Potassium benzoate

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

Molecular structure of 582-25-2
US ProductionCBI
Import Value$89M
Top SourceEstonia 32%

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.

Source Countries
EE 32%EstoniaCN 30%ChinaNL 21%NetherlandsIT 5%ItalyIN 4%India

Why It Matters

Sectors
FoodMetals & MiningPaints & Coatings
Downstream UsesNo data available
FDA Shortage Status
No FDA shortage records

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

$0.01/gAaron Chemicals LLC
CountryHong Kong
Pack$6.00 / 500 g
Purity99%
Vendors16 available

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

15 more vendors
VendorCountry$/gPackPurity
Angene ChemicalChina Hong Kong$0.02500 g99%
A2B Chem LLCUnited States$0.0425 kg99%
MedChemExpress MCESweden$0.055 kg99.98%
ChemsceneUnited States$0.051 kg
AA BLOCKSUnited States$0.052.5 kg99%
Fluorochem EUGermany$0.061 kg99%
Fluorochem UKUnited Kingdom$0.07500 g99%
Ambeed, Inc.United States$0.111 kg99%
Sigma-Aldrich (Rush Stock)Germany$0.181 kg99%
Sigma-AldrichGermany$0.181 kg99%
Combi-Blocks, Inc.United States$0.251 kg98%
AK Scientific SpecializedUnited States$0.40100 g98%
AK Scientific, Inc.United States$0.54100 g99%
Angene International LimitedUnited States$0.97100 g98%
AngeneChina Hong Kong$4266.6730 mg99%

Chemical Identity

CAS582-25-2
PubChem CID23661960
DTXSIDDTXSID1027219
FormulaC7H5KO2
Mol. Weight160.21 g/mol
SMILESC1=CC=C(C=C1)C(=O)[O-].[K+]

Data Sources

DTXSID10272192026-04-06

https://doi.org/10.23645/epacomptox.5588566

Archive: data/sources/comptox/dsstox_identifiers.csv

236619602026-04-06

https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/rest/pug/compound/cid/23661960/property/MolecularFormula,MolecularWeight,CanonicalSMILES,InChIKey/JSON

Archive: data/sources/pubchem_properties/23661960.json

582-25-22026-04-24

https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting

Archive: data/sources/epa_cdr/2020_cdr.csv

CAS 582-25-22026-04-25

https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting

Archive: data/sources/epa_cdr/2020_cdr_industrial.csv