# US tariffs shake up amino acids market: Lysine exempt, while others hit - Food & Agribusiness

> Newly announced US import tariffs on Chinese goods exempt lysine HCl but hit other feed amino acids. Threonine is affected, and methionine faces significant duties, while prices for most products were still broadly stable at the time.

- Date: 2025-04-09 · published 2025-04-09T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/25462-us-tariffs-shake-up-amino-acids-market-lysine-exempt-while-others-hit-food-and
- Commodities: [Methionine](https://feedsoft.ai/c/METH.md), [Lysine](https://feedsoft.ai/c/LYSINE.md)

## Why it matters

Tariffs on methionine and threonine raise landed costs in the US and can shift sourcing toward non-Chinese supply. Lysine's exemption keeps its US supply competitive relative to other amino acids.

## Read by commodity

- METH: bullish ▲
- LYSINE: neutral

## Sources

- foodagribusiness.world: https://www.foodagribusiness.world/feed/us-tariffs-shake-up-amino-acids-market-lysine-exempt-while-others-hit

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