Potassium periodate

CAS 7790-21-8

Used in 1 industrial sector tracked by the EPA.

US production39.2K lb

Import volumeZero

Import dependency0%

Top sourceNo public record

Production is reported production, not a complete census of factories. Production reporting year: 2019. Import value and source-country shares describe a shared customs category, not a separate chemical measurement.

Where It Comes From

Customs basis: HS 282990 · basket

EPA reports by year

2019: US production 39.2K lb · Imports Zero

HS customs code 282990 covers 29 tracked chemicals in total. US Census does not break out this chemical's share, so the country-of-origin mix is not available. EPA CDR reports import dependency at the chemical level separately, shown above.

EPA-registered manufacturers (2)

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

Toyota Tsusho · JP Japan

Deepwater Chemicals

Why It Matters

Sectors

Health

Downstream UsesNot recorded

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

•Oxidizing agent in Pharmaceutical and Medicine Manufacturing (100%)Processing as a reactant

Vendor Pricing

$0.49/gAK Scientific Specialized

CountryUnited States

Pack$493.00 / 1 kg

Purity95%

Vendors7 available

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

6 more vendors

Vendor	Country	$/g	Pack	Purity
A2B Chem LLC	United States	$0.53	100 g	99.8%
AA BLOCKS	United States	$0.66	100 g	99.8%
AK Scientific, Inc.	United States	$0.71	1 kg	99%
Sigma-Aldrich (Rush Stock)	Germany	$0.87	500 g	99.8%
Sigma-Aldrich	Germany	$0.87	500 g	99.8%
Interbioscreen	Hong Kong	$24.00	10 g	95%

Chemical Identity

CAS7790-21-8

PubChem CID516896

DTXSIDDTXSID90894076

FormulaIKO4

Mol. Weight230 g/mol

SMILES[O-]I(=O)(=O)=O.[K+]

Data Sources

EPA CompTox (DSSTox) · DTXSID90894076Retrieved 2026-04-06
PubChem · compound 516896Retrieved 2026-04-06
EPA Chemical Data ReportingReporting year: 2019 · Retrieved 2026-10-04
EPA Chemical Data ReportingReporting year: 2019 · Retrieved 2026-10-04

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Brief citations

Potassium periodate (CAS 7790-21-8) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/7790-21-8/ EPA CompTox (DSSTox): DTXSID90894076. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://comptox.epa.gov/dashboard/chemical/details/DTXSID90894076 PubChem: 516896. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/516896 EPA Chemical Data Reporting: 7790-21-8. Reporting year: 2019. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting EPA Chemical Data Reporting: CAS 7790-21-8. Reporting year: 2019. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting