# China nears monopoly position in the Russian feed additive market - Food & Agribusiness

> Feedlot analyst Ekaterina Kachurina said Chinese companies supplied 86 percent of Russia's feed additive needs in 2022. EU feed additive supplies to Russia fell 54 percent after Western sanctions, while Chinese exports to Russia rose 43 percent. Russia imported 176,000 tons of feed additives in 2022, including 140,000 tons of amino acids.

- Date: 2023-03-22 · published 2023-03-22T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: geopolitics · region Russia · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/37209-china-nears-monopoly-position-in-the-russian-feed-additive-market-food-and
- Commodities: [Lysine](https://feedsoft.ai/c/LYSINE.md), [Methionine](https://feedsoft.ai/c/METH.md)

## Why it matters

Sanctions have shifted Russian feed additive sourcing toward China, tightening the link between Chinese amino acid supply and Russian feed costs and raising Russia's exposure to Chinese pricing and export policy.

## Read by commodity

- METH: neutral
- LYSINE: neutral

## Sources

- foodagribusiness.world: https://www.foodagribusiness.world/feed/china-nears-monopoly-position-in-the-russian-feed-additive-market

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