Current UCUI
68/100
Moderate-High Uncertainty
+4 points from prior reading
Potato Market Intelligence
Potato Port of Entry Prices
Potato port of entry prices describe values observed where imported potatoes or potato products enter a destination country, with inclusions varying by freight, insurance, duties, brokerage, and inspection. MassGain matches origin, product, currency, border basis, and inland lane so buyers can compare imported supply with domestic replacement cost on a full landed basis.
Market Data
How to read this market
Potato port-of-entry prices describe values observed where imported potatoes or potato products enter a destination country. Depending on the reporting basis, the price may include origin value, international freight, insurance, duties, brokerage, inspection, or other border costs.
Use port data to compare imported supply with domestic replacement economics. Match product classification, origin, grade, package, currency, transit time, and border terms, then add inland freight and expected quality or storage costs before making a sourcing decision.
Data Module
Port-of-entry price context
Portborder crossing or arrival location
Originexporting country
Productclassified potato form and specification
Border basisincluded duty, freight, or handling elements
Inland laneremaining destination freight
Decision useimport-versus-domestic landed-cost comparison
Analysis
Why this matters
A low port price is not necessarily the lowest delivered cost. Congestion, demurrage, inland freight, quality loss, or customer specifications can erase the apparent advantage after entry.
The analytical distinction is between border value and usable destination value. Currency or tariff changes can move the port price without a comparable change in the foreign potato market, while domestic shortages can make imported supply attractive even at a higher border value. The full landed bridge determines commercial relevance.
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
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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
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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.
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Content
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- Anticipate risk
- Act earlier
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MassGain Potato Index: independent physical-pricing intelligence and trend analysis.
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Overview
Who is this for?
This page is for importers, distributors, processors, procurement teams, and trade analysts who need to benchmark potato prices observed at ports of entry. A port-of-entry price reflects product arriving through a defined border crossing or port and may incorporate origin value, international freight, insurance, duties, brokerage, inspection, and other costs depending on the reporting basis. MassGain helps users identify what is included before comparing the value with domestic or alternate imported supply.
Port prices can vary sharply by product classification, origin, grade, package, currency, transit time, and border conditions. An apparent discount may disappear after inland freight, storage, demurrage, quality loss, or customer specifications are included. MassGain connects port observations with foreign origin markets, customs data, domestic replacement prices, freight, and historical landed spreads. Buyers can evaluate imports, distributors can set destination pricing, and analysts can identify whether a price move reflects the commodity, currency, policy, or logistics. The result is a transparent border benchmark that supports total-landed-cost decisions rather than treating every recorded port value as a ready-to-use domestic price.
Use Case
An importer compares potatoes entering through two ports with domestic delivered supply. MassGain shows one port has the lowest reported value but faces congestion, demurrage, and a long inland lane. The second imported option has a higher border price but lower total landed cost and receives the seasonal allocation.
FAQs
What is included in a potato port-of-entry price?
Inclusion varies and may cover product value, freight, insurance, duties, brokerage, inspection, or other border costs.
Why can port prices differ from domestic prices?
Origin, currency, duties, transit, product mix, quality, border conditions, and inland freight all matter.
How does MassGain compare port and domestic supply?
It aligns product and timing and calculates the remaining landed-cost, quality, and logistics adjustments.
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Data and Methodology
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