Current UCUI
68/100
Moderate-High Uncertainty
+4 points from prior reading
Potato Market Intelligence
Potato Cn Code Trade Data
Potato cn code trade data organizes European Union trade under Combined Nomenclature classifications for fresh, seed, frozen, starch, dehydrated, and other potato products. MassGain keeps exact codes, reporters, partners, quantities, values, and periods distinct so analysts can connect trade with the correct physical market.
Market Data
How to read this market
Potato CN Code Trade Data organizes European Union trade under the Combined Nomenclature classifications used for fresh potatoes, seed, frozen preparations, starch, dehydrated products, and other potato forms. The object should retain exact code, reporting country, partner, period, quantity, value, and trade direction.
Use the data to isolate the product actually relevant to a sourcing or competitive question. Connect code-level flows with crop timing, EU production, processing capacity, freight, tariffs or regulatory conditions, and destination demand before treating an import or export series as substitutable supply.
Data Module
Potato CN Trade Monitor
Codeexact Combined Nomenclature class
ReporterEU member state
Partnerorigin or destination
Measuresquantity, value, unit value
Contextcrop, capacity, freight, policy
Decision useEU trade analysis
Analysis
Why this matters
A broad potato trade increase can be commercially misleading when the growth sits in frozen fries while the buyer needs fresh processing potatoes, or in seed while food supply is unchanged. CN-code precision is therefore necessary before trade data is used to infer raw-material availability.
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
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Overview
Who is this for?
This page is for European trade analysts, importers, exporters, processors, and procurement teams that need potato trade data organized by Combined Nomenclature code. CN codes classify goods entering EU trade statistics and distinguish fresh potatoes, seed, frozen preparations, starch, dehydrated products, and other processed forms. MassGain helps users select the correct code and retain partner country, reporting country, period, quantity, value, unit value, and trade-flow direction.
Code-level precision is essential because aggregate potato trade can conceal unrelated products. Growth in frozen fries does not imply additional fresh processing potatoes, and seed trade follows different seasonal and regulatory conditions. MassGain connects CN-code flows with production, crop timing, processing capacity, prices, tariffs, freight, and destination demand. Analysts can separate quantity from price and currency effects, procurement teams can identify realistic alternate origins, and processors can assess competitive imports or export dependence. The result is a traceable EU trade view that prevents broad category totals from being applied to a specific physical product or sourcing decision.
Use Case
A European processor sees imports under a broad potato heading rise and assumes raw-material availability is improving. MassGain separates the CN codes and shows most growth is in frozen finished products, not fresh processing potatoes. Procurement keeps its raw-material contingency and evaluates a different origin with the correct code and product.
FAQs
What is a potato CN code?
It is an EU Combined Nomenclature classification used to identify a specific potato or potato-product category in trade data.
Why must CN codes be selected carefully?
Fresh, seed, frozen, starch, dehydrated, and prepared products have different markets and cannot be combined safely.
How does MassGain analyze CN-code trade?
It connects classified flows with quantity, value, partners, crop supply, capacity, tariffs, freight, and demand.
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Data and Methodology
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