Potassium hypochlorite
Used in 1 industrial sectors tracked by the EPA.
US Production4.8M lbs
Import Value$59M
Import VolumeZero
Import Dependency0%
Top SourceCanada 89%
Where It Comes From
Customs basis: HS 282890 · narrow
These shares come from HS customs code 282890, which covers 3 chemicals in total. They estimate the bucket's origin mix, not this chemical specifically.
Source Countries
Country of origin for US imports, from Census customs data (2023).
CA 89%CanadaES 6%SpainCN 2%ChinaJP 1%JapanDE 1%Germany
- United Kingdom
- Dominican Republic
- Denmark
- Finland
- Mexico
- South Korea
- India
- Belgium
- Poland
- Netherlands
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.
Ashta Chemicals
Why It Matters
Sectors
Agriculture
Downstream UsesNo data available
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 1 sector as 1 functional role.
- •Intermediate in Pesticide, Fertilizer, and Other Agricultural Chemical Manufacturing (100%)Processing as a reactant
Chemical Identity
CAS7778-66-7
PubChem CID23665762
DTXSIDDTXSID6042317
FormulaClKO
Mol. Weight90.55 g/mol
SMILES[O-]Cl.[K+]
Data Sources
DTXSID60423172026-04-06
https://doi.org/10.23645/epacomptox.5588566
Archive: data/sources/comptox/dsstox_identifiers.csv
236657622026-04-06
https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/rest/pug/compound/cid/23665762/property/MolecularFormula,MolecularWeight,CanonicalSMILES,InChIKey/JSON
Archive: data/sources/pubchem_properties/23665762.json
7778-66-72026-04-24
https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting
Archive: data/sources/epa_cdr/2020_cdr.csv
CAS 7778-66-72026-04-25
https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting
Archive: data/sources/epa_cdr/2020_cdr_industrial.csv