Dipotassium hexafluorozirconate(2-)

CAS 16923-95-8

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

Molecular structure of 16923-95-8 — 2 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 Confidential · Imports Confidential

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 (1)

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

Honeywell International (123312)

Why It Matters

Sectors

Metals & 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

•Corrosion inhibitor in Fabricated Metal Product ManufacturingUse—non-incorporative activities

Chemical Identity

CAS16923-95-8

PubChem CID56828182

DTXSIDDTXSID00893979

FormulaF6K2Zr

Mol. Weight283.41 g/mol

SMILESF[Zr-2](F)(F)(F)(F)F.[K+].[K+]

Data Sources

EPA CompTox (DSSTox) · DTXSID00893979Retrieved 2026-04-06
PubChem · compound 56828182Retrieved 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

Dipotassium hexafluorozirconate(2-) (CAS 16923-95-8) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/16923-95-8/ EPA CompTox (DSSTox): DTXSID00893979. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://comptox.epa.gov/dashboard/chemical/details/DTXSID00893979 PubChem: 56828182. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/56828182 EPA Chemical Data Reporting: 16923-95-8. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting EPA Chemical Data Reporting: CAS 16923-95-8. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting US Census international trade: HS 282690 for CAS 16923-95-8. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/