Boron potassium oxide (B5KO8)
No U.S. production. America imports the entire domestic supply.
US ProductionZero
Import Value$16M
Import Volume4.8K lbs
Import Dependency100%
Top SourceItaly 37%
Boron potassium oxide (B5KO8) · US import value by year
Where It Comes From
Customs basis: HS 284020 · basket
These shares come from HS customs code 284020, which covers 9 chemicals in total. They estimate the bucket's origin mix, not this chemical specifically.
Source Countries
Country of origin for US imports, from Census customs data (2023).
IT 37%ItalyIN 19%IndiaCN 16%ChinaTR 12%TurkeyPE 5%Peru
- South Korea
- Brazil
- Mexico
- United Kingdom
- Finland
- Japan
- Netherlands
EPA-registered importers (1)
Companies that report making or importing this chemical to the EPA. Registration is US-centric and does not indicate import origin.
U.S. Borax
Why It Matters
Sectors
Core Chemicals
Downstream UsesNo data available
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 1 sector as 1 functional role.
- •Intermediate in All Other Chemical Product and Preparation Manufacturing (0%)Use—non-incorporative activities
Chemical Identity
CAS11128-29-3
PubChem CID6336601
DTXSIDDTXSID9050149
FormulaB2K2O
Mol. Weight115.82 g/mol
SMILES[B].[B].[O-2].[K+].[K+]
Data Sources
DTXSID90501492026-04-06
https://doi.org/10.23645/epacomptox.5588566
Archive: data/sources/comptox/dsstox_identifiers.csv
63366012026-04-06
https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/rest/pug/compound/cid/6336601/property/MolecularFormula,MolecularWeight,CanonicalSMILES,InChIKey/JSON
Archive: data/sources/pubchem_properties/6336601.json
11128-29-32026-04-24
https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting
Archive: data/sources/epa_cdr/2020_cdr.csv
CAS 11128-29-32026-04-25
https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting
Archive: data/sources/epa_cdr/2020_cdr_industrial.csv