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Amino Acids
Chemical Economics Handbook
Table of Contents
Section Page Number
Executive summary 10
Summary 11
Industry structure and trends 12
Methionine 12
Lysine 15
Threonine 17
Tryptophan 19
Forces at work 20
Introduction 22
Methionine 23
Commercial products 23
Bioefficacy or nutritional utilization 23
Lysine 24
Threonine 25
Tryptophan 25
Manufacturing processes 26
Methionine 26
DL-Methionine 26
Methionine hydroxy analog 26
Lysine 27
Threonine 29
Tryptophan 29
Supply and demand by region 30
United States 30
Regulation 30
Feed use 30
Nitrogen pollution 30
Food and nutritional supplement use 31
Pharmaceutical use 31
Animal production 31
Feed market trends 32
Poultry feeds 32
Swine feeds 34
Dairy and beef cattle feeds 36
Sheep feeds 37
Aquaculture 37
Pet foods 38
Methionine 39
Producing companies 39
Salient statistics 40
Consumption 41
Price 44
Trade 44
Imports 44
Exports 45
Lysine 46
Producing companies 46
Salient statistics 48
Consumption 48
Price 50
Trade 51
Threonine 51
Producing companies 52
Salient statistics 53
Consumption 53
Price 54
Trade 54
Tryptophan 54
Producing companies 55
Salient statistics 55
Consumption 56
Price 57
Trade 57
Canada 57
Regulation 57
Methionine 58
Lysine 59
Threonine 60
Tryptophan 60
Mexico 60
Methionine and lysine 60
Threonine 62
Tryptophan 62
Central and South America 62
Methionine 62
Lysine 65
Producing companies 65
Salient statistics 65
Trade 66
Threonine 67
Tryptophan 68
Europe, Middle East, and Africa 69
Summary 69
Animal production 71
Compound feed 72
Regulation 74
Western Europe 75
Methionine 75
Producing companies 75
Salient statistics 78
Consumption 79
Price 80
Trade 81
Lysine 84
Producing Companies 84
Salient Statistics 84
Consumption 85
Price 86
Trade 87
Threonine 88
Producing companies 88
Salient statistics 89
Consumption 89
Price 90
Trade 90
Tryptophan 91
Producing companies 91
Salient statistics 92
Consumption 92
Price 92
Trade 93
Central Europe 93
Methionine 93
Salient statistics 93
Trade 94
Lysine 96
Salient statistics 96
Price 97
Trade 97
Threonine 98
Producing companies 98
Salient statistics 99
Trade 100
Tryptophan 100
Producing companies 100
Salient statistics 100
Trade 100
CIS and Baltic States 100
Methionine 100
Producing companies 100
Salient statistics 101
Price 102
Trade 102
Lysine 104
Producing companies 104
Salient statistics 105
Price 105
Trade 106
Threonine 107
Producing companies 107
Salient statistics 108
Trade 109
Tryptophan 109
Producing companies 109
Salient statistics 109
Trade 110
Middle East 110
Methionine 110
Producing companies 110
Salient statistics 110
Price 111
Trade 111
Lysine 113
Salient statistics 113
Price 114
Trade 114
Threonine 115
Tryptophan 116
Africa 117
Methionine 117
Producing companies 117
Salient statistics 118
Price 118
Trade 119
Lysine 120
Producing companies 120
Salient statistics 120
Price 121
Trade 121
Threonine 122
Tryptophan 123
Indian Subcontinent 123
Methionine 123
Producing companies 123
Salient statistics 124
Consumption 125
Price 126
Trade 126
Lysine 128
Producing companies 128
Salient statistics 128
Consumption 129
Price 129
Trade 130
Threonine 130
Producing companies 130
Salient statistics 130
Consumption 131
Tryptophan 131
Producing companies 131
Salient statistics 131
Consumption 132
Northeast Asia 132
Mainland China 132
Regulation 132
Feed use 132
Food and nutritional supplement use 133
Pharmaceutical use 133
Methionine 133
Producing companies 133
Salient statistics 136
Consumption 136
Price 137
Trade 139
Lysine 140
Producing companies 140
Salient statistics 143
Consumption 143
Price 144
Trade 145
Threonine 146
Producing companies 146
Production and consumption 148
Price 149
Trade 149
Tryptophan 149
Producing companies 149
Production and consumption 150
Price 151
Trade 152
Japan 152
Regulation 152
Feed use 152
Food and nutritional supplement use 152
Pharmaceutical use 153
Methionine 153
Producing companies 153
Salient statistics 154
Consumption 155
Price 156
Trade 157
Lysine 157
Producing companies 157
Salient statistics 158
Consumption 158
Price 159
Trade 160
Threonine 161
Producing companies 161
Salient statistics 161
Tryptophan 162
Producing companies 162
Salient statistics 162
Other Northeast Asia 163
Methionine 163
Producing companies 163
Salient statistics 163
Consumption 164
Price 165
Trade 165
Lysine 166
Producing companies 166
Salient statistics 166
Consumption 167
Price 168
Trade 168
Threonine 169
Producing companies 169
Salient statistics 169
Consumption 170
Tryptophan 170
Producing companies 170
Salient statistics 170
Consumption 171
Southeast Asia and Oceania 172
Methionine 172
Producing companies 172
Salient statistics 172
Consumption 173
Price 174
Trade 175
Lysine 175
Producing companies 175
Salient statistics 176
Consumption 177
Price 178
Trade 178
Threonine 179
Producing companies 179
Salient statistics 180
Consumption 180
Tryptophan 181
Producing companies 181
Salient statistics 181
Consumption 182
Additional resources 183
Revisions 184
Data Workbook 185
Notice 186
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