Current UCUI
68/100
Moderate-High Uncertainty
+4 points from prior reading
Potato Market Intelligence
Potato Import Landed Price
Potato import landed price is the destination cost of imported potatoes or potato products after adding foreign product value, freight, insurance, duties, brokerage, inspection, port or border charges, inland delivery, currency, and expected loss. MassGain normalizes trade terms and product specifications so imports can be compared with domestic supply on the same basis.
Market Data
How to read this market
Potato import landed price is the destination cost of imported potatoes or potato products after adding the foreign product value, freight, insurance, duties, brokerage, inspection, port or border charges, inland delivery, handling, currency conversion, and expected loss. The object should preserve product specification, origin, destination, trade term, shipment period, and currency.
Use landed price to compare imported supply with domestic or alternate-origin benchmarks on the same product and delivery basis. Identify which charges are already included in FOB, CIF, or delivered offers to avoid double counting.
Data Module
Potato Import Landed Price Monitor
Productmatched potato or processed specification
Originexporting country and supplier
Destinationreceiving market
Trade termFOB, CIF, ex-works, or delivered
Costsduty, freight, handling, inland delivery
Decision useimport-versus-domestic sourcing
Analysis
Why this matters
A low foreign invoice or customs unit value can lose its advantage after duty, inland freight, qualification, or expected loss. Imports can also be too slow for emergency coverage even when economical for planned volume. The relevant signal is specification-qualified landed cost at the buyer's required date.
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 import analysts, processors, distributors, and procurement teams that need to determine the true landed price of imported potatoes or potato products. The landed price begins with the supplier or customs value but also includes ocean or cross-border freight, insurance, duty, brokerage, inspection, port charges, inland transport, handling, currency conversion, and expected loss. MassGain helps users assemble those components around the exact product, origin, destination, and delivery period.
Import comparisons often fail because one offer is quoted CIF, another FOB, and domestic supply is quoted delivered. Product codes may also combine different grades, formats, or specifications. MassGain normalizes the underlying commodity or finished-product value, identifies which costs are already included, and connects the calculation with current trade flows, exchange rates, tariffs, regional prices, and practical replacement supply. Analysts can compare countries on a like-for-like basis, procurement can test whether imports are genuinely competitive, and finance can model exposure to freight or currency changes. The result is a transparent landed-price bridge that shows where the apparent advantage originates and whether it survives after all border, logistics, quality, and timing costs are included.
Use Case
A processor considers imported frozen fries that appear 8% cheaper than domestic supply. MassGain adds duty, brokerage, port handling, inland freight, currency exposure, and a claims allowance. The import remains competitive for a planned promotion but not for routine replenishment, so procurement limits the award to the defined seasonal volume.
FAQs
What is included in a potato import landed price?
Product value, freight, insurance, duty, brokerage, inspection, port handling, inland delivery, and expected loss may all be included.
Why must trade terms be normalized?
FOB, CIF, ex-works, and delivered quotes include different portions of the logistics and risk chain.
How does MassGain validate import competitiveness?
It compares total landed usable cost with domestic and alternate-origin benchmarks under matched specifications and timing.
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Data and Methodology
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Data provenance
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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
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Independent publication
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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