Current UCUI
68/100
Moderate-High Uncertainty
+4 points from prior reading
Potato Market Intelligence
Organic Potato Import Data
The organic potato import data view tracks certified inbound flows by origin, entry point, product form, quantity, value, and reporting period. Analysts and procurement teams can test whether imports can actually relieve a domestic shortage after certification, specification, freight, and destination are aligned.
Market Data
How to read this market
Organic-potato-import data records inbound certified potato products by origin, entry point, product form, classification, quantity, value, and reporting period. The market object is imported organic supply distinguished among fresh potatoes, frozen products, flakes, starch, seed, and other identifiable categories.
Use the data to assess whether imports can relieve domestic shortages, compare origin competitiveness, and monitor seasonal substitution. Pair customs flows with certification evidence, duties, currency, freight, domestic production, inventory, and destination geography.
Data Module
Organic Potato Import Data
Market objectinbound certified potato flow
Primary measuresquantity and value
Key dimensionsorigin, product form, port, period
Commercial useimport and supply-balance analysis
Basis factorscertification, duty, FX, freight
Compare withdomestic production, inventory, demand
Analysis
Why this matters
Higher organic imports do not automatically loosen every domestic market. Frozen product entering a coastal port cannot be assumed to substitute for inland fresh or processing potatoes.
Commercial interpretation should trace product form and destination. Imports matter only when they are certification-compatible, specification-ready, timely, and economically reachable by the constrained buyer.
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 analysts, market researchers, procurement teams, and import-focused distributors that need reliable organic potato import data. Organic trade flows can supplement domestic supply, but the headline volume is meaningful only when product form, certification, origin, port, season, and final use are understood. MassGain helps users distinguish fresh organic potatoes from frozen products, flakes, starch, seed, and other processed categories where reporting allows.
The suite organizes imports by origin country, entry point, quantity, value, unit, product classification, and reporting period. Users can compare inbound volume with domestic organic production, storage, price premiums, currency, duties, freight, and processor demand. Analysts can identify whether imports are structurally increasing or merely filling a short domestic crop. Procurement can test whether foreign supply is economically relevant to a specific plant. Distributors can see whether imports are concentrated far from their customer base.
Trade data may be revised, aggregated, or unable to identify organic status perfectly in every classification. MassGain documents those limits and avoids treating customs volume as immediately available inventory. It does not provide customs advice or certify imported product. It provides a transparent trade-flow framework for judging whether imports can materially change organic potato availability, competition, and pricing.
Use Case
A market analyst sees organic potato imports rise sharply year over year. MassGain shows most of the increase is frozen product entering one coastal port, not fresh potatoes available to inland buyers. The analyst revises the supply outlook by product form instead of assuming domestic fresh-market scarcity has disappeared.
FAQs
What can organic potato import data show?
It can show reported origin, product form, volume, value, entry point, and timing of inbound trade.
Why may imports not relieve every shortage?
Product form, certification, quality, port location, freight, timing, and customer specifications can limit substitution.
How does MassGain qualify import data?
It adds classification, revisions, currency, duties, freight, domestic supply, demand, and destination context.
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Data and Methodology
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Figures may reflect the latest available observation rather than a same-day transaction. Source data and MassGain calculations may be corrected, restated, or revised.
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Certain observations may be derived from USDA reports. MassGain is independent and is not affiliated with or endorsed by the USDA.
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