# The Problem of Threonine Overcapacity Would be More Serious in the Next Several Years  - Analysis and Viewpoints of China Agriculture  - CnAgri-China Agriculture Consultant

> CnAgri analysis says global threonine capacity reached about 1 million tonnes in 2016 against demand of roughly 0.5 million tonnes. China holds about 70% of capacity, and its operating rate was only 54% in 2016, with most output exported. Planned expansions would push global capacity to 1.4-1.5 million tonnes by 2018.

- Date: 2017-08-23 · published 2017-08-23T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region China · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/69381-the-problem-of-threonine-overcapacity-would-be-more-serious-in-the-next-several
- Commodities: [Lysine](https://feedsoft.ai/c/LYSINE.md), [Methionine](https://feedsoft.ai/c/METH.md)

## Why it matters

Growing excess capacity, especially in China, points to continued export-driven price pressure on feed threonine. Feed buyers can expect cheap supply to persist, though the forecast is a multi-year projection rather than a near-term shock.

## Sources

- en.cnagri.com: http://en.cnagri.com/news/insight/20170823/299207.html

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