Quino[2,3-b]acridine-7,14-dione, 5,6,12,13-tetrahydro-

CAS 5862-38-4

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$1.4B

Top sourceIreland 33%

At least one company claimed its 2019 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: 2019. Import value and source-country shares describe a shared customs category, not a separate chemical measurement.

Where It Comes From

Customs basis: HS 293399 · basket

EPA reports by year

2023: US production Not published · Imports Not published
2019: US production Confidential · Imports Confidential

These shares come from HS customs code 293399, which covers 518 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).

IE 33%IrelandCN 26%ChinaIN 11%IndiaDE 9%GermanyIT 4%Italy

Taiwan
Poland
Canada
Ivory Coast
Greece
Hungary
Indonesia
Latvia
Belgium
Slovakia
Czech Republic
Austria
Netherlands
Finland
Denmark
Croatia
Australia
South Africa
Sweden
Hong Kong
Malta
Singapore
Lithuania
Malaysia
Oman
Serbia

EPA-registered manufacturers (2)

Companies that report making or importing this chemical to the EPA. Registration is US-centric and does not indicate import origin.

Basf Se · DE Germany

Basf

Why It Matters

Sectors

Paints & Coatings

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

•Pigment in Paint and Coating ManufacturingProcessing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product

Chemical Identity

CAS5862-38-4

PubChem CID79973

DTXSIDDTXSID4027606

FormulaC20H14N2O2

Mol. Weight314.3 g/mol

SMILESC1C2=C(CC3=C1NC4=CC=CC=C4C3=O)NC5=CC=CC=C5C2=O

Data Sources

EPA CompTox (DSSTox) · DTXSID4027606Retrieved 2026-04-06
PubChem · compound 79973Retrieved 2026-04-06
EPA Chemical Data ReportingReporting year: 2019 · Retrieved 2026-10-04
EPA Chemical Data ReportingReporting year: 2019 · Retrieved 2026-10-04
US Census international tradeReporting year: 2024 · Retrieved 2026-10-04

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Brief citations

Quino[2,3-b]acridine-7,14-dione, 5,6,12,13-tetrahydro- (CAS 5862-38-4) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/5862-38-4/ EPA CompTox (DSSTox): DTXSID4027606. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://comptox.epa.gov/dashboard/chemical/details/DTXSID4027606 PubChem: 79973. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/79973 EPA Chemical Data Reporting: 5862-38-4. Reporting year: 2019. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting EPA Chemical Data Reporting: CAS 5862-38-4. Reporting year: 2019. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting US Census international trade: HS 293399 for CAS 5862-38-4. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/