# Dietary ingredients face increased tariffs in U.S.-China trade war

> The Trump administration's latest proposed tariff round on Chinese goods would add a 10 to 25 percent duty on many dietary ingredients, including minerals, amino acids, proteins and sweeteners. An industry tracker lists more than 180 potentially affected ingredients, among them choline, creatine, animal and plant proteins and various amino acids.

- Date: 2018-07-26 · published 2018-07-26T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/64357-dietary-ingredients-face-increased-tariffs-in-u-s-china-trade-war
- Commodities: [Methionine](https://feedsoft.ai/c/METH.md), [Lysine](https://feedsoft.ai/c/LYSINE.md)

## Why it matters

Higher duties on Chinese amino acids and protein ingredients could raise costs for feed and premix makers that rely on imported lysine-type and protein inputs, and may shift sourcing toward other origins.

## Read by commodity

- METH: bullish ▲
- LYSINE: bullish ▲

## Sources

- supplysidesj.com: https://www.supplysidesj.com/supply-chain/dietary-ingredients-ensnared-in-u-s-china-trade-war

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