Potassium

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

US ProductionCBI

Import Value$44M

Top SourceChina 56%

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 280519 · narrow

These shares come from HS customs code 280519, which covers 4 chemicals in total. They estimate the bucket's origin mix, not this chemical specifically.

Source Countries

CN 56%ChinaDE 25%GermanyIT 18%Italy

EPA-registered manufacturers (1)

Ascensus Specialties Callery

EPA-registered importers (2)

Shell · GB United Kingdom

Shell Chemical

Why It Matters

Sectors

Core Chemicals

Downstream UsesNo data available

FDA Shortage Status

No Shortage

Industrial Uses

Used in 2 sectors as 2 functional roles.

•Intermediate in All Other Chemical Product and Preparation ManufacturingProcessing as a reactant
•Processing aids, specific to petroleum production in Petrochemical Manufacturing (100%)Processing as a reactant

Chemical Identity

CAS7440-09-7

PubChem CID5462222

DTXSIDDTXSID9049748

FormulaK

Mol. Weight39.0983 g/mol

SMILES[K]

Data Sources

DTXSID90497482026-04-06

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

Archive: data/sources/comptox/dsstox_identifiers.csv

54622222026-04-06

https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/rest/pug/compound/cid/5462222/property/MolecularFormula,MolecularWeight,CanonicalSMILES,InChIKey/JSON

Archive: data/sources/pubchem_properties/5462222.json

7440-09-72026-04-24

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

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

CAS 7440-09-72026-06-13

https://api.fda.gov/drug/shortages.json

Archive: data/sources/fda/shortages/shortages.json

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