FW: China Reports: China Feed Amino Acid Industry Report, 2012 - 2013

In the feed industry, amino acid is an important nutritional additive whose main role is to compensate for the lack of amino acids in feed. Most widely used feed amino acid comprises lysine, methionine, threonine and tryptophan etc. In recent years, benefiting from the push of the downstream feed industry and technology introduction through joint venture, China's feed amino acid industry has embraced rapid development. In particular, China's output and consumption of lysine as the most consumed feed amino acid in China approximated 855,000 tons and 610,000 tons respectively in 2012, rising by 14% and 22%. Chinese lysine market is highly concentrated and dominated by several manufacturers including Changchun Dacheng, Ningxia Eppen, COFCO Biochemical (Anhui), Meihua and CJ (Liaocheng) with total market share of nearly 79% in 2012. Duo to the limitation of technical barriers, China's homemade methionine developed slowly before 2010. Through independent innovation

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