Potassium fluoride

Drug ingredient

CAS 7789-23-3

This drug ingredient has classified U.S. production volumes. EPA withholds the number as confidential business information.

FK58.1 g/mol

no molecular structure to draw

US productionCBI

Confidential Business Information. The EPA withholds this volume because publishing it could reveal the reporting company's trade secrets.

Import value, 2024$43M

Top sourceChina 35%

At least one company claimed its 2023 production or import volume for this chemical as confidential, so EPA withholds it.

Why supply is unknown

Production is reported production, not a complete census of factories. US production volume is confidential. Production reporting year: 2023. Import value and source-country shares describe a shared customs category, not a separate chemical measurement.

Where It Comes From

Customs basis: HS 282619 · basket

EPA reports by year

2023: US production Confidential · Imports Confidential
2019: US production Confidential · Imports Confidential

These shares come from HS customs code 282619, which covers 35 tracked chemicals in total. They estimate the category's origin mix, not this chemical specifically.

Source Countries

Country of origin for US imports, from Census customs data (2024).

CN 35%ChinaDE 25%GermanyJP 21%JapanIN 10%IndiaTW 6%Taiwan

Singapore
United Kingdom
South Korea
South Africa
Liechtenstein
Switzerland
Russia
Netherlands
Italy
Belgium
Mexico
Indonesia
Hong Kong

EPA-registered manufacturers (5)

Companies that report making or importing this chemical to the EPA. Registration is US-centric and does not indicate import origin.

Chalmette Refining

ExxonMobil

Henkel

Hf Sinclair

Par Pacific Holdings

Domestic parents -- activity not disclosed (3)

EPA records name a US company for this chemical but do not disclose whether the company made it here or imported it.

Emd Holding

Koch Industries

Phillips 66

EPA-registered importers (1)

Companies that report making or importing this chemical to the EPA. Registration is US-centric and does not indicate import origin.

Honeywell International (123312)

1 FDA-registered drug labeler

Hahnemann Laboratories, INC.

Why It Matters

Sectors

HealthElectronicsTransportationMetals & MiningCore Chemicals

Downstream Uses

Appears in 1 drug and cosmetic product listings (FDA).

•Kali Fluoratum

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 6 sectors as 2 functional roles.

•Cleaning agent in Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing (16%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
•Cleaning agent in Transportation Equipment Manufacturing (11%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
•Cleaning agent in Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing (11%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
•Cleaning agent in Machinery Manufacturing (15%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
•Cleaning agent in Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing (48%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
•Intermediate in All Other Basic Inorganic Chemical Manufacturing (100%)Processing as a reactant

Chemical Identity

CAS7789-23-3

PubChem CID522689

DTXSIDDTXSID8031940

FormulaFK

Mol. Weight58.0967 g/mol

SMILES[F-].[K+]

Data Sources

EPA CompTox (DSSTox) · DTXSID8031940Retrieved 2026-04-06
PubChem · compound 522689Retrieved 2026-04-06
EPA Chemical Data ReportingReporting year: 2023 · Retrieved 2026-10-04
FDA National Drug Code directoryRetrieved 2026-04-07
US Census international tradeReporting year: 2024 · Retrieved 2026-10-04

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Brief citations

Potassium fluoride (CAS 7789-23-3) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/7789-23-3/ EPA CompTox (DSSTox): DTXSID8031940. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://comptox.epa.gov/dashboard/chemical/details/DTXSID8031940 PubChem: 522689. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/522689 EPA Chemical Data Reporting: 7789-23-3. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting FDA National Drug Code directory: CAS 7789-23-3. Retrieved 2026-04-07. https://open.fda.gov/data/ndc/ US Census international trade: HS 282619 for CAS 7789-23-3. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/