# Amino acids markets: Prices cooling down - Food & Agribusiness

> Amino acid markets slowed in most regions, both for export and in the Chinese domestic market, with a large share of Q3 and Q4 lysine and threonine already contracted. Lysine HCl remains tight locally and prices are firm, though Q4 offers are slightly lower. Valine, tryptophan and methionine are stable to weak and quiet.

- Date: 2024-07-17 · published 2024-07-17T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region Global · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/29164-amino-acids-markets-prices-cooling-down-food-and-agribusiness
- Commodities: [Lysine](https://feedsoft.ai/c/LYSINE.md), [Methionine](https://feedsoft.ai/c/METH.md)

## Why it matters

Contracted forward volumes and firm lysine prices support feed additive costs for buyers, while weakness in methionine and other amino acids points to softer pricing for those products.

## Read by commodity

- METH: bearish ▼
- LYSINE: neutral

## Sources

- foodagribusiness.world: https://www.foodagribusiness.world/feed/amino-acids-markets-prices-cooling-down

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