Current UCUI
68/100
Moderate-High Uncertainty
+4 points from prior reading
Potato Market Intelligence
Potato Landed Duty Paid Benchmark
Potato landed duty paid benchmark data builds a destination cost for a defined product with customs duty and every other included or excluded charge made explicit. Procurement can compare imported and domestic delivered supply while separating commodity movement from currency, tariff, freight, inspection, and inland logistics.
Market Data
How to read this market
Potato landed-duty-paid-benchmark data builds a destination value for a defined potato product with customs duty included and every other included or excluded cost made explicit. The market object is the landed benchmark by origin, product, currency, transport, insurance, duty or quota treatment, brokerage, port fees, inspection, demurrage, inland freight, shrink, and quality adjustment.
Use the data to compare imported supply with domestic delivered alternatives and to separate commodity movement from currency, policy, route, and logistics effects. Verify the exact tariff eligibility and destination basis before using the benchmark.
Data Module
Potato Landed Duty Paid Benchmark
Market objectduty-inclusive destination cost
Primary measurelanded usable value
Key dimensionsorigin, product, destination, tariff
Commercial useimport-versus-domestic benchmarking
Cost stackfreight, duty, fees, inland, quality
Compare withdomestic delivered supply
Analysis
Why this matters
A landed-duty-paid figure can appear comprehensive while still omitting inspection, inland trucking, storage, or a quality adjustment. It can also be understated if the assumed tariff preference is unavailable to the shipment.
Commercial interpretation should audit every component and avoid double counting charges already embedded in the quote. The useful benchmark is the fully matched cost of usable product at the buyer's destination.
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, import, finance, and market-intelligence teams that need a potato landed-duty-paid benchmark. The benchmark represents a defined potato product delivered to a destination with customs duty included, but the exact treatment of freight, insurance, brokerage, taxes, inspection, storage, and inland delivery must be explicit. MassGain helps users build and compare the full basis consistently.
The suite can combine origin price, currency, transport, insurance, duty, quota treatment, brokerage, port charges, inspection, demurrage, inland freight, shrink, and quality adjustment. Procurement can compare imported supply with domestic delivered alternatives. Finance can forecast cost under exchange-rate and duty scenarios. Analysts can separate changes in the underlying potato market from changes in trade policy or logistics.
A landed-duty-paid figure can appear comprehensive while omitting material charges or using a duty rate the shipment cannot claim. MassGain does not determine customs liability or provide legal advice. It provides an auditable benchmark framework that documents every component, prevents double counting, and connects imported cost with the actual product, destination, timing, and usable value required by the buyer.
Use Case
A buyer compares domestic potato flakes with an imported landed-duty-paid quote. MassGain verifies the tariff treatment, adds an omitted inspection fee and destination trucking, and adjusts for lower recovery. The import remains cheaper at one coastal plant but not at inland facilities.
FAQs
What should a landed-duty-paid potato benchmark include?
It should define product value, freight, insurance, duty, fees, destination, timing, and all included charges.
Why can two landed benchmarks differ?
Currency, tariff eligibility, route, port, freight, quality, and destination assumptions may differ.
How does MassGain make the benchmark auditable?
It records each cost component, source, date, unit, exchange rate, and commercial basis.
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Data and Methodology
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Data provenance
MassGain uses public, licensed, contributed, and independently derived physical-market information. Source availability and publication schedules vary.
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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Content and data are provided for informational and analytical purposes and do not constitute financial, investment, legal, trading, or individualized procurement advice.
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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