# Large fire at German vitamin plant triggers increase in poultry feed costs - FarmingUK News

> A fire at BASF's Ludwigshafen, Germany plant has halted production of vitamins A and E and red pigments, and it is not expected to restart until April at the earliest. China has also cut its vitamin A and E output to reduce emissions, and UK feed makers report vitamin A prices rising from €20 to €350 per kilo.

- Date: 2017-12-08 · published 2017-12-08T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region Global · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/67798-large-fire-at-german-vitamin-plant-triggers-increase-in-poultry-feed-costs
- Commodities: [Chicken](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CHICKEN.md)

## Why it matters

BASF supplied about half of the world's vitamin A and E, so the shortfall tightens supply and pushes up poultry feed costs in the short term. Feed buyers should expect higher premix and vitamin costs through early 2018.

## Read by commodity

- CHICKEN: bullish ▲

## Sources

- farminguk.com: https://www.farminguk.com/news/large-fire-at-german-vitamin-plant-triggers-increase-in-poultry-feed-costs_48111.html

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