Potassium bitartrate

Drug ingredient

CAS 868-14-4

This chemical is an active pharmaceutical ingredient used in FDA-regulated drugs.

US productionNot reported

Import value, 2024$12M

Top sourceSpain 64%

This chemical is listed as active in US commerce, but no company reported it to EPA’s survey for 2019 or 2023. Sites may have made or imported less than the threshold amount, or none.

Why supply is unknown

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

Where It Comes From

Customs basis: HS 291813 · basket

These shares come from HS customs code 291813, which covers 21 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).

ES 64%SpainMY 14%MalaysiaBE 9%BelgiumCL 4%ChileIT 3%Italy

United Kingdom
Japan
Armenia

3 FDA-registered drug labelers

Beutlich Pharmaceuticals, LLC

Evofem, Inc.

Nutritional Specialties, Inc.

Why It Matters

Sectors

Health

Downstream Uses

Appears in 4 drug and cosmetic product listings (FDA).

•Phexx
•XS H2O Liquescence
•CEO-TWO
•Phexxi

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

Vendor Pricing

$0.01/gAaron Chemicals LLC

CountryHong Kong

Pack$5.00 / 500 g

Purity98%

Vendors8 available

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

7 more vendors

Vendor	Country	$/g	Pack	Purity
Angene Chemical	China → Hong Kong	$0.01	500 g	98%
AA BLOCKS	United States	$0.02	500 g	98%
A2B Chem LLC	United States	$0.02	500 g	98%
AK Scientific, Inc.	United States	$0.07	1 kg	99%
Angene International Limited	United States	$0.22	500 g	99%
Combi-Blocks, Inc.	United States	$0.25	1 kg	98%
Angene	China → Hong Kong	$4266.67	30 mg	98%

Chemical Identity

CAS868-14-4

PubChem CID23681127

DTXSIDDTXSID6042313

FormulaC4H5KO6

Mol. Weight188.18 g/mol

SMILESC(C(C(=O)[O-])O)(C(=O)O)O.[K+]

Data Sources

PubChem · compound 23681127Retrieved 2026-04-07
EPA TSCA InventoryRetrieved 2026-04-24
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 bitartrate (CAS 868-14-4) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/868-14-4/ PubChem: 23681127. Retrieved 2026-04-07. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/23681127 EPA TSCA Inventory: CAS 868-14-4. Retrieved 2026-04-24. https://www.epa.gov/tsca-inventory FDA National Drug Code directory: bulk match. Retrieved 2026-04-07. https://open.fda.gov/data/ndc/ US Census international trade: HS 291813 for CAS 868-14-4. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/