# Canada potato import volume Border-crossing import volume for Canada, USDA Daily Movement reports (per hundredweight) _Data through Aug 26, 2026 · source last checked Aug 28, 2026 · page revised Aug 28, 2026_ > 31,784 cwt, 100% above the 5-yr median. Canada potato imports stood at 31,784 cwt on Aug 26, 100% above the 5-year median. Volume rose 8.6% from the prior week and 67.9% from the prior month, with year-over-year imports up 292.7%. ## The numbers | Period | Current | Prior | Change | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Week over week | 31,784 | 29,274 | +8.6% | | Month over month | 31,784 | 18,933 | +67.9% | | Year over year | 31,784 | 8,094 | +292.7% | | vs 5-yr median | 31,784 | 15,855 | +100.5% | ## About Canada potato import volume Canada is the one origin on this site that is not a US growing district: it tracks the volume of Canadian potatoes crossing into the United States, mainly out of Alberta, Manitoba, Prince Edward Island and Quebec. Those provinces grow and store potatoes on much the same fall-harvest, cellar-through-the-year calendar as the northern US storage regions, and much of what crosses the border is repacked and sold through East Coast terminal markets rather than quoted at a US shipping point. Because of that, this page tracks import volume in hundredweight, not an FOB price. Canadian potatoes compete with the US crop mainly on the eastern seaboard and in the Upper Midwest, so a jump in Canadian crossings is one of the more useful early reads on pressure building against Eastern storage-region prices, districts like [Maine](/origin/maine), [New York](/origin/new-york) and [Michigan](/origin/michigan), before it necessarily shows up in their own quotes. USDA's Daily Movement reports, not its shipping point price reports, are the source for every number on this page. ## About this data - Source: USDA AMS Daily Movement report (FV170) - Series: Potato border-crossing import volume - Basis: Movement volume, per hundredweight - Geography: Canada - Unit: cwt - Last observation: Aug 26, 2026 - Update frequency: USDA reports on business days --- Cite: Canada potato import volume is 101% above its 5-yr median for the date (USDA Daily Movement reports). The Russet Report, data through Aug 26, 2026. https://therussetreport.com/origin/canada Canonical URL: https://therussetreport.com/origin/canada