Vat Blue 4

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

Molecular structure of 81-77-6
US ProductionCBI
Import Value$9M
Top SourceIndia 67%

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 320415 · basket

These shares come from HS customs code 320415, which covers 2 chemicals in total. They estimate the bucket's origin mix, not this chemical specifically.

Source Countries
IN 67%IndiaCN 14%ChinaNL 9%NetherlandsJP 5%JapanID 2%Indonesia
EPA-registered importers (3)
Basf Se · DE Germany
Basf
Heubach

Why It Matters

Sectors
TransportationPlastics & RubberPaints & CoatingsPaper & Printing
Downstream UsesNo data available
FDA Shortage Status
No FDA shortage records

Industrial Uses

Used in 6 sectors as 3 functional roles.

  • •Pigment in Plastics Material and Resin ManufacturingProcessing—incorporation into article
  • •Pigment in Transportation Equipment Manufacturing (0%)Processing—incorporation into article
  • •Pigment in Paint and Coating ManufacturingProcessing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
  • •Paint additives and coating additives not described by other categories in Paint and Coating ManufacturingProcessing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
  • •Pigment in Printing Ink ManufacturingProcessing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
  • •Dyes in Printing and Related Support Activities (3%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
  • •Pigment in Plastics Product Manufacturing (50%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product

Vendor Pricing

$0.34/gAaron Chemicals LLC
CountryHong Kong
Pack$169.00 / 500 g
PurityNo data available
Vendors14 available

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

13 more vendors
VendorCountry$/gPackPurity
Angene ChemicalChina → Hong Kong$0.42400 g—
BLD Pharmatech GmbHGermany$0.51500 g—
BLD Pharmatech Ltd.China$0.51500 g—
Ambeed, Inc.United States$0.51500 g—
BLD Pharmatech Co., LimitedUnited States$0.74100 g—
A2B Chem LLCUnited States$0.7625 g—
AA BLOCKSUnited States$0.8425 g95%
AK Scientific, Inc.United States$1.26100 g—
Angene International LimitedUnited States$2.29100 g—
AngeneChina → Hong Kong$4266.6730 mg—
AsinexNetherlands$12100.0030 mg90%
ChemBridge CorporationKazakhstan$12500.0010 mg90%
TimTec, LLC (back-ordered)United States$32000.0015 mg94%

Chemical Identity

CAS81-77-6
PubChem CID6690
DTXSIDDTXSID2026280
FormulaC28H14N2O4
Mol. Weight442.4 g/mol
SMILESC1=CC=C2C(=C1)C(=O)C3=C(C2=O)C4=C(C=C3)NC5=C(N4)C=CC6=C5C(=O)C7=CC=CC=C7C6=O

Data Sources

DTXSID20262802026-04-06

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

Archive: data/sources/comptox/dsstox_identifiers.csv

66902026-04-06

https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/rest/pug/compound/cid/6690/property/MolecularFormula,MolecularWeight,CanonicalSMILES,InChIKey/JSON

Archive: data/sources/pubchem_properties/6690.json

81-77-62026-04-24

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

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

CAS 81-77-62026-04-25

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

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

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