Potassium acetate
Drug ingredientThis drug ingredient has classified U.S. production volumes. EPA withholds the number as confidential business information.
US ProductionCBI
Confidential Business Information. The EPA withholds this volume because publishing it could reveal the reporting company's trade secrets.
Import Value$64M
Top SourceNetherlands 37%
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 291529 · basket
These shares come from HS customs code 291529, which covers 18 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).
NL 37%NetherlandsCN 16%ChinaCA 15%CanadaIT 7%ItalyGB 5%United Kingdom
- Finland
- Belgium
- Lithuania
- Czech Republic
- Switzerland
- Spain
- Turkey
- Sweden
- Singapore
- Slovakia
- Armenia
EPA-registered manufacturers (12)
Companies that report making or importing this chemical to the EPA. Registration is US-centric and does not indicate import origin.
Bayer Ag · DE Germany
Actagro
Avantor
Baker Hughes
Bayer Us Holding
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Ecolab
Ele
Evonik
Hawkins
Mount Vernon Mills
Nachurs Alpine Solutions
The Andersons
EPA-registered importers (5)
Companies that report making or importing this chemical to the EPA. Registration is US-centric and does not indicate import origin.
Emd Holding
Evonik
Valagro Usa
Walter Kidde Portable Equipment
Wilbur-Ellis
11 FDA-registered drug labelers
Avantor Performance Materials, LLC
DNA Labs, Inc.
Exela Pharma Sciences, LLC
Fresenius Kabi USA, LLC
Global Calcium Private Limited
Hahnemann Laboratories, INC.
Harman Finochem Limited
Hospira, Inc.
ICU Medical Inc.
Maithri Drugs Private Limited
QUALITY CHEMICALS S.L.
Why It Matters
Sectors
FoodCore ChemicalsHealthEnergyConsumer ProductsMetals & MiningTextilesAgricultureConstruction
Downstream Uses
Appears in 4 drug and cosmetic product listings (FDA).
- •Normosol-M AND Dextrose
- •Kali Aceticum
- •D-93
- •Potassium Acetate
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 10 sectors as 13 functional roles.
- •Agricultural chemicals (non-pesticidal) in Pesticide, Fertilizer, and Other Agricultural Chemical Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Intermediate in Pesticide, Fertilizer, and Other Agricultural Chemical Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Fuels and fuel additives in Oil and Gas Drilling, Extraction, and Support activitiesProcessing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Soil amendments (fertilizers) in Pesticide, Fertilizer, and Other Agricultural Chemical Manufacturing (20%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Catalyst in All Other Chemical Product and Preparation ManufacturingProcessing as a reactant
- •Preservative in Food, beverage, and tobacco product manufacturingProcessing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Flame retardants in Not Known or Reasonably AscertainableProcessing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Laboratory chemicals in All Other Chemical Product and Preparation ManufacturingProcessing—repackaging
- •Functional fluids (open systems) in OtherUse—non-incorporative activities
- •Intermediate in All Other Basic Organic Chemical ManufacturingProcessing as a reactant
- •Lubricants and lubricant additives in Soap, Cleaning Compound, and Toilet Preparation Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Catalyst in Construction (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Process regulators in Construction (50%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Propellants and blowing agents in Construction (50%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Agricultural chemicals (non-pesticidal) in All Other Chemical Product and Preparation ManufacturingProcessing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Anti-freeze agent in All Other Chemical Product and Preparation Manufacturing (90%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Soil amendments (fertilizers) in Wholesale and Retail Trade (10%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
Vendor Pricing
$0.00/gAaron Chemicals LLC
CountryHong Kong
Pack$33.00 / 10 kg
Purity98%
Vendors19 available
Prices reflect listed pack sizes. Small research packs run far above bulk rates.
18 more vendors
| Vendor | Country Supplier country. Where available, shows shipping origin. When the supplier ships from a different country than where they are registered, both are shown. Most suppliers show registration country only. | $/g | Pack | Purity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Angene Chemical | China → Hong Kong | $0.00 | 10 kg | 98% |
| AA BLOCKS | United States | $0.02 | 1 kg | 99% |
| A2B Chem LLC | United States | $0.02 | 1 kg | 99% |
| BLD Pharmatech GmbH | Germany | $0.03 | 1 kg | 98% |
| BLD Pharmatech Ltd. | China | $0.03 | 1 kg | 98% |
| Sigma-Aldrich (Rush Stock) | Germany | $0.03 | 10 kg | 98% |
| Sigma-Aldrich | Germany | $0.03 | 10 kg | 98% |
| Fluorochem UK | United Kingdom | $0.05 | 1 kg | 99% |
| AK Scientific, Inc. | United States | $0.05 | 1 kg | 99% |
| Apollo Scientific US | United Kingdom | $0.07 | 10 kg | 99% |
| BLD Pharmatech Co., Limited | United States | $0.11 | 1 kg | 98% |
| Ambeed, Inc. | United States | $0.11 | 1 kg | 98% |
| Fluorochem EU | Germany | $0.22 | 100 g | 99% |
| Combi-Blocks, Inc. | United States | $0.25 | 1 kg | 98% |
| Angene International Limited | United States | $0.31 | 500 g | 99% |
| Aldlab | United States | $0.39 | 25 g | 95% |
| MedChemExpress MCE | Sweden | $1.00 | 100 g | 99.71% |
| Angene | China → Hong Kong | $4266.67 | 30 mg | 98% |
Chemical Identity
CAS127-08-2
PubChem CID517044
DTXSIDDTXSID7027043
FormulaC2H3KO2
Mol. Weight98.14 g/mol
SMILESCC(=O)[O-].[K+]
Data Sources
DTXSID70270432026-04-06
https://doi.org/10.23645/epacomptox.5588566
Archive: data/sources/comptox/dsstox_identifiers.csv
5170442026-04-06
https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/rest/pug/compound/cid/517044/property/MolecularFormula,MolecularWeight,CanonicalSMILES,InChIKey/JSON
Archive: data/sources/pubchem_properties/517044.json
127-08-22026-04-24
https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting
Archive: data/sources/epa_cdr/2020_cdr.csv
CAS 127-08-22026-04-07
https://open.fda.gov/data/ndc/
Archive: data/sources/fda/ndc/ndc.json