Current UCUI
68/100
Moderate-High Uncertainty
+4 points from prior reading
Potato Market Intelligence
Potato Port of Entry Shipment Data
Potato port of entry shipment data records cross-border arrivals by entry location, origin, product form, classification, quantity, and period. Use it to assess whether imports can relieve a domestic constraint after accounting for duties, currency, inland freight, product compatibility, and destination geography.
Market Data
How to read this market
Potato port-of-entry-shipment data records cross-border arrivals by entry location, origin country, product form, classification, quantity, unit, and reporting period. The market object is the imported flow entering the domestic supply chain rather than the final delivered or consumed volume.
Use the data to monitor fresh potatoes, frozen products, flakes, starch, seed, or other identifiable categories, compare ports and origins, and assess whether imports can realistically relieve a domestic supply constraint. Add duties, currency, inland freight, product quality, and destination geography before translating port arrivals into market availability.
Data Module
Potato Port-of-Entry Shipment Data
Market objectimported potato flow
Primary measurevolume entering by port
Key dimensionsorigin, product form, classification, period
Commercial useimport and supply-balance analysis
Basis factorsduty, currency, inland freight
Compare withdomestic supply, prices, destination demand
Analysis
Why this matters
A rise in port arrivals does not automatically loosen the domestic market. Product may be the wrong form, enter far from the constrained region, face inland freight, or reflect customs-clearing timing rather than new supply.
Commercial interpretation should trace imports beyond the port. Relief becomes economically meaningful only when the arriving product is specification-compatible and can reach the relevant buyer at a competitive landed cost.
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 teams, importers, distributors, analysts, and risk managers that need potato shipment data by port of entry. Port records can reveal the timing, origin, volume, and product form of cross-border flows entering a market. MassGain organizes those arrivals and connects them with domestic supply, prices, currency, duties, and inland logistics.
The suite distinguishes fresh potatoes, frozen products, flakes, starch, seed, and other categories where the underlying classification supports it. Users can compare ports, origin countries, reporting periods, units, and destination regions. Procurement can identify when imports are beginning to relieve a domestic shortage. Distributors can evaluate whether arrivals are concentrated at ports far from their network. Analysts can separate a genuine demand increase from a customs-clearing backlog or one exceptional vessel.
Port-of-entry data requires careful interpretation. Classification codes may be broad, revisions can occur, and the recorded port may not be the final market. MassGain preserves product definitions, source dates, and known coverage limits and adds duty, freight, and quality context. It does not provide customs advice or customer-level shipment identities. It provides the trade-flow framework needed to judge whether import volume is timely, relevant, and economically capable of changing the domestic potato market.
Use Case
A processor expects imported potato flakes to ease regional prices. MassGain shows volumes have risen, but most arrivals entered a distant port and face high inland freight to the plant. Finance reduces the expected relief for that location while procurement targets suppliers serving the nearer port.
FAQs
What can port-of-entry potato data reveal?
It can reveal reported import volume, origin, product form, timing, and entry location.
Why is the entry port not the final destination?
Product may move inland, clear through a hub, enter storage, or be redistributed after customs release.
How does MassGain qualify port data?
It adds classification, revisions, duties, currency, inland freight, domestic supply, and destination context.
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Data and Methodology
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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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