Potassium stearate

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

Molecular structure of 593-29-3
US ProductionCBI
Import Value$220M
Top SourceIndonesia 18%

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.

Source Countries
ID 18%IndonesiaMY 15%MalaysiaIT 9%ItalyCA 9%CanadaCN 7%China
EPA-registered manufacturers (3)
Michelman
Struktol Company Of America
Traxit North America
EPA-registered importers (4)
Ineos · IM Isle of Man
Safic Alcan · FR France
Chemspec
Ineos Styrolution America

Why It Matters

Sectors
Plastics & RubberConsumer ProductsPaints & CoatingsCore Chemicals
Downstream UsesNo data available
FDA Shortage Status
No FDA shortage records

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

$0.02/gAngene Chemical
CountryChina (registered: Hong Kong)
Pack$10.00 / 500 g
Purity95%
Vendors10 available

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

9 more vendors
VendorCountry$/gPackPurity
Aaron Chemicals LLCHong Kong$0.02250 g95%
AA BLOCKSUnited States$0.04250 g98%
A2B Chem LLCUnited States$0.04250 g98%
MedChemExpress MCESweden$0.121 kg99.91%
Fluorochem EUGermany$0.15100 g98%
Combi-Blocks, Inc.United States$1.36500 g98%
AK Scientific, Inc.United States$2.85100 g98%
Angene International LimitedUnited States$4.73100 g98%
AngeneChina Hong Kong$4266.6730 mg95%

Chemical Identity

CAS593-29-3
PubChem CID23673840
DTXSIDDTXSID0042323
FormulaC18H35KO2
Mol. Weight322.6 g/mol
SMILESCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC(=O)[O-].[K+]

Data Sources

DTXSID00423232026-04-06

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

Archive: data/sources/comptox/dsstox_identifiers.csv

236738402026-04-06

https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/rest/pug/compound/cid/23673840/property/MolecularFormula,MolecularWeight,CanonicalSMILES,InChIKey/JSON

Archive: data/sources/pubchem_properties/23673840.json

593-29-32026-04-24

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

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

CAS 593-29-32026-04-25

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

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