Dipotassium dihydrogen (1-hydroxyethylidene)bisphosphonate
Used in 4 industrial sectors tracked by the EPA.
US Production194.0K lbs
Import Value$598M
Import Volume18.8K lbs
Import Dependency9%
Top SourceChina 89%
Where It Comes From
Customs basis: HS 293149 · basket
These shares come from HS customs code 293149, which covers 52 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 89%ChinaIN 4%IndiaCA 3%CanadaDE 2%GermanyAR 1%Argentina
- United Kingdom
- Italy
- Mexico
- Japan
- Switzerland
- Hong Kong
- Ukraine
- Finland
- Sweden
- Spain
- Poland
- Slovakia
- Netherlands
- Singapore
- Taiwan
- South Korea
- Czech Republic
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.
Henkel
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.
Italmatch Chemicals Spa · IT Italy
Italmatch Usa
Why It Matters
Sectors
EnergyElectronicsTransportationMetals & Mining
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 6 sectors as 2 functional roles.
- •Cleaning agent in Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing (56.5%)Processing as a reactant
- •Cleaning agent in Machinery Manufacturing (2.49%)Processing as a reactant
- •Cleaning agent in Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing (2.49%)Processing as a reactant
- •Cleaning agent in Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing (1.24%)Processing as a reactant
- •Cleaning agent in Transportation Equipment Manufacturing (37.28%)Processing as a reactant
- •Anti-scaling agent in Oil and Gas Drilling, Extraction, and Support activities (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
Chemical Identity
CAS21089-06-5
PubChem CID88790
DTXSIDDTXSID7029746
FormulaC2H6K2O7P2
Mol. Weight282.21 g/mol
SMILESCC(O)(P(=O)(O)[O-])P(=O)(O)[O-].[K+].[K+]
Data Sources
DTXSID70297462026-04-06
https://doi.org/10.23645/epacomptox.5588566
Archive: data/sources/comptox/dsstox_identifiers.csv
887902026-04-06
https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/rest/pug/compound/cid/88790/property/MolecularFormula,MolecularWeight,CanonicalSMILES,InChIKey/JSON
Archive: data/sources/pubchem_properties/88790.json
21089-06-52026-04-24
https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting
Archive: data/sources/epa_cdr/2020_cdr.csv
CAS 21089-06-52026-04-25
https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting
Archive: data/sources/epa_cdr/2020_cdr_industrial.csv