Potassium benzoate
U.S. production volumes are classified as confidential business information.
The EPA did not publish how much of this chemical companies made or imported, or marked that amount confidential. Without that volume, ACID cannot calculate import dependency.
Where It Comes From
Customs basis: HS 291631 · basket
These shares come from HS customs code 291631, which covers 25 chemicals in total. They estimate the bucket's origin mix, not this chemical specifically.
- Germany
- Malaysia
- Switzerland
- South Korea
- Indonesia
- Japan
- Israel
- Taiwan
Why It Matters
Industrial Uses
Used in 1 sector as 1 functional role.
- •Paint additives and coating additives not described by other categories in Paint and Coating Manufacturing (3%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
Vendor Pricing
Prices reflect listed pack sizes. Small research packs run far above bulk rates.
15 more vendors
| Vendor | Country Supplier country. Where available, shows shipping origin. When the supplier ships from a different country than where they are registered, both are shown. Most suppliers show registration country only. | $/g | Pack | Purity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Angene Chemical | China → Hong Kong | $0.02 | 500 g | 99% |
| A2B Chem LLC | United States | $0.04 | 25 kg | 99% |
| MedChemExpress MCE | Sweden | $0.05 | 5 kg | 99.98% |
| Chemscene | United States | $0.05 | 1 kg | — |
| AA BLOCKS | United States | $0.05 | 2.5 kg | 99% |
| Fluorochem EU | Germany | $0.06 | 1 kg | 99% |
| Fluorochem UK | United Kingdom | $0.07 | 500 g | 99% |
| Ambeed, Inc. | United States | $0.11 | 1 kg | 99% |
| Sigma-Aldrich (Rush Stock) | Germany | $0.18 | 1 kg | 99% |
| Sigma-Aldrich | Germany | $0.18 | 1 kg | 99% |
| Combi-Blocks, Inc. | United States | $0.25 | 1 kg | 98% |
| AK Scientific Specialized | United States | $0.40 | 100 g | 98% |
| AK Scientific, Inc. | United States | $0.54 | 100 g | 99% |
| Angene International Limited | United States | $0.97 | 100 g | 98% |
| Angene | China → Hong Kong | $4266.67 | 30 mg | 99% |
Chemical Identity
Data Sources
https://doi.org/10.23645/epacomptox.5588566
Archive: data/sources/comptox/dsstox_identifiers.csv
https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/rest/pug/compound/cid/23661960/property/MolecularFormula,MolecularWeight,CanonicalSMILES,InChIKey/JSON
Archive: data/sources/pubchem_properties/23661960.json
https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting
Archive: data/sources/epa_cdr/2020_cdr.csv
https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting
Archive: data/sources/epa_cdr/2020_cdr_industrial.csv