Potassium hydroxide
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$38M
Top SourceSouth Korea 32%
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 281520 · exact
Source Countries
Country of origin for US imports, from Census customs data (2023).
KR 32%South KoreaBE 28%BelgiumJP 9%JapanJO 9%JordanMX 7%Mexico
- India
- Canada
- Israel
- Czech Republic
- Switzerland
- Malaysia
- Spain
- United Kingdom
- Nigeria
EPA-registered manufacturers (14)
Companies that report making or importing this chemical to the EPA. Registration is US-centric and does not indicate import origin.
Erco Worldwide A Div Of Superior Plus · CA Canada
Ter Hell & Co Gmbh · DE Germany
Ashta Chemicals
Chevron U.S.A., Inc. (Cusa)
Dynachem
Show all 14
Enterprise Products Operating
Gehring-Montgomery
Hollyfrontier
J.R. Simplot
Occidental Petroleum
Olin
Packaging Corporation Of America
Superior Plus Us Holdings Inc.19
Veolia North America
EPA-registered importers (33)
Companies that report making or importing this chemical to the EPA. Registration is US-centric and does not indicate import origin.
Basf Se · DE Germany
Brenntag · DE Germany
Clariant International · CH Switzerland
Grupo Mexico S A B De C V · MX Mexico
Merck Kgaa · DE Germany
Show all 33
Toyota Tsusho · JP Japan
Unid Global · KR South Korea
American Mining
Avantor
Basf
Bei Hawaii
Brenntag Southwest, Inc., Lanc
Clariant
Diversey
Emd Holding
Evonik
Fujimi
Kanto
M Chemical
Oci International
Old World Industries
Olin
Packaging Corporation Of America
Reckitt Benckiser
Rierden Chemical & Trading
Samirian Chemicals
The Dow Chemical
Toyota Tsusho America
Tricon International
Univar Solutions
Versum Materials
Wilbur-Ellis
Yara North America
2 FDA-registered drug labelers
Green Earth Health Inc.
Herbamed AG
Why It Matters
Sectors
FoodPlastics & RubberElectronicsPaper & PrintingCore ChemicalsHealthEnergyConsumer ProductsMetals & MiningWaterPaints & CoatingsAgricultureConstruction
Downstream Uses
Appears in 1 drug and cosmetic product listings (FDA).
- •Mdfarma COLD and FLU Relief
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 20 sectors as 27 functional roles.
- •Agricultural chemicals (non-pesticidal) in Pesticide, Fertilizer, and Other Agricultural Chemical Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Flotation agent in Mining (except Oil and Gas) and support activities (100%)Use—non-incorporative activities
- •Intermediate in All Other Basic Inorganic Chemical Manufacturing (9%)Processing as a reactant
- •Agricultural chemicals (non-pesticidal) in Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting (3%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Functional fluids (open systems) in Oil and Gas Drilling, Extraction, and Support activities (8%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Solvents (for cleaning or degreasing) in Soap, Cleaning Compound, and Toilet Preparation Manufacturing (4%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Paint additives and coating additives not described by other categories in All Other Chemical Product and Preparation Manufacturing (5%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Surface modifier in Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing (0%)Processing—incorporation into article
- •Intermediate in All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing (0%)Processing as a reactant
- •Etching agent in Computer and Electronic Product ManufacturingProcessing as a reactant
- •Plating agents and surface treating agents in Computer and Electronic Product ManufacturingProcessing as a reactant
- •Pigment in Paint and Coating Manufacturing (0%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Paint additives and coating additives not described by other categories in Paint and Coating Manufacturing (0%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Cleaning agent in Soap, Cleaning Compound, and Toilet Preparation Manufacturing (0%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Cleaning agent in Fabricated Metal Product ManufacturingUse—non-incorporative activities
- •Process regulators in Construction (0%)Use—non-incorporative activities
- •Surface active agents in Construction (2%)Use—non-incorporative activities
