Amino acids markets: Container freight rates continue to soar

FOB China prices for lysine and threonine have stabilised this week, after recent decline. But the container freight rate to Europe and the Americas has been going up strongly and is expected to remain firm at least throughout the summer, leading to firmer price offers for the remainder of Q3 and Q4. Methionine had become slightly weaker recently, but is stabilising at the moment. Tryptophan and valine are weakish, but any price decline is currently offset by higher freight rates. Arginine is re