Current UCUI
68/100
Moderate-High Uncertainty
+4 points from prior reading
Potato Market Intelligence
Potato Market Share by Country
Potato market share by country measures each nation’s portion of a clearly defined potato market with the numerator and denominator kept consistent. MassGain separates raw production from processing, frozen fries, starch, seed, and trade so geographic concentration is analyzed at the level relevant to the commercial exposure.
Market Data
How to read this market
Potato market-share data by country measures each country's portion of a clearly defined market such as raw production, processing capacity, exports, imports, consumption, or product value. The market object is the numerator and denominator for the same product, geography, period, and unit.
Use the data to identify geographic concentration and structural shifts while separating raw-potato production from frozen fries, starch, seed, or other specialized markets. Decompose changes into physical volume, price, currency, capacity, and trade effects.
Data Module
Potato Market Share by Country
Market objectcountry share of defined potato market
Primary measureshare by volume or value
Key dimensionsproduct, geography, period, metric
Commercial useconcentration and competitive analysis
Method contextnumerator, denominator, conversion
Compare withcapacity, trade, domestic use
Analysis
Why this matters
A country can dominate raw-potato production while playing a minor role in processed exports because domestic consumption and limited plant capacity absorb the crop. Country share therefore depends entirely on the market being measured.
Commercial interpretation should keep the denominator explicit and avoid inferring competitive power from production share alone. Product-specific processing and trade shares often better describe procurement concentration.
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 and market-intelligence teams that need potato market share by country across production, processing, exports, imports, or consumption. Market share is meaningful only when the denominator, product form, period, and unit are clearly defined. A country can lead raw-potato production yet hold a much smaller share of frozen-fries exports or potato-starch capacity.
MassGain organizes country shares by metric, crop year, product, destination, and value or volume. It reconciles raw and processed forms carefully, preserves source methods, and tracks how shares change as production, processing capacity, trade, and demand evolve. Procurement can identify concentration in critical supply markets. Processors can benchmark geographic expansion and competitor capacity. Finance can stress exposure to countries dominating a product or trade lane. Analysts can distinguish structural leadership from a one-year crop anomaly or currency-driven export surge.
MassGain does not infer competitive strength from share alone. Large production may be consumed domestically, and high export value may reflect premium products rather than volume. It provides a transparent framework that shows both numerator and denominator, product conversion, revisions, and market context, helping users understand which countries truly influence the potato exposure relevant to their decisions.
Use Case
A processor sees one country produce 22% of regional potatoes and assumes it controls frozen-fries supply. MassGain shows the country has limited fry capacity and exports little finished product. Procurement focuses concentration risk on two different countries that dominate processing and trade.
FAQs
What can potato market share measure?
It can measure production, processing, exports, imports, consumption, capacity, value, or volume.
Why must the denominator be explicit?
Different products, regions, years, and units produce different and potentially conflicting shares.
How does MassGain track share changes?
It links country metrics with crops, capacity, trade, demand, currency, and revisions.
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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
MassGain figures are informational reference values and do not constitute executable bids, offers, settlements, or guarantees that a transaction can occur at the displayed value.
No individualized advice
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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