Current UCUI
68/100
Moderate-High Uncertainty
+4 points from prior reading
Potato Market Intelligence
Potato Re Export Data
Potato re export data identifies imported potato products that are subsequently exported from a reporting country. Analysts and buyers can distinguish trade-hub activity from domestic production and avoid overstating supplier diversification or local competitiveness.
Market Data
How to read this market
Potato re-export data identifies imported potato products subsequently exported from a reporting country without substantial domestic production. The market object is the routed flow by original source where known, reporting hub, destination, product code, quantity, value, and period.
Use the data to identify trade hubs, separate domestic production exports from redistributed imports, and test supplier-country claims. Preserve uncertainty where original lineage cannot be established and compare re-export flows with ports, timing, and product transformations.
Data Module
Potato Re-Export Data
Market objectre-exported potato flow
Primary measuresvolume, value, route
Key dimensionsorigin, reporting hub, destination
Commercial usetrade-hub and source analysis
Market contextproduct code, timing, ports
Compare withdomestic production exports
Analysis
Why this matters
Re-exports can make a trading hub look like a large potato producer or exporter when its role is redistribution. That matters for supplier diversification because several apparent country sources may depend on the same original production base.
Commercial interpretation should distinguish routing from origin and avoid claiming exact lineage when the reporting data cannot support it.
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
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Overview
Who is this for?
This page is for trade analysts, procurement teams, distributors, and policy researchers that need potato re-export data. Re-exports are goods imported into one country and subsequently exported without substantial domestic production, sometimes after storage, sorting, or limited handling. MassGain helps users separate these flows from locally produced exports and trace their likely origin and destination.
The suite can organize product code, import origin, reporting country, export destination, value, volume, timing, port, and handling status. Analysts can identify trade hubs and avoid overstating domestic production competitiveness. Procurement can understand whether a supplier country is a true source or an intermediary. Risk teams can assess how border changes at a hub may affect multiple downstream markets.
Re-export identification can be incomplete because reporting rules differ and origin may change after processing. MassGain preserves the source basis and avoids claiming exact lineage where the data cannot support it. It provides a structured trade-network view that helps users interpret country totals, concentration, routing, and price formation more accurately.
Use Case
A buyer believes one country has become a major frozen-potato producer because its exports doubled. MassGain shows most growth consists of re-exported product from two established origins. Procurement evaluates the original sources and hub risk separately.
FAQs
What is a potato re-export?
It is imported potato product subsequently exported again without substantial domestic production.
Why distinguish re-exports from domestic exports?
They reflect trade-hub activity rather than local crop or processing capacity.
How does MassGain trace re-export flows?
It compares origin, reporting country, destination, product code, timing, value, volume, and ports.
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Data and Methodology
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