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The global feed vitamins market continues to be shaped by a complex interplay of supply dynamics, price trends, and geopolitical developments. This update provides an overview of recent market movements across the major feed vitamins, highlighting the factors influencing pricing and availability, and what buyers can expect in the coming months.
Highlights:Vitamin E 50%: Prices remain firm with upward pressure driven by traders, while most end-users are already covered for Q2–Q3.Vitamin A 1000: Suppliers push for higher prices with limited offers, and spot market activity dominates as contracts are largely secured.Vitamin D3 500: Market is stable at elevated levels, with cautious buying and no major price changes expected in the short term.D-Calpan: Prices are rising due to tighter nearby supply, with increased spot buying and forward coverage.Vitamin B3: Slight price increases driven by spot market and raw material concerns, while long-term contracts remain at lower levels.
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Vitamin E 50%
Suppliers continue to be firm on pricing, if they offer at all. There remains a strong and ongoing desire to raise prices, following a period of low price levels. It is mostly traders that are currently active in the spot market to fill gaps left and right, driving up the current market prices. Many end-users have already secured Q2 and Q3 volumes some time ago at lower prices and are now focusing on the timely contract execution.
Vitamin A 1000
Similar dynamics as seen with vitamin E. Suppliers are very keen to move away from the low price levels and often refrain from offering or offer higher prices. Most spot volumes are currently being filled by traders, while manufacturers are also making offers, though they remain cautious. Since a large portion of Q2 and Q3 volumes has already been contracted by end-users, the spot market is now largely driving activity.
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A pretty stable market is seen for vitamin D3 500, although it is still at an elevated price level compared to last year. As the price is relatively high, buyers are careful to take long positions and buy mostly what they need, and that keeps the pipeline relatively thin and prices stable at this higher level. There is no real expectation that prices will go much higher, but also not lower, in the short term. Most of Q2 has been contracted.
Vitamin B2 80%
Although several vitamins have either stopped declining in price or are rising as a result of the current geopolitical situation, the vitamin B2 market has so far remained stable in most regions. Most of Q2 has been contracted by now, and even a small overlap into Q3 is seen.
D-Calpan
Prices of d-calpan have been going up rapidly over the last few weeks. Prices have stayed low for a long period of time, and the market got used to that very low level, and nobody was really been tempted to take long positions. But with the current geopolitical situation, the supply chain has been tested a bit, and it turns out that nearby availability is not that good, which has put upward pressure on prices. By now, buyers have acted, and forward cover is taken, and the high end of the price range is mostly triggered by traders and spot buying and gap-filling. Q2 and a portion of Q3 have been contracted.
Vitamin B3
Also, some price increase is seen, but during the previous round of price increase earlier this year, buyers had already taken long positions into 2026. So any upward price pressure is mostly related to spot transactions and potentially a shortage and/or elevated price of raw materials due to the Iran war situation. But the average contract prices are actually lower. Q2, Q3, and even a portion of Q4 have been contracted already.
Biotin
Some weeks ago, there was a slight increase in prices seen for both the pure biotin and a commonly used diluted version, such as biotin 2%. But currently, things look stable, and material is contracted well into 2026 already.
Vitamin C 35% mono
A slight price increase was seen recently, but that was short-lived, and the price has been stable for some weeks now. Despite the global geopolitical situation, it seems the supply and demand balance continues to prevail for this product, and prices remain relatively low, and supply is good. Also, in most cases, the container freight rates did not really increase a lot. A large portion of 2026 is contracted already.
