# Chinese stop offering lysine while methionine remains firm - Food & Agribusiness

> Chinese lysine HCl suppliers have stopped offering material in an effort to lift prices, after FOB China prices had fallen to very low levels. Methionine remains firm, with spot prices rising in Europe and Q2 offers moving higher on tight availability and low inventory.

- Date: 2024-02-28 · published 2024-02-28T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region China · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/31598-chinese-stop-offering-lysine-while-methionine-remains-firm-food-and-agribusiness
- Commodities: [Lysine](https://feedsoft.ai/c/LYSINE.md), [Methionine](https://feedsoft.ai/c/METH.md)

## Why it matters

Halted Chinese lysine offers tighten near-term supply for European and US buyers, who are already facing shipping delays from China, which points to firmer lysine prices. Tight methionine availability supports higher feed additive costs for compound feed makers.

## Read by commodity

- METH: bullish ▲
- LYSINE: bullish ▲

## Sources

- foodagribusiness.world: https://www.foodagribusiness.world/feed/chinese-stop-offering-lysine-while-methionine-remains-firm

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