Current UCUI
68/100
Moderate-High Uncertainty
+4 points from prior reading
Potato Market Intelligence
Potato Ex Works Price
Potato ex works price data captures the specified product value at the seller's named facility and the commercial terms attached to pickup. Buyers can add freight, insurance, border costs, handling, shrink, and final delivery to compare the offer with FOB or delivered alternatives on the same destination basis.
Market Data
How to read this market
Potato ex-works-price data records the value of a specified potato product made available at the seller's named facility under the agreed commercial terms. The market object is the origin quote by seller location, product, variety, grade, package, unit, availability date, currency, loading terms, and included handling.
Use the data to build a destination-specific landed cost by adding buyer-arranged pickup, freight, insurance, border charges, handling, shrink, quality risk, and final delivery. Normalize the product and contractual basis before comparing ex-works offers with FOB or delivered quotations.
Data Module
Potato Ex Works Price
Market objectseller-location potato quote
Primary measureorigin price
Key dimensionsproduct, grade, package, location
Commercial uselanded-cost comparison
Excluded-cost contextpickup, freight, risk, border
Compare withFOB and delivered alternatives
Analysis
Why this matters
A low ex-works price can simply reflect the transfer of logistics responsibility to the buyer. Two offers may represent similar potato value while differing sharply in who pays for pickup, freight, insurance, and handling.
Commercial interpretation should bridge every offer to the same destination and usable specification. Only then does the apparent origin discount become a meaningful sourcing signal.
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 procurement, processors, distributors, and market-intelligence teams that need to interpret a potato ex works price. Under an ex works-style quotation, the seller makes the product available at a named facility while the buyer generally bears substantial responsibility for pickup and onward movement, subject to the actual contract. MassGain helps users separate the plant or warehouse price from the logistics needed to reach the destination.
The suite can organize seller location, product, variety, grade, package, unit, loading terms, availability date, currency, taxes, and included handling. It adds buyer-arranged freight, fuel, border costs, insurance, shrink, quality risk, and final delivery to produce a comparable landed value. Procurement can compare ex works offers with FOB or delivered quotations. Finance can avoid treating a low origin price as the full purchase cost. Market intelligence can identify whether the quote reflects regional potato conditions or merely different commercial terms.
MassGain does not interpret Incoterms or legal transfer of risk. It provides a transparent pricing bridge that documents what is included, normalizes units and product definitions, and compares the resulting delivered usable cost with matched regional benchmarks and alternative suppliers.
Use Case
A processor receives a low ex works quote for dehydrated potatoes from a distant plant. MassGain adds pickup, linehaul, insurance, border charges, handling, and expected transit loss. The offer remains attractive for one destination but loses its advantage for two plants with longer final-mile routes.
FAQs
What does an ex works potato price include?
It generally covers product made available at the named seller location under the agreed contract terms.
What must the buyer add?
Pickup, freight, insurance, handling, border charges, shrink, and destination delivery may need to be added.
How does MassGain compare ex works offers?
It normalizes product and terms, then builds a complete landed usable cost by destination.
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Data and Methodology
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Timing and revisions
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