Ammonium hexachloroplatinate(IV)

CAS 16919-58-7

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

Molecular structure of 16919-58-7 — 2 NH₄⁺

US productionCBI

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

Import value, 2024$111M

Import volumeZero

Top sourceJapan 43%

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 284390 · basket

EPA reports by year

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

These shares come from HS customs code 284390, which covers 65 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).

JP 43%JapanZA 22%South AfricaDE 12%GermanyIN 10%IndiaAR 6%Argentina

Belgium
Australia
Switzerland
Turkey
Austria
Mexico
Latvia
South Korea
Romania
Taiwan
Poland

EPA-registered manufacturers (1)

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

Johnson Matthey

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.

Sabin Metal

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 1 functional role.

•Intermediate in Other (99%)Processing as a reactant
•Intermediate in All Other Basic Inorganic Chemical Manufacturing (100%)Processing as a reactant

Vendor Pricing

$27.00/gA2B Chem LLC

CountryUnited States

Pack$135.00 / 5 g

Purity98%

Vendors11 available

Prices reflect listed pack sizes. Small research packs run far above bulk rates.

10 more vendors

Vendor	Country	$/g	Pack	Purity
Combi-Blocks, Inc.	United States	$27.00	5 g	95%
AA BLOCKS	United States	$31.40	5 g	98%
Angene Chemical	China → Hong Kong	$48.60	5 g	98%
Aaron Chemicals LLC	Hong Kong	$50.60	5 g	98%
Ambeed, Inc.	United States	$81.00	1 g	98%
AstaTech, Inc	United States	$144.60	5 g	95%
Sigma-Aldrich (Rush Stock)	Germany	$297.98	1 g	99.995%
Sigma-Aldrich	Germany	$297.98	1 g	99.995%
Angene International Limited	United States	$760.00	100 mg	98%
Angene	China → Hong Kong	$4266.67	30 mg	98%

Chemical Identity

CAS16919-58-7

PubChem CID16211460

DTXSIDDTXSID10893445

FormulaCl6H8N2Pt

Mol. Weight443.9 g/mol

SMILES[NH4+].[NH4+].Cl[Pt-2](Cl)(Cl)(Cl)(Cl)Cl

Data Sources

EPA CompTox (DSSTox) · DTXSID10893445Retrieved 2026-04-06
PubChem · compound 16211460Retrieved 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

Ammonium hexachloroplatinate(IV) (CAS 16919-58-7) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/16919-58-7/ EPA CompTox (DSSTox): DTXSID10893445. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://comptox.epa.gov/dashboard/chemical/details/DTXSID10893445 PubChem: 16211460. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/16211460 EPA Chemical Data Reporting: 16919-58-7. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting EPA Chemical Data Reporting: CAS 16919-58-7. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting US Census international trade: HS 284390 for CAS 16919-58-7. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/