06

https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/rest/pug/compound/cid/11979793/property/MolecularFormula,MolecularWeight,CanonicalSMILES,InChIKey/JSON

Archive: data/sources/pubchem_properties/11979793.json

57693-14-82026-04-24

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

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

CAS 57693-14-82026-04-25

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

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

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