# Amino acids market quiet, and container rates slowing down - Food & Agribusiness

> Lysine and methionine remain firm for spot and nearby deliveries in several regions. Offers for Q2 lysine HCl and sulphate are weakening as freight rates fall, and the threonine market is weak with FOB China prices declining.

- Date: 2024-01-31 · published 2024-01-31T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region Global · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/32029-amino-acids-market-quiet-and-container-rates-slowing-down-food-and-agribusiness
- Commodities: [Methionine](https://feedsoft.ai/c/METH.md), [Lysine](https://feedsoft.ai/c/LYSINE.md), [Ocean Grain Freight](https://feedsoft.ai/c/OCEANFRT.md)

## Why it matters

Easing container freight and expected softness after Chinese New Year point to lower forward amino acid prices, though tight nearby European spot supply limits the downside for buyers.

## Read by commodity

- METH: neutral
- LYSINE: bearish ▼
- OCEANFRT: bearish ▼

## Sources

- allaboutfeed.net: https://www.allaboutfeed.net/animal-feed/feed-additives/amino-acids-market-quiet-and-container-rates-slowing-down/
- foodagribusiness.world: https://www.foodagribusiness.world/feed/amino-acids-market-quiet-and-container-rates-slowing-down

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