# EU feed producers may face lower margins from anti-dumping duties on Chinese lysine imports | S&P Global

> The European Commission imposed provisional anti-dumping duties on Chinese lysine imports, ranging from about 58% to 84% on a CIF basis. China supplies roughly 80% of world lysine and about 60% of EU demand, around 500,000 mt. Feed producers face higher costs for this amino acid.

- Date: 2025-02-05 · published 2025-02-05T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region EU · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/26392-eu-feed-producers-may-face-lower-margins-from-anti-dumping-duties-on-chinese
- Commodities: [Lysine](https://feedsoft.ai/c/LYSINE.md), [Soybean Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBM.md)

## Why it matters

Higher lysine import costs push feed mills to substitute soybean meal, which pressures European soybean meal prices lower. Feed margins are also squeezed as lysine costs rise.

## Read by commodity

- SBM: bearish ▼
- LYSINE: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SBM | 2021-07-16 | [Gro Expects Drop in China Pork Imports and Lower Corn Feed Use](https://feedsoft.ai/events/46076-gro-expects-drop-in-china-pork-imports-and-lower-corn-feed-use.md) | +0.3% | -1.4% |
| SBM | 2019-10-14 | [China September soybean imports ease on falling animal feed demand](https://feedsoft.ai/events/56562-china-september-soybean-imports-ease-on-falling-animal-feed-demand.md) | +0.5% | -0.7% |
| SBM | 2024-01-18 | [Soaring Chinese grain imports create unease on local market](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14780-soaring-chinese-grain-imports-create-unease-on-local-market.md) | +1.1% | -3.7% |
| SBM | 2026-05-12 | [China forecasts lower 2026/27 soybean imports on slowing soymeal demand from pig sector \| MarketScreener](https://feedsoft.ai/events/19248-china-forecasts-lower-2026-27-soybean-imports-on-slowing-soymeal-demand-from.md) | +1.6% | -9.5% |
| SBM | 2022-09-26 | [Chinese demand for grain imports takes tumble \| The Western Producer](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14900-chinese-demand-for-grain-imports-takes-tumble-the-western-producer.md) | -7.2% | -3.8% |

## Sources

- spglobal.com: https://www.spglobal.com/energy/en/news-research/latest-news/agriculture/020525-eu-feed-producers-may-face-lower-margins-from-anti-dumping-duties-on-chinese-lysine-imports

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