Current UCUI
68/100
Moderate-High Uncertainty
+4 points from prior reading
Potato Market Intelligence
Dehydrated Potato Export Prices
Dehydrated potato export prices differ across flakes, granules, dices, slices, flour, and specialty grades. MassGain normalizes product, plant, package, currency, trade basis, and shipment timing and connects values with raw potatoes, energy, plant utilization, inventories, and destination demand.
Market Data
How to read this market
Dehydrated-potato-export-price data records comparable outbound prices for flakes, granules, dices, slices, flour, and specialty formats by grade, plant, origin, destination, shipment period, package, currency, and trade basis. The market object is the matched export product rather than a blended national unit value.
Use the data to compare exporting countries and plant netbacks after normalizing units, product form, freight basis, and currency. Connect price movement with raw-potato conditions, drying energy, plant utilization, inventories, domestic demand, and destination markets.
Data Module
Dehydrated Potato Export Prices
Market objectmatched dehydrated export product
Primary measurenormalized export price
Key dimensionsform, grade, plant, destination
Commercial useorigin and contract benchmarking
Market contextraw supply, energy, capacity, currency
Compare withdomestic and landed alternatives
Analysis
Why this matters
A national export average can rise because the mix shifts toward higher-value dices while matched flake prices change little. Product mix and like-for-like inflation are different signals.
Commercial interpretation should compare identical grades and terms and use blended trade values mainly for structural trend analysis, not direct supplier negotiation.
Signal 01
Usable Crop Uncertainty Index
UCUI translates crop and market complexity into a simple uncertainty signal. Higher readings indicate greater uncertainty—not necessarily higher prices.
Understand uncertainty. Anticipate risk. Act earlier.
UCUI is designed to analyze potato-industry publications and data signals across regions, varieties, weather, disease, storage, supply, and demand.
WeatherHigh
DiseaseHigh
StorageMedium
SupplyMedium
Single-day snapshot based on a scan of 11,500+ web and social signals. Get historical and real-time data by clicking the button below.
The MassGain Daily
Today’s market analysis.
A daily editorial synthesis of physical potato data, crop signals, market reporting, and what participants should watch next.
September 16, 2026Latest MassGain publication
Potato market steady for now; Russia’s smaller crop is the salient risk
Spot prices are flat and USDA terminal reports read ‘market steady,’ but a renewed forecast for a smaller Russian harvest and recent regional harvest stress leave seasonal import timing and storage losses as the key uncertainty.
Signal 02
MassGain Potato Index
Independent physical-pricing intelligence and market-trend analysis for procurement, forecasting, contracting, and scenario planning.
Core Russet Carton Median
312.45 USD/MT
Latest qualifying physical-market observation
+4.75 (+1.55%)
Price discovery for the physical potato market
MPI is designed to track physical pricing data, price trends, deltas, and divergences across regions and potato types.
Series window45 days
Current public coverageCore russet cartons
Primary source basisQualifying USDA physical rows
UnitUSD per metric tonne
Single-day snapshot based on most recent 45 days worth of data. Limited to US Russets only. Get more complete, global data about all varieties by clicking the button below.
Signal 03
MassGain Spot Reference
An independent spot reference designed for price discovery, contract discussions, procurement comparisons, and risk modeling.
Russet Burbank — U.S. Midsize
305 USD/MT
Demonstration reference format
+1.6% WoW · Confidence: High
A trusted benchmark for pricing, contracts, and risk
MSR is intended to use real transactions and verifiable physical-market data to support negotiations, price checks, contracting, and risk models.
ProductRusset Burbank
SpecificationU.S. midsize, 40–70 count
Reference typePhysical spot benchmark
StatusIn development
Based on most recent 45 days worth of data. Limited to US Russets only. Get more complete, global data about all varities by clicking the button below. Full access also includes historical data -- including depreciated NYMEX/CBOE/EEX spot references -- projections, trends, and AI-driven insights.
The MassGain Product Ladder
From insight to intelligence to action
Four integrated products built for the physical potato market, delivered through public pages, reports, exports, dashboards, and API access.
1
Content
Original research, commentary, aggregated news, and market updates.
- What matters right now?
- What is happening out there?
2
UCUI™
Usable Crop Uncertainty Index: an AI-powered signal of crop risk and market uncertainty.
- Understand uncertainty
- Anticipate risk
- Act earlier
3
MPI™
MassGain Potato Index: independent physical-pricing intelligence and trend analysis.
- Price discovery
- Regional trends
- Procurement planning
4
MSR™
MassGain Spot Reference: an independent benchmark for price discovery and risk modeling.
- Contracts
- Negotiations
- Risk models
Content + UCUI + MPI + MSR + API access
Get historical series, regional detail, constituent data, exports, alerts, and direct data access.
Overview
Who is this for?
This page is for dehydrated-potato producers, exporters, procurement teams, and analysts that need reliable dehydrated potato export prices. Export values for flakes, granules, dices, slices, flour, and specialty products vary by grade, package, plant, origin, destination, shipment period, currency, and seller obligation. A country-average value can therefore conceal major product and contract differences.
MassGain organizes FOB, ex-works, customs, and delivered observations and standardizes units, currencies, package weights, and trade terms. It connects export prices with local raw potatoes, drying energy, plant utilization, inventories, domestic demand, freight, and destination import conditions. Producers can benchmark netbacks and competitiveness. Procurement can compare foreign sources with domestic delivered alternatives. Analysts can identify whether a price move reflects product mix, exchange rates, capacity constraints, or actual market inflation.
MassGain does not provide executable offers or guarantee market access. It preserves source, volume, product definition, and shipment timing and clearly labels derived or sparse observations. This creates a transparent export benchmark that supports origin comparison, contract review, and supply forecasting without treating every dehydrated product as interchangeable.
Use Case
An ingredient buyer sees one origin’s average export price surge 15%. MassGain shows the country shipped more premium dices and fewer bulk granules, while matched flake prices rose only 5%. Procurement uses the product-level series instead of accepting the blended headline.
FAQs
What moves dehydrated potato export prices?
Raw potatoes, energy, plant capacity, grade mix, currency, freight, domestic demand, and destination demand move them.
Why compare prices by product form?
Flakes, granules, dices, slices, and flour have different processes, functions, and market values.
How does MassGain compare exporting countries?
It standardizes grade, package, terms, timing, currency, and destination-specific landed cost.
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Data and Methodology
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MassGain is building transparent public market infrastructure. Each live metric will identify its date, unit, coverage, methodology, and source basis.
Data provenance
MassGain uses public, licensed, contributed, and independently derived physical-market information. Source availability and publication schedules vary.
Timing and revisions
Figures may reflect the latest available observation rather than a same-day transaction. Source data and MassGain calculations may be corrected, restated, or revised.
Not transactional pricing
MassGain figures are informational reference values and do not constitute executable bids, offers, settlements, or guarantees that a transaction can occur at the displayed value.
No individualized advice
Content and data are provided for informational and analytical purposes and do not constitute financial, investment, legal, trading, or individualized procurement advice.
Independent publication
Certain observations may be derived from USDA reports. MassGain is independent and is not affiliated with or endorsed by the USDA.
Commercial use and licensing
Public display does not grant rights to reproduce, redistribute, republish, or incorporate MassGain indices or references into commercial products or contracts without authorization.