The cost of vitamin D3 has increased from 27/kg in June-July to €40/kg in August. In December-January, "Megamix" expects 70-80/kg, a Similar price level can happen on B3, which in early summer is 37 Euro/kg; Other vitamins of group B also expensive.

"The fact that this summer the European Commission adopted the decision from 1 July 2018 to ban the use of feed supplements with vitamins, stabilized ethoxyquin (synthetic antioxidant) — said Vlasov. In the end, companies in Europe have started to transfer production of vitamins without ethoxyquin, the Chinese players also started thinking about this. As a result, the high price of the D3".

As for vitamin B3, in the world it is produced four large companies — the European BASF and DSM, as well as Chinese Xinfa and Xinfo. The latest in 2017, suspended work, which led to higher prices. Then they increased after Xinfa were ordered to stop production and move it to another location. This is due to the fact that at the beginning of last year, China implemented the policy of "clear sky", resulting in a number of enterprises stopped working and even closed.

The volume of vitamin A are also reduced. According to Vlasov, 65% of the global market is controlled by BASF: 25% — directly through vitamin, another 40% — using citral, a chemical compound that is a base for the production of vitamin A. However, on October 31 last year at the company's plant for production of citral, a fire, and she has suspended production of vitamins A and E and some carotenoids. In December last year, it was assumed that the release of citral will resume no earlier than the beginning of the second quarter of 2018.

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