Observed price arrays are kept as source records and are not back-adjusted. The 21 May TTTA starch range is retained as a market cross-check; the TTSA 19 May domestic quote remains the model anchor. Forecast = confirmed level shift + persistent supply-pressure carry + weak seasonality + median-confirmed root momentum. Seasonal reversion is capped and cannot force a downturn until root medians weaken. R25 forecast is plotted with its uncertainty spread. R30 forward calculation is retained internally and folded into the starch forecast cone instead of being plotted as a separate line.
Stage 1 — weekly baseline
$$\hat{P}^{base}_{j,h} = \hat{P}_{j,h-1} + \rho(T_{j,h}-\hat{P}_{j,h-1}) + d_h m_j$$
$$T_{j,h}=A_j\frac{1+H_j(w_t+h)}{1+H_j(w_t)}, \qquad A_j=0.70P_{j,t}+0.30\overline{P_j}^{(4w)}$$
$$\rho=0.22,\qquad d_h=[0.65,0.35,0.12,0.05,0.02]$$
Muted seasonal harmonic
$$H_R(w)=-0.020\sin\left(\frac{2\pi w}{52}\right)+0.016\cos\left(\frac{2\pi w}{52}\right)$$
$$H_S(w)=-0.012\sin\left(\frac{2\pi w}{52}\right)+0.006\cos\left(\frac{2\pi w}{52}\right)$$
Stage 2 — NETTA bias correction
$$Bias^{NETTA}=\overline{R^{NETTA}_{25}}_{(t_a,t_a+7d]}-\hat{R}^{base}_{25,1}$$
$$\hat{R}^{bias}_{25,h}=\hat{R}^{base}_{25,h}+\gamma_h Bias^{NETTA},\qquad
\gamma_h=[0.85,0.55,0.30,0.15,0.05]$$
Stage 3 — factory-pressure index
$$PI_t=
0.30Z(R^{NETTA}_{30}-R^{NETTA}_{25})
+0.30Z(C^{NETTA}/2.5-R^{NETTA}_{25})
+0.15Z(G^{NETTA})
+0.15Z(R^{NETTA}_{25}-R^{weekly}_{25})
+0.20B_t
+0.10U_t$$
$$B_t=+1\ \text{for constrained cross-border/import flow},\qquad U_t=0.75\ \text{when utilization}<50\%$$
Final forecasts
$$\hat{R}_{25,h}=\hat{R}^{base}_{25,h}+\gamma_h Bias^{NETTA}+\beta_h PI_t+\kappa_h(K_{25,t}-R^{NETTA}_{25,t})$$
$$\beta_h=[0.055,0.040,0.025,0.015,0.005],\qquad \kappa_h=[0.35,0.22,0.12,0.06,0.02]$$
$$\hat{R}_{30,h}=\hat{R}_{25,h}+\bar{Q}+\eta_h(Q_t-\bar{Q}),\qquad Q_t=R^{NETTA}_{30,t}-R^{NETTA}_{25,t}$$
$$\eta_h=[0.65,0.45,0.28,0.15,0.06]$$
$$\hat{S}_{h}=\hat{S}^{base}_{h}+\lambda_h PI_t+\omega_h J_t$$
$$\lambda_h=[0.105,0.075,0.050,0.030,0.015],\qquad \omega_h=[0.28,0.15,0.07,0.03,0.00]$$
$$J_t=\max\left(0,\Delta S_t-\overline{\Delta S}_{prior}\right)$$
Conversion checks
$$R^{chips}_t=\frac{C^{NETTA}_t}{2.5}$$
$$R^{starch,gross}_t=0.20S^{TTSA}_t$$