# Amino acid market will continue to grow, China largest supplier | window-to-china.eu

> A China Pharmaceutical Network review says world amino acid production was close to 8 million tonnes in 2016 and is expected to reach 11 million tonnes by 2022. Amino acids used as feed additives such as lysine and threonine make up about 52.5% of the global market, with China as a major supplier.

- Date: 2017-07-26 · published 2017-07-26T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region Global · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/69872-amino-acid-market-will-continue-to-grow-china-largest-supplier-window-to-china
- Commodities: [Lysine](https://feedsoft.ai/c/LYSINE.md), [Methionine](https://feedsoft.ai/c/METH.md)

## Why it matters

Expected growth in amino acid output, led by Chinese supply, points to ample lysine and methionine availability for feed makers. Strong Chinese supply tends to keep feed-additive prices contained over the longer term.

## Read by commodity

- METH: neutral
- LYSINE: bearish ▼

## Sources

- window-to-china.eu: https://window-to-china.eu/2017/07/26/amino-acid-market-will-continue-to-grow-china-largest-supplier/

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