氢氧化钾又名苛性钾、钾灰，主要应用于医药、染料、轻工、纺织等领域。随着应用技术的不断发展，其应用范围日趋扩大。氢氧化钾厂家广泛应用于高锰酸钾、碳酸钾等钾盐和钾碱的生产。
　　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.
　　产能逐年上涨 市场需求不减
　　Production capacity is increasing year by year, market demand is not decreasing
　　2002年以来，氢氧化钾厂家产能呈现逐年上涨趋势。其中，以中国和美国的氢氧化钾产能增长较快，欧洲也有一定的增长，而日本产能近几年则保持稳定。
　　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.
　　由于氢氧化钾的生产成本较高且能被氢氧化钠部分替代，目前有生产装置的国家不多，世界范围内不足15个，国外的氢氧化钾厂家有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.

　　从世界范围看，氢氧化钾用于肥料领域约占总消费量的一成，与其他无机钾盐相比很低。在非肥料领域中，用于生产其他钾盐，约占总消费量的五成以上，随着钾皂需求的增长，其消费比例也大幅提升，约占总消费量的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.
　　在美国，氢氧化钾的主要消费领域是用于生产钾盐，主要是磷酸钾和碳酸钾，分别占美国总消费量的13%和10%。近几年由于碳酸钾下游液体洗涤剂和肥料市场的低迷，碳酸钾的需求量基本平稳，已经退居美国氢氧化钾的第三大消费领域。液体化肥已成为主要消费领域，占20%，其他钾盐和钾皂分别占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.