Methanol, potassium salt

CAS 865-33-8

EPA’s 2023 records show zero U.S. production of this chemical.

US productionZero

Import value, 2024$103M

Import volumeCBI

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

Top sourceGermany 46%

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. 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 290519 · basket

EPA reports by year

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

These shares come from HS customs code 290519, which covers 122 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).

DE 46%GermanyMX 17%MexicoIN 11%IndiaCN 7%ChinaJP 3%Japan

Indonesia
Brazil
Canada
Singapore
Armenia
Slovakia
Argentina
Ukraine
Ireland
Netherlands
Hong Kong

EPA-registered importers (2)

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

Basf Se · DE Germany

Basf

Why It Matters

Sectors

Core Chemicals

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

•Intermediate in All Other Chemical Product and Preparation ManufacturingProcessing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product

Vendor Pricing

$0.32/gAA BLOCKS (1 week)

CountryUnited States

Pack$1623.00 / 5 kg

Purity24%

Vendors4 available

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

3 more vendors

Vendor	Country	$/g	Pack	Purity
A2B Chem LLC (1 week)	United States	$0.39	1 kg	24%
Sigma-Aldrich (Rush Stock)	Germany	$0.58	250 g	95%
Sigma-Aldrich	Germany	$0.58	250 g	95%

Chemical Identity

CAS865-33-8

PubChem CID23664618

DTXSIDDTXSID1029627

FormulaCH3KO

Mol. Weight70.132 g/mol

SMILESC[O-].[K+]

Data Sources

EPA CompTox (DSSTox) · DTXSID1029627Retrieved 2026-04-06
PubChem · compound 23664618Retrieved 2026-04-06
EPA Chemical Data ReportingReporting year: 2023 · Retrieved 2026-10-04
EPA Chemical Data ReportingReporting year: 2023 · Retrieved 2026-10-04
US Census international tradeReporting year: 2024 · Retrieved 2026-10-04

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Brief citations

Methanol, potassium salt (CAS 865-33-8) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/865-33-8/ EPA CompTox (DSSTox): DTXSID1029627. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://comptox.epa.gov/dashboard/chemical/details/DTXSID1029627 PubChem: 23664618. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/23664618 EPA Chemical Data Reporting: 865-33-8. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting EPA Chemical Data Reporting: CAS 865-33-8. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting US Census international trade: HS 290519 for CAS 865-33-8. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/