# Surging vitamin B5 prices, lower freight rates, weak economic outlook - Supply Chain Council of European Union | Scceu.org

> Kemiex data shows vitamin B5 prices surged, leading to a sharp drop in exports from major Chinese producers since February. Chinese amino acid exports grew through May, though threonine exports dipped in April and May. Many vitamins and amino acids remain oversupplied.

- Date: 2022-06-24 · published 2022-06-24T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region China · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/41280-surging-vitamin-b5-prices-lower-freight-rates-weak-economic-outlook-supply
- Commodities: [Methionine](https://feedsoft.ai/c/METH.md), [Lysine](https://feedsoft.ai/c/LYSINE.md)

## Why it matters

Oversupply of amino acids and most feed additives trading at lower prices point to soft pricing for feed-grade lysine and methionine, though China's export trends bear watching.

## Read by commodity

- METH: bearish ▼
- LYSINE: bearish ▼

## Sources

- scceu.org: https://scceu.org/surging-vitamin-b5-prices-lower-freight-rates-weak-economic-outlook/

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