Potassium cyanate

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

Molecular structure of 590-28-3
US ProductionCBI
Import Value$32M
Top SourceChina 39%

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 284290 · basket

These shares come from HS customs code 284290, which covers 29 chemicals in total. They estimate the bucket's origin mix, not this chemical specifically.

Source Countries
CN 39%ChinaDE 33%GermanyCA 9%CanadaGB 4%United KingdomJP 3%Japan
EPA-registered importers (3)
Nihon Parkerizing · JP Japan
Parker Trutec
Trutec Industries

Why It Matters

Sectors
Metals & Mining
Downstream UsesNo data available
FDA Shortage Status
No FDA shortage records

Industrial Uses

Used in 2 sectors as 2 functional roles.

  • Surface modifier in Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing (100%)Processing as a reactant
  • Plating agents and surface treating agents in Primary Metal Manufacturing (100%)Processing as a reactant

Vendor Pricing

$0.02/gAaron Chemicals LLC
CountryHong Kong
Pack$79.00 / 5 kg
Purity97%
Vendors15 available

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

14 more vendors
VendorCountry$/gPackPurity
Angene ChemicalChina Hong Kong$0.025 kg97%
BLD Pharmatech GmbHGermany$0.041 kg97%
BLD Pharmatech Ltd.China$0.041 kg97%
AA BLOCKSUnited States$0.111 kg97%
A2B Chem LLCUnited States$0.111 kg97%
AK Scientific SpecializedUnited States$0.121 kg95%
Sigma-Aldrich (Rush Stock)Germany$0.14500 g96%
Sigma-AldrichGermany$0.14500 g96%
AK Scientific, Inc.United States$0.201 kg97%
Fulfilled by MolportLatvia$0.2025 g
Angene International LimitedUnited States$0.39500 g97%
Combi-Blocks, Inc.United States$0.40500 g95%
AstaTech (2 weeks)United States$0.99100 g95%
AngeneChina Hong Kong$4266.6730 mg97%

Chemical Identity

CAS590-28-3
PubChem CID11378442
DTXSIDDTXSID2047692
FormulaCKNO
Mol. Weight81.115 g/mol
SMILESC(#N)[O-].[K+]

Data Sources

DTXSID20476922026-04-06

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

Archive: data/sources/comptox/dsstox_identifiers.csv

113784422026-04-06

https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/rest/pug/compound/cid/11378442/property/MolecularFormula,MolecularWeight,CanonicalSMILES,InChIKey/JSON

Archive: data/sources/pubchem_properties/11378442.json

590-28-32026-04-24

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

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

CAS 590-28-32026-04-25

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

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