Vitamin B Complex and K3: Value Recovery Under Cost-Push Revaluation
VB1 MN · VB1 HCl · VB6 · Vitamin K3 · Calcium Pantothenate · Folic Acid
A quick read on where six of the core water-soluble vitamins stand this week, and what actually counts as a good price at each level.
1 | Thiamine Mononitrate Still softening. Producers are visibly competing for tonnage and offers have come down again. On genuine volume, USD 26.00–27.00/kg is the working range — anything below that is exceptional and rarely repeatable.
2 | Thiamine Hydrochloride Same direction as mononitrate, trading between USD 33.00 and 34.00/kg on tonnage. Lead time is currently mattering more than price, as at least one producer is already filling its order book. Smaller requirements can be consolidated for prompt shipment.
3 | Pyridoxine Hydrochloride The slide has stopped. Producers are well into loss territory and are no longer prepared to chase volume downward. The market has settled at USD 12.60–13.42/kg, with the lower half appearing only on real tonnage — at these production economics it will not persist for long.
4 | Vitamin K3 (MSB / MNB) Holding at the bottom, with cost pressure building underneath. Raw material has moved sharply and every producer is negative. MSB USD 8.50–8.70, MNB USD 9.80–10.00, MOQ 250 kg. On balance, the risk here is to the upside rather than the downside.
5 | Calcium Pantothenate Bottomed, and the most loss-making position in the entire complex — prices have effectively nowhere left to fall. USD 4.30–4.50/kg, occasionally with discounted bonded lots for buyers who are flexible on production date.
6 | Folic Acid Still ticking lower on the surface, but the raw-material side has already turned. We read this as the last stretch of weakness before stabilisation. USD 27.40–28.77/kg.
Calcium pantothenate and folic acid are available under the VEGA brand, where we are able to support genuinely competitive pricing. Send us your quantity and requirement and we will quote accordingly.
Indicative levels for this week only; the market is moving daily and all offers are subject to confirmation at time of order.
