Potassium hydroxide, also known as caustic potassium and potassium ash, is mainly used in medicine, dye, light industry, textile and other fields. With the continuous development of application technology, its application scope is expanding day by day. Potassium hydroxide manufacturers are widely used in the production of potassium permanganate, potassium carbonate and other potassium salts and potash.

　　產能逐年上漲  市場需求不減

　　Production capacity is increasing year by year, market demand is not decreasing

　　2002年以來，氫氧化鉀廠家產能呈現逐年上漲趨勢。其中，以和美國的氫氧化鉀產能增長較快，歐洲也有一定的增長，而日本產能近幾年則保持穩定。

　　Since 2002, the capacity of potassium hydroxide manufacturers has been increasing year by year. Among them, the production capacity of KOH in China and the United States has grown rapidly, while that in Europe has grown to a certain extent, while that in Japan has remained stable in recent years.

　　由于氫氧化鉀的生產成本較高且能被氫氧化鈉部分替代，目前有生產裝置的不多，世界范圍內不足15個，國外的氫氧化鉀廠家有26家。

　　Because the production cost of potassium hydroxide is relatively high and it can be partially replaced by sodium hydroxide, there are not many countries with production facilities at present, less than 15 in the world, and 26 overseas manufacturers of potassium hydroxide.

　　從世界范圍看，氫氧化鉀用于肥料領域約占總消費量的一成，與其他無機鉀鹽相比很低。在非肥料領域中，用于生產其他鉀鹽，約占總消費量的五成以上，隨著鉀皂需求的增長，其消費比例也大幅提升，約占總消費量的16%。

　　In the world, potassium hydroxide accounts for about 10% of the total consumption in the field of fertilizer, which is very low compared with other inorganic potassium salts. In the field of non fertilizer, it is used to produce other potassium salt, accounting for more than 50% of the total consumption. With the growth of the demand for potassium soap, its consumption proportion has also increased significantly, accounting for about 16% of the total consumption.

　　在美國，氫氧化鉀的主要消費領域是用于生產鉀鹽，主要是磷酸鉀和碳酸鉀，分別占美國總消費量的13%和10%。近幾年由于碳酸鉀下游液體洗滌劑和肥料市場的低迷，碳酸鉀的需求量基本平穩，已經退居美國氫氧化鉀的第三大消費領域。液體化肥已成為主要消費領域，占20%，其他鉀鹽和鉀皂分別占8%和14%。

　　In the United States, potassium hydroxide is mainly used to produce potassium salt, mainly potassium phosphate and potassium carbonate, accounting for 13% and 10% of the total consumption of the United States, respectively. In recent years, due to the sluggish market of liquid detergent and fertilizer downstream of potassium carbonate, the demand for potassium carbonate is basically stable, and it has become the third largest consumption area of potassium hydroxide in the United States. Liquid fertilizer has become the main consumption area, accounting for 20%, and other potassium salt and potassium soap account for 8% and 14% respectively.