DCA Market Intelligence publishes every week the benchmark DCA EU-4 Potato Index and DCA EU-4 Potato Forward Index.
Product description
Quality
The DCA EU-4 Potato Index is a composite benchmark. Therefore, the specifications of the individual prices included in the calculations apply.
Price
The DCA EU-4 Potato Index is the weekly acreage-weighted average of the (average price) of the countries Germany (Reka), France (RNM), Belgium (Viaverda/Fiwap and Belgapom), and the Netherlands (PotatoNL and DCA PAT-Index). The DCA EU-4 Potato Forward Index are weekly calculated forward prices based on the DCA EU-4 Potato Index, taking into account a storage fee per week until the moment of 'delivery' on the last Friday of the respective forward month.
Timing
In the calculation of DCA EU-4 Potato Index, direct delivery is assumed in the week of the benchmark price involved. For DCA EU-4 Potato Forward Index, delivery is calculated for the last Friday of the respective forward month.
Location
The DCA EU-4 Potato Index is a composite Benchmark Index. Therefore, the specifications of the individual prices included in the calculations apply.
Unit
Euro per 100 kilograms rounded to €0.01 (one cent)
How the price input is collected
Every Friday afternoon, the quotations for the current week are collected. The DCA EU-4 Potato Index is calculated for the current week based on the prices collected during that week. If there is no (partial) price for the respective country during that week, the previous (partial) price is used, up to a maximum of 3 weeks back. After that, the country is no longer included in the calculation. If there are no prices available for more than one country in this manner, the calculation of DCA EU-4 Potato Index for that week is not made until such prices are available again. The DCA EU-4 Potato Index for a season begins as soon as a price can be determined in three out of the four countries. The end of a season is determined around mid-July, after which no more DCA EU-4 Potato Forward Index are recorded for that harvest year.
Input analysis, processing, and publication
The DCA EU-4 Potato Index is calculated based on the main price in the following regions:
| Germany | Reka; 'Industrieware' 40+ and/or Fontane/Challenger, Innovator, and Agria |
| France | RNM; Fontane |
| Belgium | Viaverda/Fiwap; field crop suitable for fries and/or Fontane, Challenger, and Belgapom, field crop suitable for fries and/or Fontane, Challenger |
| The Netherlands | PotatoNL; Category I + quotations for fresh, 'fast food,' and 'Regular' fries, and the DCA PAT-Index |
For price ranges, the average of those two prices is calculated.
For each country, weighting is based on the size of the acreage under consumption potatoes for the current harvest year.
For harvest year 2025: