Current UCUI
68/100
Moderate-High Uncertainty
+4 points from prior reading
Potato Market Intelligence
Potato Export Price Index
Potato export price index tracks changes in exported potato or potato-product values across a defined basket of products and destinations. MassGain separates like-for-like pricing from product mix, destination mix, currency, and freight and connects the result with domestic crop supply, processor capacity, and foreign demand.
Market Data
How to read this market
Potato export price index tracks changes in the value of exported potatoes or potato products across a defined basket of destinations, products, currencies, and periods. The object should preserve constituent codes, destination weights, quantity, value, freight basis, and methodology.
Use the index to assess outbound price direction and possible export pricing power, then separate product mix, destination mix, currency, and freight from true like-for-like price movement. Connect the series with domestic crop supply, processor capacity, and destination demand.
Data Module
Potato Export Price Index Monitor
Originexporting market
Basketdefined potato products
Destinationsweighted receiving markets
Methodprice or unit-value construction
Contextcurrency, freight, crop, capacity
Decision useexport pricing analysis
Analysis
Why this matters
A higher export index can reflect more specialty fries, premium seed, or high-value destinations rather than broad price strength. Export volume may even be flat while mix lifts the index. Commercial interpretation should identify which products and markets contributed before inferring pricing power.
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 exporters, processors, trade analysts, commercial teams, and lenders that need a potato export price index. The index tracks changes in prices or unit values for exported potatoes and potato products across a defined basket of destinations, products, currencies, and periods. MassGain helps users examine the product codes, destination weights, quantity, value, currency treatment, and revision history behind the aggregate measure.
Export-price changes can signal market strength, but they can also reflect mix. A higher index may result from more specialty fries, premium seed, processed ingredients, or high-value destinations rather than stronger pricing for every exporter. Freight terms and exchange rates can also reshape the reported value. MassGain connects export prices with domestic crop supply, processor capacity, trade volume, destination demand, and regional benchmarks. Commercial teams can evaluate pricing power, finance can separate price from mix, and lenders can assess exposure to concentrated export markets. The result is a clearer outbound price signal that explains which products and destinations drove the movement and whether the change is relevant to a specific business.
Use Case
A processor sees its national export price index rise 10% and assumes broad pricing power. MassGain shows most of the gain comes from coated specialty fries sold into one high-value market. The company raises assumptions for that segment but keeps standard-fry forecasts conservative.
FAQs
What does a potato export price index track?
It tracks changes in exported potato or potato-product prices for a defined basket and period.
Can a higher index reflect product mix?
Yes. Destinations, formats, quality, currency, and freight terms can change the aggregate.
How does MassGain explain export-price changes?
It decomposes the index by product, destination, volume, value, currency, and domestic supply.
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Data and Methodology
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