New! Potato Platform with three DCA French Fries Indices

DCA Market Intelligence strengthens its position as a leading Price Reporting Agency (PRA) in the international potato market with the introduction of the DCA Potato Platform and three new exclusive indices for French fries.

The Potato Platform offers a unique combination of independent benchmarks, market analyses and extensive data on trade flows, production figures and price trends. With the three French Fries Indices, professionals in the international potato and fries chain gain insight into the price development of French fries.

DCA Potato Platform
With the introduction of the indices and the platform, DCA Market Intelligence as PRA aims to increase market transparency in the potato and French fries chain. In addition to the French Fries Indices, the Potato Platform consists of extensive price and trade data such as market prices, import and export flows and production and area figures from the EU and North America. The platform also contains weekly market analyses and updates from experienced DCA market analysts on price developments and trends within the physical and futures markets (EEX Leipzig).

"As DCA Market Intelligence, we present with our Potato Platform one of the most comprehensive platforms with market information for the French fry potato chain in the world. It is the perfect support for the participants in this market segment in making well-considered decisions in a dynamic market," says Eric de Lijster, Head of PRA at DCA Market Intelligence. "With the new indices, we offer traders, processors and retailers an independent and objective reference point, with which they can better respond to price developments and market trends. This strengthens the position of our customers in a competitive market."

DCA French Fries Indices
The three new indices for French Fries are the DCA Open Market Index, which reflects the price of frozen fries on the free market. The second is the DCA Fastfood Index, which follows the price trend of French fries intended for fast-food chains. The third index is the French Fries 70/30 Index, a weighted average of the Open Market Index and the Fastfood Index. This is the indicator of the general price trend in the French fries sector.

The French Fries Indices reflect the cost price and are calculated on the basis of fixed specifications and a transparent formula. The indices have been carefully tested in recent weeks. This can be seen in the price development in the graph below, where the latest prices from last Friday (week 5) are the most up-to-date.

At the beginning of this year, DCA Market Intelligence presented the DCA EU-4 Potato Index, a benchmark for the price of French fries potatoes in the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany and France.

De Specifications of the DCA Frozen Fries Indices and more information about the DCA Potato Platform can be found on the website of DCA Market Intelligence.

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