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Pharma vitamins, China (Zhejiang NHU)

Xinchang (Zhejiang), China29.50°N 120.90°E
computed criticality13/100
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China ≈73% of the world's vitamin A and >90% of vitamin C
2022
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China produces most of the world's vitamins, about 73% of vitamin A, 62% of vitamin E and more than 90% of vitamin C, after DSM, BASF and Lonza withdrew from their Western sites. These molecules, essential to pharmaceutical preparations and nutrition alike, no longer have any capacity alternative outside China. A disruption would quickly exceed global buffer stocks.

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Zhejiang NHU (Xinchang)
CSPC Pharmaceutical (Shijiazhuang)
Zhejiang Medicine (Shaoxing)
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