# Tight market for vitamins A, E signals time for a change

> A global shortage of vitamins A and E is expected in the first half of 2018, with vitamin E spot prices more than tripling after a fire at BASF's citral plant in Ludwigshafen in October 2017. Chinese environmental rules have also forced vitamin makers to cut output, and BASF declared force majeure on its vitamin production.

- Date: 2018-03-22 · published 2018-03-22T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region Global · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/66336-tight-market-for-vitamins-a-e-signals-time-for-a-change
- Commodities: [Lysine](https://feedsoft.ai/c/LYSINE.md)

## Why it matters

Tight vitamin A and E supply raises premix costs for feed producers, and the disruption is likely to persist while Chinese environmental curbs continue.

## Sources

- nationalhogfarmer.com: https://www.nationalhogfarmer.com/hog-nutrition/tight-market-for-vitamins-a-e-signals-time-for-a-change

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