EXHIBIT 12

JOINT FILING AGREEMENT

THIS JOINT FILING AGREEMENT is entered into as of September 1, 2008, by and among the parties signatories hereto. The undersigned hereby agree that the Amendment No. 2 to the Statement on Schedule 13D/A with respect to the shares of Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of Synutra International, Inc., a Delaware corporation, is, and any amendment thereafter signed by each of the undersigned shall be, filed on behalf of each undersigned pursuant to and in accordance with the provisions of 13d-1(k) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

WARBURG PINCUS PRIVATE EQUITY IX, L.P.
By: Warburg Pincus IX LLC, its General Partner,
By: Warburg Pincus Partners, LLC, its Sole Member,
By: Warburg Pincus & Co., its Managing Member
By:	/s/ Scott A. Arenare
	Name: Scott A. Arenare
	Title: Partner
WARBURG PINCUS IX LLC
By: Warburg Pincus Partners, LLC, its Sole Member,
By: Warburg Pincus & Co., its Managing Member
By:	/s/ Scott A. Arenare
	Name: Scott A. Arenare
	Title: Partner
WARBURG PINCUS PARTNERS, LLC
By: Warburg Pincus & Co., its Managing Member
By:	/s/ Scott A. Arenare
	Name: Scott A. Arenare
	Title: Partner
WARBURG PINCUS LLC
By:	/s/ Scott A. Arenare
	Name: Scott A. Arenare
	Title: Managing Director

WARBURG PINCUS & CO.
By:	/s/ Scott A. Arenare
	Name: Scott A. Arenare
	Title: Partner
By:	/s/ Charles R. Kaye
	Name: Charles R. Kaye
	By: Scott A. Arenare, Attorney-in-Fact*
By:	/s/ Joseph P. Landy
	Name: Joseph P. Landy
	By: Scott A. Arenare, Attorney-in-Fact*