Citric Acid Anhydrous & Monohydrate (E330) and Sodium Citrate

BP / USP / E330 citric acid and trisodium citrate in 25 kg bags, with the anti-dumping map that decides the origin

Citric acid is a fermentation product and one specification serves almost every buyer: assay 99.5–100.5% on the anhydrous basis, water not more than 0.5% for the anhydrous form (the monohydrate carries one mole of water and is sold on its own monograph), sulphated ash not more than 0.05% and lead not more than 0.5 mg/kg, with limits for oxalate, sulphate and readily carbonisable substances, per the JECFA monograph mirrored by BP, USP, FCC and the EU E330 purity criteria in Regulation (EU) No 231/2012. Anhydrous is the default for beverages, dry blends and pharmaceuticals because it does not cake; monohydrate is preferred in some effervescent and confectionery formulations. Trisodium citrate dihydrate (E331(iii), HS 2918.15) is the buffer and emulsifying salt for processed cheese, beverages, detergents and dialysis concentrates, at not less than 99% on the anhydrous basis. Supply is concentrated: one 2024 market review puts China at about 2.6 million MT of production, 60% of world output and 71% of world exports. UN Comtrade 2024 export declarations under HS 2918.14 total about USD 1.52 billion, with China at USD 848 million and 1.25 million MT, Thailand USD 166 million and 103,000 MT, Belgium USD 114 million and 79,000 MT, Germany USD 66 million, Colombia USD 46 million, the USA USD 43 million, the Netherlands USD 41 million, Ireland USD 36 million, Poland USD 29 million and Türkiye USD 24 million. Citrate salts under HS 2918.15 total about USD 704 million: China USD 279 million and 319,000 MT, Germany USD 179 million, the USA USD 57 million, India USD 37 million and Belgium USD 35 million. Those are declared values, not offers.

Trade defence decides the landed price by destination. The EU applies definitive anti-dumping duties on citric acid and trisodium citrate dihydrate from China under Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/607, from 15.3% to 42.7% for cooperating producers and 42.7% for all others, extended to citric acid consigned from Malaysia; the measure was amended in 2023–2024. The USA holds anti-dumping and countervailing duty orders on citric acid and certain citrate salts from China since May 2009, continued after a third sunset review in May 2026, and anti-dumping orders on Belgium, Colombia and Thailand since July 2018, continued in August 2024; the US scope covers citric acid, sodium citrate and potassium citrate and blends where they make up 40% or more by weight. India continued its anti-dumping duty on sodium citrate from China for five years from 8 May 2025 at USD 96.05–152.78 per MT. The buyer is a beverage or food plant, a pharmaceutical or nutraceutical manufacturer, a detergent formulator, a metal-cleaning or oilfield chemicals blender, or a distributor. Documents are the certificate of analysis (COA) to the monograph bought against, the safety data sheet (SDS), a certificate of origin (which drives the duty), and halal and kosher certificates from bodies the buyer accepts. CBIL is a commodity brokerage company and brokers citric acid anhydrous, monohydrate and trisodium citrate from Chinese, Thai, Belgian, German, Austrian and Colombian fermentation plants and trader positions, in 25 kg paper or PE bags palletised in 20-ft containers and 1 MT jumbo bags, on FOB, CFR, CIF and DAP terms. Price is per MT and depends on grade, origin and the duty at destination; minimum quantities are confirmed per product and pack. Send the grade, monograph, form, monthly tonnage and destination country, and the enquiry is screened and worked against it.

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Excluded origins are not offered, including product re-exported, blended or re-processed through a third country. Every lot moves with a certificate of origin naming the producing plant, mine or grower country, and nothing is quoted before the seller and loading point are known.