Potassium metaborate

CAS 13709-94-9

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

Molecular structure of 13709-94-9 — 1 K⁺

US productionCBI

Confidential Business Information. The EPA withholds this volume because publishing it could reveal the reporting company's trade secrets.

Import value, 2024$16M

Top sourceItaly 37%

At least one company claimed its 2023 production or import volume for this chemical as confidential, so EPA withholds it.

Why supply is unknown

Production is reported production, not a complete census of factories. US production volume is confidential. Production reporting year: 2023. Import value and source-country shares describe a shared customs category, not a separate chemical measurement.

Where It Comes From

Customs basis: HS 284020 · basket

EPA reports by year

2023: US production Confidential · Imports Confidential
2019: US production Confidential · Imports Confidential

These shares come from HS customs code 284020, which covers 16 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).

IT 37%ItalyIN 19%IndiaCN 16%ChinaTR 12%TurkeyPE 5%Peru

South Korea
Brazil
Mexico
United Kingdom
Finland
Japan
Netherlands

EPA-registered manufacturers (5)

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

Syensqo Sa · BE Belgium

Basf

Harcros Chemicals

Solvay

Domestic parents -- activity not disclosed (1)

EPA records name a US company for this chemical but do not disclose whether the company made it here or imported it.

Halliburton

Why It Matters

Sectors

EnergyMetals & Mining

Downstream UsesNot recorded

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 3 sectors as 3 functional roles.

•Processing aids, specific to petroleum production in Oil and Gas Drilling, Extraction, and Support activities (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
•Cleaning agent in Fabricated Metal Product ManufacturingUse—non-incorporative activities
•Corrosion inhibitor in Petroleum Refineries (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product

Chemical Identity

CAS13709-94-9

PubChem CID123325

DTXSIDDTXSID3049752

FormulaBKO2

Mol. Weight81.91 g/mol

SMILESB(=O)[O-].[K+]

Data Sources

EPA CompTox (DSSTox) · DTXSID3049752Retrieved 2026-04-06
PubChem · compound 123325Retrieved 2026-04-06
EPA Chemical Data ReportingReporting year: 2023 · Retrieved 2026-10-04
EPA Chemical Data ReportingReporting year: 2023 · Retrieved 2026-10-04
US Census international tradeReporting year: 2024 · Retrieved 2026-10-04

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Brief citations

Potassium metaborate (CAS 13709-94-9) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/13709-94-9/ EPA CompTox (DSSTox): DTXSID3049752. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://comptox.epa.gov/dashboard/chemical/details/DTXSID3049752 PubChem: 123325. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/123325 EPA Chemical Data Reporting: 13709-94-9. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting EPA Chemical Data Reporting: CAS 13709-94-9. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting US Census international trade: HS 284020 for CAS 13709-94-9. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/