中国氨基酸月报

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

Company dynamics

• Jilin Meihua's R&D centre construction project passed acceptance check.
• The EI report for Nanjing Bluestar Adisseo's liquid methionine plant expansion project was publicized.
• The EI report for Xingyuan New Material's 400 t/a chemical intermediate project was accepted.
• The EI report for Xinjiang Meihua's valine expansion project was publicized.

Project developments

• The EI reports for Ningxia Runneng's new bio-feedstock and derivatives project was publicized.
• The EI reports for Shaxing Bohai's D-p-hydroxyphenylglycine expansion project was publicized.
• Jilin Meihua's economic industrial park project (Phase I) commenced operation.
• The EI report for Shandong Freda's polylysine expansion project was publicized.

Governmental Direction

• On 9 Oct., 2025, the China Biotech Fermentation Industry Association (CFIA) released a draft for comments on National Food Safety Standard — Food Nutrition Enhancer — L-Lysine.
• On 30 Sept., 2025, the China Biotech Fermentation Industry Association (CFIA) released a notice for comments on Amino Acids, Salts of Amino Acids and Their Analogues - Part 32: L-Citrulline-DL-Malate.

Price

In Oct. 2025, lysine prices continued their downward trend, weighed down by ample supply, new production capacity, and weak demand from the aquaculture sector, resulting in a wait-and-see sentiment in the market.

Import and Export

In Sept., 2025, methionine import volume increased by 0.67% MoM, while export volume rose by 13.88% MoM.

Reminders

• The USD/CNY exchange rate in this newsletter is USD1.00=CNY7.1102, which was sourced from the People's Bank of China on 9 Oct., 2025. 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.