Current UCUI
68/100
Moderate-High Uncertainty
+4 points from prior reading
Potato Market Intelligence
Potato Trade Statistics
Potato trade statistics summarize imports and exports by reporting country, partner, product code, volume, value, unit value, and period across fresh, seed, frozen, dehydrated, starch, and prepared categories. MassGain links those records with production, capacity, freight, currency, and demand so analysts can separate quantity changes from price and mix.
Market Data
How to read this market
Potato trade statistics summarize imports and exports by reporting country, partner, product code, volume, value, unit value, and period across fresh, seed, frozen, dehydrated, starch, and other prepared categories.
Use the statistics to size markets, map partner concentration, identify seasonal corridors, and separate quantity from price or product-mix effects. Domestic production, capacity, freight, currency, and policy should be added to explain why the trade changed.
Data Module
Potato trade-statistics context
Reporterimporting or exporting country
Partnerbilateral trade counterparty
Product codeclassified potato form
Volumephysical quantity
Value and unit valuenominal trade economics
Decision usemarket sizing, concentration, and flow analysis
Analysis
Why this matters
Aggregate trade statistics can create false diversification. A processor may show export growth across total revenue while most incremental volume remains concentrated in one destination or product.
The analytical value comes from disaggregation. Volume reveals physical demand, unit value helps separate price from quantity, and partner concentration shows dependency. Product classification is essential because fresh, frozen, seed, and ingredient trade have different implications for potato supply.
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 processors, growers, trade analysts, distributors, lenders, and strategic planners that need consistent potato trade statistics. MassGain organizes imports and exports by reporting country, partner, product classification, volume, value, unit value, period, and transport context across fresh, seed, frozen, dehydrated, starch, and other processed categories.
Trade statistics become useful when product definitions and market stages remain clear. A country's rising export value may result from higher prices or a shift toward frozen products rather than more raw-potato volume. Aggregate imports can also conceal that the buyer's required variety or specification is unavailable. MassGain helps users separate quantity, price, currency, and mix effects and connect trade with domestic production, stocks, processing capacity, demand, policy, and freight.
The analysis supports market sizing, source diversification, destination strategy, supply-balance work, and credit or investment review. Users can identify partner concentration, seasonal trade corridors, changing unit values, and the product categories driving a country's net position. MassGain does not assume customs records represent immediate commercial availability or future commitments. It provides a transparent statistical framework that links reported trade with the physical conditions required to move and use potato products.
Use Case
A lender sees a processor's export market grow rapidly and assumes improved diversification. MassGain trade statistics show 72% of the growth is concentrated in one destination and one frozen product code. The credit team recognizes the revenue concentration, tests a destination-loss scenario, and avoids treating aggregate export growth as broad risk reduction.
FAQs
What do potato trade statistics include?
They can include partner, product code, volume, value, unit value, period, route, and reporting country.
Why separate product classifications?
Fresh, seed, frozen, dehydrated, starch, and prepared products have different markets and supply implications.
How does MassGain improve trade analysis?
It connects customs statistics with domestic supply, capacity, prices, currency, freight, policy, and demand.
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Data and Methodology
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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.
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