Lysine
The first limiting amino acid as pigs and poultry in the second limiting amino acid, lysine is the largest global use of amino acid feed additive. 2009 global demand for 140 tons of lysine, the annual growth rate of 5% to 8%; China needs 360,000 tons of lysine 2009, and about 10% a year rate of increase.
2009, China had only six lysine production plant (Sichuan-based Ajinomoto, CP Linghua out this year), production is transferred to the north. With the Iraqi goods 98.5% and 65% of lysine have expansion, continued expansion of domestic production of lysine did not significantly curb the trend. As of now, converted into 98.5% of the domestic lysine production capacity has nearly 70 million tons, of which 98.5% Dacheng Biochemical lysine production capacity 140,000 tons, 65% of the lysine production capacity 320,000 tons, according to this production, including exports, as long as the average capacity utilization of domestic lysine 60%, and domestic supply of lysine would face overpressure, inventories embarrassing situation, which is in the first half under pressure of domestic lysine business inventories, prices continue slumpdirect cause. Data show that the domestic farming industry the greatest demand on the lysine can not break 400 thousand tons, so the next lysine or to face the situation of excessive production capacity.
Methionine
Methionine production now mostly chemical synthesis, production technology is based on glycerol and acrolein, methyl mercaptan addition, generation of 3 – methylthio propionaldehyde, and then with ammonium bicarbonate, sodium cyanide, forming the methylthio-ethyl-B ringhydantoin, after hydrolysis, acidification is made. As the threshold of higher methionine production technology, the technology is still a few companies in the world monopoly of methionine production in China is still a blank. At present, all of our feed methionine dependence on imports, imports of 90,000 tons per year around; in January 2009 to 11 months, China imported a total of 90,500 tons of methionine, an increase of 9%, and imports close to the year 2008.
Degussa, Sumitomo, Cao reach, enhance human immunity, and nowe Division and other enterprises in China still firmly occupy the methionine market; 2009 Degussa capacity of 350,000 tons, Wei, Secretary Snow was 25 million tons, enhance human immunity to 20 tons, Sumitomo was 90,000 tons, Cao up to 25,000 tons (out), the Volga is a small amount, for a total of about 900,000 tons per year. According to statistics, China is the actual consumption of methionine at 10 million tons this year, demand is expected to reach 110,000 tons ~ 120 thousand tons. In accordance with global demand growth rate 5% in the next 20 years, demand in China will reach 250 thousand tons of methionine ~ 300,000 tons.
Threonine
The second limiting amino acid as pig and poultry third limiting amino acid, threonine is one of the important feed additive. Since the 90s of last century, global threonine industry has developed rapidly in 1993, only 4,000 tons of global production, and by 2009 the global production capacity has more than 200 thousand tons; demand for feed production and sales data was significantly higher than the same period. At this stage, the global demand for speed to maintain threonine about 25% each year; the Chinese market demand over the past 10 years, nearly 30% compound annual growth rate.
Japan’s Ajinomoto Company is the leader in the field of threonine, threonine 2009, the global market share of 44% Ajinomoto account; then is made in China to 25%, Degussa 16%, 10% and ADM CJ 5%. According to Ajinomoto data show that in 2010 occupied its threonine 60% market capacity.
China threonine business development from 2004 up until the end of 2004, capacity of 5,000 tons, 37,000 tons in 2008, 2009, 10 million tons, according to the situation of domestic feed business formula, the next few years will remain threonine over 20% growth; but the domestic end of threonine 2010 to 10 million tons, while domestic demand and exports only 3 million tons. This determines the low-cost strategy will become the major threonine industry competition.
Tryptophan
L-tryptophan is the second methionine, lysine, after the third generation of feed additives, the use of the effect of lysine 3 times 4 times in recent years in the pharmaceutical, cosmetic, food, health products and other industries have also been widely application. 2009 Global tryptophan production close to 4000 tons per year, major manufacturers in Japan Ajinomoto, Kyowa Hakko, Japan, and Degussa, etc.. Currently the main use of L-tryptophan dependence on imports, and high prices limited the tryptophan widely used in the feed industry: the price of feed grade L-tryptophan 300 thousand yuan per ton; and medical grade color ammonia acid import prices of about 700 thousand U.S. dollars per ton to 80 million. According to Japan’s Ajinomoto forecast demand for 2010 will grow 25% of tryptophan to 5000 tons, Ajinomoto goal is to occupy 80% of the share of this market.