Potassium permanganate
Drug ingredientThis chemical is an active pharmaceutical ingredient used in FDA-regulated drugs.
US Production23.3M lbs
Import Value$4M
Import Volume1.8M lbs
Import Dependency7%
Top SourceIndia 93%
Where It Comes From
Customs basis: HS 284161 · exact
Source Countries
Country of origin for US imports, from Census customs data (2023).
IN 93%IndiaMY 3%MalaysiaDE 2%GermanyJP 2%Japan
- United Kingdom
EPA-registered manufacturers (1)
Companies that report making or importing this chemical to the EPA. Registration is US-centric and does not indicate import origin.
Condy Holdings
EPA-registered importers (4)
Companies that report making or importing this chemical to the EPA. Registration is US-centric and does not indicate import origin.
Cascade Columbia
Marubeni America
United Mineral And Chemical
Wintersun International
1 FDA-registered drug labeler
Bestmade Natural Products
Why It Matters
Sectors
Core ChemicalsHealthEnergyMetals & MiningWater
Downstream Uses
Appears in 2 drug and cosmetic product listings (FDA).
- •Bestmade Natural Products BM115
- •Bestmade Natural Products BM225
FDA Shortage Status
Whether any manufacturer currently reports this drug as in shortage on the FDA Drug Shortages database. "Active Shortage" means at least one presentation has status "current."
No FDA shortage records
Industrial Uses
Used in 4 sectors as 4 functional roles.
- •Bleaching agent in UtilitiesProcessing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Oxidizing agent in Oil and Gas Drilling, Extraction, and Support activities (5%)Processing as a reactant
- •Oxidizing agent in All Other Chemical Product and Preparation Manufacturing (9%)Processing as a reactant
- •Oxidizing agent in Utilities (73%)Processing as a reactant
- •Oxidizing agent in Other (7%)Processing as a reactant
- •Bleaching agents in Other (90%)Processing as a reactant
- •Odor agents in All Other Chemical Product and Preparation Manufacturing (10%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
Chemical Identity
CAS7722-64-7
PubChem CID516875
DTXSIDDTXSID2034839
FormulaKMnO4
Mol. Weight158.034 g/mol
SMILES[O-][Mn](=O)(=O)=O.[K+]
Data Sources
DTXSID20348392026-04-06
https://doi.org/10.23645/epacomptox.5588566
Archive: data/sources/comptox/dsstox_identifiers.csv
5168752026-04-06
https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/rest/pug/compound/cid/516875/property/MolecularFormula,MolecularWeight,CanonicalSMILES,InChIKey/JSON
Archive: data/sources/pubchem_properties/516875.json
7722-64-72026-04-24
https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting
Archive: data/sources/epa_cdr/2020_cdr.csv
CAS 7722-64-72026-04-07
https://open.fda.gov/data/ndc/
Archive: data/sources/fda/ndc/ndc.json