# Amino acids trending downward as the industry evaluates next steps
						 | The Poultry Site

> Amino acid prices are trending downward according to Glowlit data, even as Asian producers predict future price increases. Buyers face conflicting signals from summer maintenance, COVID outbreaks and shipping challenges. Producer margins on commoditized amino acids are dwindling, and a US antidumping petition on methionine has added duties that producers say raised costs.

- Date: 2021-06-24 · published 2021-06-24T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/46478-amino-acids-trending-downward-as-the-industry-evaluates-next-steps-the-poultry
- Commodities: [Methionine](https://feedsoft.ai/c/METH.md), [Lysine](https://feedsoft.ai/c/LYSINE.md)

## Why it matters

Conflicting supply signals leave feed buyers uncertain on timing and volume of amino acid purchases, while the methionine antidumping duties raise US costs and could shift trade flows.

## Read by commodity

- METH: bullish ▲
- LYSINE: neutral

## Sources

- thepoultrysite.com: https://www.thepoultrysite.com/news/2021/06/amino-acids-trending-downward-as-the-industry-evaluates-next-steps

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