Current UCUI
68/100
Moderate-High Uncertainty
+4 points from prior reading
Potato Market Intelligence
Potato Trade Reporting Country Data
Potato trade reporting country data organizes imports and exports from the jurisdiction recording the transaction. Analysts can compare mirror flows, identify reporting gaps, and distinguish production from trade-hub activity without forcing methodological differences into false precision.
Market Data
How to read this market
Potato trade reporting-country data organizes imports and exports from the perspective of the jurisdiction recording the transaction. The market object is the reporter series by partner, flow direction, product code, volume, value, unit, period, and revision status.
Use the data to compare mirror flows, identify reporting gaps, and distinguish a country's role as producer from its role as trade hub. Align valuation, timing, thresholds, classification, and transit treatment before reconciling exporter and importer records.
Data Module
Potato Trade Reporting Country Data
Market objectreporter-country trade series
Primary measuresvolume, value, partner
Key dimensionsreporter, flow, product, period
Commercial usemirror-data reconciliation
Market contexttiming, valuation, routing
Compare withpartner-reported series
Analysis
Why this matters
Reporter and partner data can disagree without implying missing trade. Different shipment dates, valuation bases, thresholds, confidentiality, and routing can move the same physical flow into different reporting periods or values.
Commercial interpretation should document those methodological differences before treating a discrepancy as a market signal.
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 analysts, statisticians, procurement teams, and policy researchers that need potato trade data organized by reporting country. The reporting country is the jurisdiction that records the import or export, which may differ from the product’s origin, final destination, or country of consumption. MassGain helps users preserve those distinctions and compare national statistics responsibly.
The suite can organize reporter, partner, flow direction, product code, volume, value, unit, period, and revision status. Analysts can compare mirror data between exporters and importers, identify reporting gaps, and measure the role of trade hubs. Procurement can determine whether apparent supply growth reflects true origin production or a reporter’s redistribution activity. Researchers can reconcile methodology and timing differences across agencies.
Reporter data often disagree because of valuation, timing, thresholds, transit, confidentiality, and classification. MassGain does not force mismatched series into false precision. It provides a transparent framework for comparing reporter-country views, documenting discrepancies, and selecting the series best suited to the market question.
Use Case
An analyst compares exports reported by Country A with imports reported by Country B and finds a 12% gap. MassGain shows different valuation bases, month cutoffs, and transit routing explain most of the discrepancy, preventing an unsupported conclusion about missing trade.
FAQs
What is a reporting country in trade data?
It is the jurisdiction whose customs or statistical authority records the transaction.
Why can reporter and partner data disagree?
Timing, valuation, thresholds, transit, confidentiality, and classification can create differences.
How does MassGain reconcile reporters?
It compares definitions, periods, mirror flows, revisions, units, and routing before drawing conclusions.
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Data and Methodology
Professional market-data standards
MassGain is building transparent public market infrastructure. Each live metric will identify its date, unit, coverage, methodology, and source basis.
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.
Commercial use and licensing
Public display does not grant rights to reproduce, redistribute, republish, or incorporate MassGain indices or references into commercial products or contracts without authorization.