Bismuth(III) carbonate

Drug ingredient

CAS 5892-10-4

This drug ingredient has classified U.S. production volumes. EPA withholds the number 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$116M

Top sourceAustralia 23%

At least one company claimed its 2023 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: 2023. Import value and source-country shares describe a shared customs category, not a separate chemical measurement.

Where It Comes From

Customs basis: HS 283699 · basket

EPA reports by year

2023: US production Confidential · Imports Confidential
2019: US production Confidential · Imports Confidential

These shares come from HS customs code 283699, which covers 26 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).

AU 23%AustraliaDE 17%GermanyCN 15%ChinaPH 13%PhilippinesFI 9%Finland

South Korea
Malaysia
Turkey
Sweden
Czech Republic
Peru
Mexico
Spain
Switzerland
Belgium

EPA-registered manufacturers (1)

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

Shepherd Material Science

Why It Matters

Sectors

Core ChemicalsHealthPlastics & Rubber

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

Used in 2 sectors as 2 functional roles.

•Catalyst in All Other Basic Inorganic Chemical Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
•Pigment in Plastics Product Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into article

Vendor Pricing

$0.14/gA2B Chem LLC

CountryUnited States

Pack$68.00 / 500 g

Purity80%

Vendors5 available

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

4 more vendors

Vendor	Country	$/g	Pack	Purity
AA BLOCKS	United States	$0.17	500 g	80%
Sigma-Aldrich (Rush Stock)	Germany	$0.69	100 g	82.5%
Sigma-Aldrich	Germany	$0.69	100 g	82.5%
AK Scientific, Inc.	United States	$0.79	100 g	80%

Chemical Identity

CAS5892-10-4

PubChem CID16683095

DTXSIDDTXSID5046518

FormulaCBi2O5

Mol. Weight509.97 g/mol

SMILESC(=O)(O[Bi]=O)O[Bi]=O

Data Sources

EPA CompTox (DSSTox) · DTXSID5046518Retrieved 2026-04-06
PubChem · compound 16683095Retrieved 2026-04-06
EPA Chemical Data ReportingReporting year: 2023 · 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

Bismuth(III) carbonate (CAS 5892-10-4) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/5892-10-4/ EPA CompTox (DSSTox): DTXSID5046518. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://comptox.epa.gov/dashboard/chemical/details/DTXSID5046518 PubChem: 16683095. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/16683095 EPA Chemical Data Reporting: 5892-10-4. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting EPA Chemical Data Reporting: CAS 5892-10-4. Reporting year: 2019. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting US Census international trade: HS 283699 for CAS 5892-10-4. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/