Magnesium hexafluorosilicate
No U.S. production. America imports the entire domestic supply.
US ProductionZero
Import Value$87M
Import Volume44.1K lbs
Import Dependency100%
Top SourceChina 71%
Magnesium 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 (1)
Companies that report making or importing this chemical to the EPA. Registration is US-centric and does not indicate import origin.
Florida Chemical Supply
Why It Matters
Sectors
Construction
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 1 sector as 1 functional role.
- •Binder in Non-metallic Mineral Product Manufacturing (includes clay, glass, cement, concrete, lime, gypsum, and other non-metallic mineral product manufacturing)Not Known or Reasonably Ascertainable
Chemical Identity
CAS16949-65-8
PubChem CID61861
DTXSIDDTXSID70884950
FormulaF6MgSi
Mol. Weight166.38 g/mol
SMILESF[Si-2](F)(F)(F)(F)F.[Mg+2]
Data Sources
DTXSID708849502026-04-06
https://doi.org/10.23645/epacomptox.5588566
Archive: data/sources/comptox/dsstox_identifiers.csv
618612026-04-06
https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/rest/pug/compound/cid/61861/property/MolecularFormula,MolecularWeight,CanonicalSMILES,InChIKey/JSON
Archive: data/sources/pubchem_properties/61861.json
16949-65-82026-04-24
https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting
Archive: data/sources/epa_cdr/2020_cdr.csv
CAS 16949-65-82026-04-25
https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting
Archive: data/sources/epa_cdr/2020_cdr_industrial.csv