Amino Acids China Monthly Report

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

Company dynamics

• Adisseo saw revenue rise but profit fall in 2025.
• Huaheng Biotechnology's 2025 net profit fell over 30% YoY.
• China Starch's 2025 profit dropped over 60% YoY.

Project Progress

• EI report approval for Garden Nutrition's 10,000 t/a L-alanine project was publicized.
• EI report for Huarong Biotech's 4,000 t/a high-value amino acids and derivatives project was approved.
• EI report for Bayannur Huaheng Biotech's amino acid product pilot project was publicised. 
• EI report for Yangcheng Biotechnology's 3,900 t/a food-grade amino acids project was publicised. 

Governmental Direction

• The draft of the national standard Good Manufacturing Practice for Amino Acid Products  was released.

Price

In March, the price of methionine in China rose sharply, with both solid methionine and MHA-FA recorded a MoM increase of more than 60%.

Import and Export

In Feb. 2026, lysine ester and salt export volume dropped 10.70% MoM, with export value down by 12.16% MoM.

Reminders

• The USD/CNY exchange rate in this newsletter is USD1.00=CNY6.9236 (sourced from People's Bank of China on 2 March, 2026). All the prices mentioned in this newsletter will include the VAT, unless otherwise specified.
• 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/values, except for the figures in Import and Export column.