D&C Violet 2

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

Molecular structure of 81-48-1
US ProductionCBI
Import Value$43M
Top SourceJapan 29%

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 320411 · basket

These shares come from HS customs code 320411, which covers 10 chemicals in total. They estimate the bucket's origin mix, not this chemical specifically.

Source Countries
JP 29%JapanMX 21%MexicoID 14%IndonesiaIN 13%IndiaCN 11%China
EPA-registered importers (2)
Milliken &
Sensient Technologies

Why It Matters

Sectors
Plastics & RubberPaper & Printing
Downstream UsesNo data available
FDA Shortage Status
No FDA shortage records

Industrial Uses

Used in 2 sectors as 2 functional roles.

  • Dyes in Plastics Material and Resin Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
  • Dye in Printing Ink Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product

Vendor Pricing

$0.05/gAaron Chemicals LLC
CountryHong Kong
Pack$26.00 / 500 g
Purity98%
Vendors18 available

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

17 more vendors
VendorCountry$/gPackPurity
Angene ChemicalChina Hong Kong$0.06500 g98%
Fluorochem EUGermany$0.101 kg98%
A2B Chem LLCUnited States$0.10100 g97%
AA BLOCKSUnited States$0.12100 g97%
ChemsceneUnited States$0.121 kg
BLD Pharmatech Ltd.China$0.141 kg97%
BLD Pharmatech GmbHGermany$0.14500 g97%
Ambeed, Inc.United States$0.151 kg97%
MedChemExpress MCESweden$0.151 kg
BLD Pharmatech Co., LimitedUnited States$0.15500 g97%
Combi-Blocks, Inc.United States$0.251 kg97%
AK Scientific, Inc.United States$1.2025 g95%
AstaTech (2 weeks)United States$3.0825 g95%
Angene International LimitedUnited States$3.2825 g95%
AngeneChina Hong Kong$4266.6730 mg98%
AsinexNetherlands$9292.8050 mg90%
TimTec, LLC (back-ordered)United States$32000.0015 mg94%

Chemical Identity

CAS81-48-1
PubChem CID6680
DTXSIDDTXSID1026293
FormulaC21H15NO3
Mol. Weight329.3 g/mol
SMILESCC1=CC=C(C=C1)NC2=C3C(=C(C=C2)O)C(=O)C4=CC=CC=C4C3=O

Data Sources

DTXSID10262932026-04-06

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

Archive: data/sources/comptox/dsstox_identifiers.csv

66802026-04-06

https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/rest/pug/compound/cid/6680/property/MolecularFormula,MolecularWeight,CanonicalSMILES,InChIKey/JSON

Archive: data/sources/pubchem_properties/6680.json

81-48-12026-04-24

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

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

CAS 81-48-12026-04-25

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

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