- •Soil amendments (fertilizers) in Pesticide, Fertilizer, and Other Agricultural Chemical Manufacturing (20%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •pH regulating agent in Pesticide, Fertilizer, and Other Agricultural Chemical ManufacturingProcessing as a reactant
- •pH regulating agent in Other (100%)Use—non-incorporative activities
- •Catalyst in Paint and Coating Manufacturing (100%)Processing as a reactant
- •Laboratory chemicals in All Other Chemical Product and Preparation ManufacturingProcessing—repackaging
- •Process regulators in All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing (50%)Processing as a reactant
- •Abrasives in Miscellaneous Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Processing aids, specific to petroleum production in Petroleum Refineries (100%)Processing as a reactant
- •Conductive agent in Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component ManufacturingProcessing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Intermediate in Wholesale and Retail TradeProcessing—repackaging
- •pH regulating agent in All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing (57%)Processing as a reactant
- •pH regulating agent in Utilities (5%)Use—non-incorporative activities
- •Adsorbents and absorbents in Organic Fiber Manufacturing (3%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Ion exchange agents in Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing (6%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Bleaching agents in Wholesale and Retail Trade (2%)Processing—repackaging
- •Oxidizing/reducing agents in Wholesale and Retail Trade (5%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Catalyst in All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing (100%)Processing as a reactant
- •pH regulating agent in All Other Basic Inorganic Chemical ManufacturingProcessing as a reactant
- •Soil amendments (fertilizers) in Wholesale and Retail Trade (10%)Processing as a reactant
- •Soil amendments (fertilizers) in All Other Chemical Product and Preparation Manufacturing (2%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Ion exchange agent in Miscellaneous Manufacturing (2%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Agricultural chemicals (non-pesticidal) in Wholesale and Retail Trade (35%)Processing—repackaging
- •Solvents (for cleaning or degreasing) in Wholesale and Retail Trade (10%)Processing—repackaging
- •Solvents (which become part of product formulation or mixture) in Soap, Cleaning Compound, and Toilet Preparation Manufacturing (4%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •pH regulating agent in Petroleum RefineriesProcessing as a reactant
- •pH regulating agent in Industrial Gas Manufacturing (100%)Processing as a reactant
- •Semiconductor and photovoltaic agent in Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing (100%)Use—non-incorporative activities
Vendor Pricing
$0.02/gFluorochem UK
CountryUnited Kingdom
Pack$100.10 / 5 kg
Purity90%
Vendors8 available
Prices reflect listed pack sizes. Small research packs run far above bulk rates.
7 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sigma-Aldrich (Rush Stock) | Germany | $0.03 | 5 kg | 85% |
| Sigma-Aldrich | Germany | $0.03 | 5 kg | 85% |
| A2B Chem LLC | United States | $0.03 | 500 g | 85% |
| AA BLOCKS | United States | $0.03 | 500 g | 85% |
| Fluorochem EU | Germany | $0.04 | 1 kg | 90% |
| AK Scientific, Inc. | United States | $0.05 | 1 kg | 90% |
| Apollo Scientific UK | United Kingdom | $2.38 | 100 g | 99.995% |
Chemical Identity
CAS1310-58-3
PubChem CID14797
DTXSIDDTXSID5029633
FormulaHKO
Mol. Weight56.106 g/mol
SMILES[OH-].[K+]
Data Sources
DTXSID50296332026-04-06
https://doi.org/10.23645/epacomptox.5588566
Archive: data/sources/comptox/dsstox_identifiers.csv
147972026-04-06
https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/rest/pug/compound/cid/14797/property/MolecularFormula,MolecularWeight,CanonicalSMILES,InChIKey/JSON
Archive: data/sources/pubchem_properties/14797.json
1310-58-32026-04-24
https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting
Archive: data/sources/epa_cdr/2020_cdr.csv
CAS 1310-58-32026-04-07
https://open.fda.gov/data/ndc/
Archive: data/sources/fda/ndc/ndc.json