Potassium tetrafluoroborate

CAS 14075-53-7

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

Molecular structure of 14075-53-7 — 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$87M

Top sourceChina 71%

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 282690 · basket

EPA reports by year

2023: US production Confidential · Imports Confidential
2019: US production Zero · Imports 3.8M lb

These shares come from HS customs code 282690, which covers 32 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).

CN 71%ChinaKR 12%South KoreaJP 5%JapanDE 4%GermanyBE 3%Belgium

Denmark
Mexico
Taiwan
Spain
Canada
Bulgaria
Vietnam
Poland
Italy
Brazil
United Kingdom
Switzerland

EPA-registered importers (4)

Companies that report making or importing this chemical to the EPA. Registration is US-centric and does not indicate import origin.

Basstech International

Saint Gobain

Wego Chemical Group

Why It Matters

Sectors

Metals & MiningCore Chemicals

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 2 sectors as 2 functional roles.

•Abrasives in Miscellaneous Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into article
•Intermediate in All Other Basic Inorganic Chemical Manufacturing (0%)Processing as a reactant

Chemical Identity

CAS14075-53-7

PubChem CID518872

DTXSIDDTXSID6037015

FormulaBF4K

Mol. Weight125.91 g/mol

SMILES[B-](F)(F)(F)F.[K+]

Data Sources

EPA CompTox (DSSTox) · DTXSID6037015Retrieved 2026-04-06
PubChem · compound 518872Retrieved 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 tetrafluoroborate (CAS 14075-53-7) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/14075-53-7/ EPA CompTox (DSSTox): DTXSID6037015. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://comptox.epa.gov/dashboard/chemical/details/DTXSID6037015 PubChem: 518872. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/518872 EPA Chemical Data Reporting: 14075-53-7. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting EPA Chemical Data Reporting: CAS 14075-53-7. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting US Census international trade: HS 282690 for CAS 14075-53-7. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/