Amino Acids China Monthly Report

Welcome to the Feb. issue of Amino Acids China E-News.

Company dynamics

In Feb., 2025, there have been the latest developments in amino acids-related patents between Medixi and Star Lake Bioscience. Meanwhile, Weixinkang announced that two of its subsidiaries obtained the drug registration certificates for compound amino acids injection and acetylcysteine solution for inhalation.

Project developments

• Acceptance announcement of Leizhou Muyuan's 450,000 t/a feed processing construction project
• Acceptance announcement of Bicells's 100 t/a reduced glutathione, 100 t/a γ-aminobutyric acid, 30 t/a glucosyl glycerol, and 30 t/a glucosyl rutin project
• EI report announcement for the clean and intelligent upgrade expansion construction project of the 12,000 t/a production facility of amino acids by Apeloa Hanxing
• EI report acceptance announcement for the 30,000 t/a amino acid series products, acetyl amino sugar, and linalool expansion project of Jia'ao Biotechnology
• EI report announcement for the 400 t/a guanidinoacetic acid, copper protein, iron protein, zinc protein, and manganese protein series products project by Boyu Biotech

Governmental Direction

By the end of Jan. to early Feb. 2025, the European Union approved L-isoleucine, L-Threonine, and L-Tryptophan as feed additives for all animals.

Price

In Feb. 2025, prices of 98.5% lysine dropped MoM and prices of 70% lysine inched down by MoM as downstream customers were less enthusiastic about purchasing.

Import and Export

In Jan.–Dec. 2024, China's import volume of methionine edged down by 2.17% YoY, with the import value climbing by 8.52% YoY; domestic export volume of methionine went up by 68.51% YoY, with the export value increasing by 86.08% YoY.

Reminders

1. The USD/CNY exchange rate in this newsletter is USD1.00=CNY7.1693, which was sourced from the People's Bank of China on 5 Feb., 2025. All the prices mentioned in this newsletter will include the price of methionine. All the prices mentioned in this newsletter will include the VAT, unless otherwise specified.
2. In this newsletter, the variance rates (MoM, QoQ, YoY, etc.) of all figures that involve RMB/USD conversion (prices, sales values, costs, etc.) are calculated with pre-conversion RMB prices/USD prices. calculated with pre-conversion RMB prices/USD prices. calculated with pre-conversion RMB prices/values, except for the figures in Import and Export column. calculated with pre-conversion RMB prices/values, except for the figures in Import and Export.