Ammonium hexafluorosilicate
No U.S. production. America imports the entire domestic supply.
US ProductionZero
Import Value$87M
Import Volume1.2M lbs
Import Dependency100%
Top SourceChina 71%
Ammonium hexafluorosilicate · US import value by year
Where It Comes From
Customs basis: HS 282690 · basket
These shares come from HS customs code 282690, which covers 13 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).
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 (2)
Companies that report making or importing this chemical to the EPA. Registration is US-centric and does not indicate import origin.
Florida Chemical Supply
Koch Industries
Why It Matters
Sectors
AgricultureEnergy
Downstream UsesNo data available
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.
- •Etching agent in Oil and Gas Drilling, Extraction, and Support activitiesNot Known or Reasonably Ascertainable
- •Agricultural chemicals (non-pesticidal) in Pesticide, Fertilizer, and Other Agricultural Chemical Manufacturing (100%)Processing—repackaging
Chemical Identity
CAS16919-19-0
PubChem CID28145
DTXSIDDTXSID6047076
FormulaF6H8N2Si
Mol. Weight178.153 g/mol
SMILES[NH4+].[NH4+].F[Si-2](F)(F)(F)(F)F
Data Sources
DTXSID60470762026-04-06
https://doi.org/10.23645/epacomptox.5588566
Archive: data/sources/comptox/dsstox_identifiers.csv
281452026-04-06
https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/rest/pug/compound/cid/28145/property/MolecularFormula,MolecularWeight,CanonicalSMILES,InChIKey/JSON
Archive: data/sources/pubchem_properties/28145.json
16919-19-02026-04-24
https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting
Archive: data/sources/epa_cdr/2020_cdr.csv
CAS 16919-19-02026-04-25
https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting
Archive: data/sources/epa_cdr/2020_cdr_industrial.csv