Piperine

Drug ingredient

CAS 94-62-2

This chemical is an active pharmaceutical ingredient used in FDA-regulated drugs.

US productionNot reported

Import value, 2024$171M

Top sourceSwitzerland 40%

This chemical is listed as active in US commerce, but no company reported it to EPA’s survey for 2019 or 2023. Sites may have made or imported less than the threshold amount, or none.

Why supply is unknown

Production is reported production, not a complete census of factories. Import value and source-country shares describe a shared customs category, not a separate chemical measurement.

Where It Comes From

Customs basis: HS 293979 · basket

These shares come from HS customs code 293979, which covers 60 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).

CH 40%SwitzerlandCN 18%ChinaIT 14%ItalyDE 13%GermanyIN 10%India

Australia
Poland
Belgium
Taiwan
Canada
Japan
Spain
Mexico
New Zealand
Slovenia
Israel

3 FDA-registered drug labelers

Deseret Biologicals, Inc.

Energique, Inc.

Professional Complementary Health Formulas

Why It Matters

Sectors

Health

Downstream Uses

Appears in 4 drug and cosmetic product listings (FDA).

•Dairy Allergen Mix
•Piperine 1537
•Multi-Phenolic
•Allermilk

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

Vendor Pricing

$2.05/gAaron Chemicals LLC

CountryHong Kong

Pack$205.00 / 100 g

Purity98%

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	$3.15	100 g	98%
Apexbio Technology LLC	United States	$20.60	5 g	98.23%
Molnova	China	$130.00	200 mg	99%
TargetMol Chemicals	China → United States	$145.00	200 mg	99.25%

Chemical Identity

CAS94-62-2

PubChem CID638024

DTXSIDDTXSID3021805

FormulaC17H19NO3

Mol. Weight285.34 g/mol

SMILESC1CCN(CC1)C(=O)C=CC=CC2=CC3=C(C=C2)OCO3

Data Sources

PubChem · compound 638024Retrieved 2026-04-07
EPA TSCA InventoryRetrieved 2026-04-24
FDA National Drug Code directoryRetrieved 2026-04-07
US Census international tradeReporting year: 2024 · Retrieved 2026-10-04

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Brief citations

Piperine (CAS 94-62-2) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/94-62-2/ PubChem: 638024. Retrieved 2026-04-07. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/638024 EPA TSCA Inventory: CAS 94-62-2. Retrieved 2026-04-24. https://www.epa.gov/tsca-inventory FDA National Drug Code directory: bulk match. Retrieved 2026-04-07. https://open.fda.gov/data/ndc/ US Census international trade: HS 293979 for CAS 94-62-2. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/