Glutamic acid Price — China Factory EXW 2026

Glutamic acid price Spec: China national standards

China EXW, VAT excluded

Newest China EXW USD 1,054.58 / MT · VAT excluded +172.5664 (20.00%) as of 20210323

Newest Price 1,054.58

Price Date 20210323

Day's Change +172.57

Day's Range 1,054.58 - 1,227.14

Month's Change -81.12

Month's Range 1,054.58 - 973.45

Year's Change -812.68

Year's Range 1,054.58 - 1,867.26

Beyond food, Vietnam's pharmaceutical and feed sectors are also consuming more glutamic acid. However, buyers should watch for potential trade policy shifts—Vietnam's reliance on ...

Also known as 138-15-8 (Unspecified hydrochloride), 16690-92-9 (Di-hydrochloride salt), 19238-49-4 (Unspecified calcium salt), 19473-49-5 (Mono-potassium salt)

Opinions

How is Vietnam's growing food processing sector reshaping glutamic acid trade flows?

Beyond food, Vietnam's pharmaceutical and feed sectors are also consuming more glutamic acid. However, buyers should watch for potential trade policy shifts—Vietnam's reliance on imports makes it sensitive to anti-dumping measures or tariff changes, which could alter supplier competitiveness quickly.

What drives the recent surge in glutamic acid production efficiency improvements?

These efficiency gains also affect pricing dynamics. If major producers like Fufeng and Meihua adopt such strains, effective supply could rise without new capacity investments, potentially pressuring prices in export markets like Vietnam, which relies heavily on imports due to limited domestic production infrastructure.

Glutamic acid price context

What drives Glutamic acid prices

How is Vietnam's growing food processing sector reshaping glutamic acid trade flows?: Beyond food, Vietnam's pharmaceutical and feed sectors are also consuming more glutamic acid. However, buyers should watch for potential trade policy shifts—Vi...

What drives the recent surge in glutamic acid production efficiency improvements?: These efficiency gains also affect pricing dynamics. If major producers like Fufeng and Meihua adopt such strains, effective supply could rise without new capac...

How we assess Glutamic acid price

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Overview

Glutamic acid (2-aminopentanedioic acid, CAS 6899-05-4) is a non-essential amino acid occurring as a white crystalline powder, and is the most abundant amino acid in the human body, found widely in the brain and muscles. It functions as an excitatory neurotransmitter and serves as a precursor for glutamine, proline, and arginine.

Food: used as the core component of monosodium glutamate (MSG), a flavor enhancer first isolated from seaweed by a Japanese scientist.
Pharmaceuticals: relevant in research on neurological, gastrointestinal, and psychiatric disorders, including anxiety and depression.
Biotechnology: L-glutamic acid is produced industrially via fermentation using Corynebacterium glutamicum strains.
Industrial: a monomer for poly-γ-glutamic acid production, with China holding a large share of the global market.

China's production landscape centers on fermentation-based L-glutamic acid, with ongoing strain engineering efforts—such as overexpression of sugar permeases, kinases, and biotin ligases—to boost yields. The country is a major global supplier of both glutamic acid and its downstream polymer, poly-γ-glutamic acid.

Key domestic producers:
Fufeng Group – fermentation and strain improvement for L-glutamic acid.
Shandong Freda – poly-γ-glutamic acid production.
Nanjing Shineking Biotech – poly-γ-glutamic acid production.

Properties

Name

Glutamic acid

138-15-8 (Unspecified hydrochloride)

16690-92-9 (Di-hydrochloride salt)

19238-49-4 (Unspecified calcium salt)

19473-49-5 (Mono-potassium salt)

CAS Number

6899-05-4

HS Code

2922422000

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