West Coast US amino acid prices softened in February as abundant export offers from China, Japan and South Korea and muted domestic buying weighed on the market. Freight rose on Asia-Europe routing shifts, but inventories at Los Angeles terminals rebuilt and landed values did not climb.
Analysts expect mixed, modest price moves through spring.
Ample supply and soft feed-sector demand point to flat-to-lower amino acid costs for feed buyers in the near term, though higher freight and spring restocking could firm prices later.
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