Polyphosphoric acids
U.S. production volumes are classified as confidential business information.
US ProductionCBI
Confidential Business Information. The EPA withholds this volume because publishing it could reveal the reporting company's trade secrets.
Import Value$309M
Top SourceMexico 48%
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 280920 · narrow
These shares come from HS customs code 280920, which covers 2 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).
MX 48%MexicoBE 29%BelgiumMA 8%MoroccoIL 6%IsraelCN 3%China
- South Korea
- Switzerland
- Italy
- India
- Brazil
- Germany
- Malaysia
- Greece
- Sweden
- Serbia
- United Kingdom
- Austria
- South Africa
- Turkey
- Spain
- Czech Republic
EPA-registered manufacturers (6)
Companies that report making or importing this chemical to the EPA. Registration is US-centric and does not indicate import origin.
Italmatch Chemicals Spa · IT Italy
Icl Specialty Products North America
Innophos Incorporated
Italmatch Usa
Linphos Chemical
Show all 6
Special Materials
EPA-registered importers (7)
Companies that report making or importing this chemical to the EPA. Registration is US-centric and does not indicate import origin.
Certainteed Rpg
Colonial Group
Global Chemical Resources
Icl Specialty Products North America
Irving Oil Investments
Show all 7
Lanxess
Special Materials
Why It Matters
Sectors
AgricultureEnergyConstructionTextilesConsumer ProductsPaints & CoatingsCore Chemicals
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 8 sectors as 13 functional roles.
- •Dehydrating agent (desiccant) in Oil and Gas Drilling, Extraction, and Support activitiesProcessing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Catalyst in Oil and Gas Drilling, Extraction, and Support activitiesProcessing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Paint additives and coating additives not described by other categories in Paint and Coating Manufacturing (100%)Processing as a reactant
- •Catalyst in Asphalt Paving, Roofing, and Coating Materials Manufacturing (100%)Processing as a reactant
- •Intermediate in All Other Basic Inorganic Chemical Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Intermediate in All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing (96%)Processing as a reactant
- •Processing aids, specific to petroleum production in Asphalt Paving, Roofing, and Coating Materials Manufacturing (4%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Solvents (which become part of product formulation or mixture) in All Other Basic Inorganic Chemical ManufacturingProcessing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Solvent in Soap, Cleaning Compound, and Toilet Preparation Manufacturing (50%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Surfactant (surface active agent) in Soap, Cleaning Compound, and Toilet Preparation Manufacturing (50%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Viscosity adjustors in Asphalt Paving, Roofing, and Coating Materials Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Agricultural chemicals (non-pesticidal) in Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting (20%)Processing as a reactant
- •Stabilizing agent in Asphalt Paving, Roofing, and Coating Materials Manufacturing (30%)Processing as a reactant
- •Lubricants and lubricant additives in Asphalt Paving, Roofing, and Coating Materials Manufacturing (40%)Processing as a reactant
- •Polymerization promoter in Textiles, apparel, and leather manufacturing (30%)Processing as a reactant
Chemical Identity
CAS8017-16-1
PubChem CIDNo data available
DTXSIDDTXSID60872523
FormulaNo data available
Mol. WeightNo data available
SMILESNo data available
Data Sources
DTXSID608725232026-04-06
https://doi.org/10.23645/epacomptox.5588566
Archive: data/sources/comptox/dsstox_identifiers.csv
8017-16-12026-04-24
https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting
Archive: data/sources/epa_cdr/2020_cdr.csv
CAS 8017-16-12026-04-25
https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting
Archive: data/sources/epa_cdr/2020_cdr_industrial.csv