Potassium metabisulfite

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

US ProductionCBI

Import Value$4M

Top SourceItaly 46%

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 283220 · basket

These shares come from HS customs code 283220, which covers 7 chemicals in total. They estimate the bucket's origin mix, not this chemical specifically.

Source Countries

IT 46%ItalyCN 33%ChinaDE 18%GermanyIN 1%IndiaNZ 1%New Zealand

EPA-registered importers (3)

Basf Se · DE Germany

Basf

Enartis Usa

Why It Matters

Sectors

Core Chemicals

Downstream UsesNo data available

FDA Shortage Status

No FDA shortage records

Industrial Uses

Used in 1 sector as 1 functional role.

•Bleaching agents in All Other Chemical Product and Preparation ManufacturingUse—non-incorporative activities

Chemical Identity

CAS16731-55-8

PubChem CID28019

DTXSIDDTXSID1021293

FormulaK2O5S2

Mol. Weight222.33 g/mol

SMILES[O-]S(=O)S(=O)(=O)[O-].[K+].[K+]

Data Sources

DTXSID10212932026-04-06

https://doi.org/10.23645/epacomptox.5588566

Archive: data/sources/comptox/dsstox_identifiers.csv

280192026-04-06

https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/rest/pug/compound/cid/28019/property/MolecularFormula,MolecularWeight,CanonicalSMILES,InChIKey/JSON

Archive: data/sources/pubchem_properties/28019.json

16731-55-82026-04-24

https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting

Archive: data/sources/epa_cdr/2020_cdr.csv

CAS 16731-55-82026-04-25

https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting

Archive: data/sources/epa_cdr/2020_cdr_industrial.csv

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