# Shifts in vitamin B5 and threonine supply - All About Feed

> Huazhong Pharmaceutical agreed to acquire Zaoyang Jin'ante Chemical, securing vitamin B5 intermediate production technology. DSM raised its calcium pantothenate price by 40%, while Ningxia Youwei announced a 4,000 ton per year vitamin B5 expansion. Threonine supply is concentrated in China, which accounts for over 95% of global output after many lines closed worldwide.

- Date: 2021-04-13 · published 2021-04-13T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region China · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/47522-shifts-in-vitamin-b5-and-threonine-supply-all-about-feed
- Commodities: [Methionine](https://feedsoft.ai/c/METH.md)

## Why it matters

Tighter threonine supply from Chinese environmental curbs in Inner Mongolia could lift feed additive costs, while weak domestic pig and poultry demand limits upside for vitamin B5 prices.

## Read by commodity

- METH: neutral

## Sources

- allaboutfeed.net: https://www.allaboutfeed.net/article/shifts-in-vitamin-b5-and-threonine-supply/

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