Potassium stearate
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 291570, 340120 · narrow
These shares come from HS customs code 291570, 340120, which covers 52 chemicals in total. They estimate the bucket's origin mix, not this chemical specifically.
- Belgium
- United Arab Emirates
- Taiwan
- New Zealand
- Vietnam
- Ukraine
- Greece
- Poland
- Colombia
- Jordan
- Israel
- Dominican Republic
- Brazil
- Argentina
- Hong Kong
- Aruba
- Peru
- Sweden
- Guatemala
- Morocco
- Denmark
- Ghana
- Philippines
- Ivory Coast
- Lebanon
- El Salvador
- Switzerland
- South Africa
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Ireland
- Luxembourg
- Czech Republic
- Bangladesh
- Honduras
- Monaco
- Dominica
- Georgia
- Bulgaria
- Haiti
- Pakistan
- Albania
- Austria
- Iraq
- Iceland
Why It Matters
Industrial Uses
Used in 4 sectors as 2 functional roles.
- •Lubricants and lubricant additives in Plastics Product Manufacturing (79%)Processing—incorporation into article
- •Lubricants and lubricant additives in Plastics Material and Resin Manufacturing (21%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Surface active agents in Paint and Coating Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Lubricants and lubricant additives in Soap, Cleaning Compound, and Toilet Preparation Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
Vendor Pricing
Prices reflect listed pack sizes. Small research packs run far above bulk rates.
9 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aaron Chemicals LLC | Hong Kong | $0.02 | 250 g | 95% |
| AA BLOCKS | United States | $0.04 | 250 g | 98% |
| A2B Chem LLC | United States | $0.04 | 250 g | 98% |
| MedChemExpress MCE | Sweden | $0.12 | 1 kg | 99.91% |
| Fluorochem EU | Germany | $0.15 | 100 g | 98% |
| Combi-Blocks, Inc. | United States | $1.36 | 500 g | 98% |
| AK Scientific, Inc. | United States | $2.85 | 100 g | 98% |
| Angene International Limited | United States | $4.73 | 100 g | 98% |
| Angene | China → Hong Kong | $4266.67 | 30 mg | 95% |
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/23673840/property/MolecularFormula,MolecularWeight,CanonicalSMILES,InChIKey/JSON
Archive: data/sources/pubchem_properties/23673840.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