C.I. Direct Black 168

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

US ProductionCBI

Import Value$18M

Top SourceIndia 41%

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 320414 · basket

These shares come from HS customs code 320414, which covers 7 chemicals in total. They estimate the bucket's origin mix, not this chemical specifically.

Source Countries

IN 41%IndiaMX 33%MexicoJP 8%JapanDE 6%GermanyTW 3%Taiwan

Why It Matters

Sectors

Paper & Printing

Downstream UsesNo data available

FDA Shortage Status

No FDA shortage records

Industrial Uses

Used in 1 sector as 1 functional role.

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

Chemical Identity

CAS85631-88-5

PubChem CID102058859

DTXSIDDTXSID90890417

FormulaC34H24N9Na3O11S3

Mol. Weight899.8 g/mol

SMILESC1=CC=C(C=C1)N=NC2=C(C3=C(C(=C(C=C3C=C2S(=O)(=O)O)S(=O)(=O)O)N=NC4=CC(=C(C=C4)NC5=CC=C(C=C5)N=NC6=C(C=C(C=C6)[O-])N)S(=O)(=O)[O-])N)[O-].[Na+].[Na+].[Na+]

Data Sources

DTXSID908904172026-04-06

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

Archive: data/sources/comptox/dsstox_identifiers.csv

1020588592026-04-06

https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/rest/pug/compound/cid/102058859/property/MolecularFormula,MolecularWeight,CanonicalSMILES,InChIKey/JSON

Archive: data/sources/pubchem_properties/102058859.json

85631-88-52026-04-24

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

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

CAS 85631-88-52026-04-25

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

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

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