# Vitamin amino acid industry: costs push up product prices, and the bottom of demand is expected to pick up | China Stock Market News

> Energy price swings tied to the Russia-Ukraine conflict have raised costs for chemical producers, since natural gas is the main energy input for EU chemical production. European producers may raise prices or cut supply of vitamins and amino acids. Methionine capacity faces a planned 45-day overhaul at Bluestar Adisseo and maintenance at Evonik, and BASF raised Vitamin E prices by 20% on March 10.

- Date: 2022-03-22 · published 2022-03-22T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: geopolitics · region Europe · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/42199-vitamin-amino-acid-industry-costs-push-up-product-prices-and-the-bottom-of
- Commodities: [Methionine](https://feedsoft.ai/c/METH.md), [Lysine](https://feedsoft.ai/c/LYSINE.md), [Crude Oil (Brent)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BRENT.md), [Natural Gas](https://feedsoft.ai/c/NATGAS.md)

## Why it matters

Higher methionine and other amino acid costs raise feed formulation costs for animal-feed buyers, and reduced European output could tighten global supply and lift prices.

## Read by commodity

- METH: bullish ▲
- BRENT: bullish ▲
- LYSINE: bullish ▲
- NATGAS: bullish ▲

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## Sources

- chinastockmarketnews.com: https://chinastockmarketnews.com/post/543088.html

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