{
  "query": {
    "country": "AT",
    "product": "rapeseed"
  },
  "status": "ok",
  "price": {
    "currency": "EUR",
    "unit": "per tonne",
    "value": 481.73,
    "measure": "average",
    "median": null,
    "typical_low": null,
    "typical_high": null,
    "min": null,
    "max": null
  },
  "sample_size": null,
  "period": {
    "from": "2026-09-01",
    "to": "2026-09-30"
  },
  "confidence": "high",
  "price_type": "official_statistic",
  "statistic": {
    "measure": "average",
    "reference_period": "2026-09",
    "note": "A monthly national average price received by Austrian producers for September 2026, net of VAT: not a sale, not a retail price and not a live price."
  },
  "as_of": "2026-11-06T18:01:58.847Z",
  "source": {
    "id": "at-statistik-farm-prices",
    "name": "Producer prices for agricultural and forestry products, monthly (STATISTIK AUSTRIA)",
    "publisher": "STATISTIK AUSTRIA",
    "licence": "STATISTIK AUSTRIA website terms: \"Provided the source 'STATISTIK AUSTRIA' is cited, and the content is reproduced accurately, it is permitted to reproduce, distribute and make the content publicly available for both commercial and non-commercial purposes\"; where data content such as tables is otherwise modified, a note must be included stating that the content used has been edited.",
    "licence_url": "https://www.statistik.at/en/about-us/responsibilities-and-principles/legal-basis/website-information",
    "attribution": "Source: STATISTIK AUSTRIA, Producer prices for agricultural and forestry products (https://www.statistik.at/en/statistics/agriculture-and-forestry/agricultural-and-forestry-economy-and-prices/producer-prices). Figures are passed on as published; ProofPrice has edited them: it picks one product row, adds the change on the previous month and the price per kilogram, and shows one figure instead of the table.",
    "url": "https://www.statistik.at/en/statistics/agriculture-and-forestry/agricultural-and-forestry-economy-and-prices/producer-prices"
  },
  "method": "Austria (STATISTIK AUSTRIA): the monthly national average price received by Austrian producers for the product, net of VAT, from the producer price spreadsheet. We pass on the published average and its month, with the change on the previous month that we calculate from two published averages and the change on a year earlier as STATISTIK AUSTRIA states it; it is a monthly average, not a sale, and no range is calculated.",
  "method_url": "https://proofprice.com/method",
  "summary": "In September 2026 Austrian producers received on average €482 per tonne for rapeseed (net of VAT), as published by STATISTIK AUSTRIA (a monthly average, not a sale or a live price). That is 8.8% higher than a year earlier, as the publisher states. Official average published by STATISTIK AUSTRIA for 2026-09.",
  "notice": "Information, not a valuation or offer. Ranges describe past recorded prices.",
  "extra": {
    "country_name": "Austria",
    "product": {
      "definition": "rapeseed",
      "asked_for": "rapeseed",
      "statistik_row": "529",
      "statistik_name": "Rape seed4",
      "group": "Oilseeds"
    },
    "what_this_is": "Monthly national average price received by producers in Austria, net of VAT, published by STATISTIK AUSTRIA. Not a sale, not a retail price and not a live price.",
    "reference_month": "2026-09",
    "reference_month_label": "September 2026",
    "published_unit": "per tonne",
    "price_per_kg": 0.4817,
    "net_of_vat": true,
    "change_on_previous_month": {
      "reference_month": "2026-08",
      "value": 428.54,
      "change_percent": 12.4
    },
    "change_on_year_earlier_published": {
      "change_percent": 8.8
    },
    "provinces": {
      "Lower Austria": 465.61
    },
    "last_months": [
      {
        "month": "2026-01",
        "value": 468.67
      },
      {
        "month": "2026-02",
        "value": 469.44
      },
      {
        "month": "2026-03",
        "value": 468.64
      },
      {
        "month": "2026-04",
        "value": 484.85
      },
      {
        "month": "2026-05",
        "value": 484.85
      },
      {
        "month": "2026-07",
        "value": 477.86
      },
      {
        "month": "2026-08",
        "value": 428.54
      },
      {
        "month": "2026-09",
        "value": 481.73
      }
    ],
    "edited_note": "ProofPrice has edited the table: one product row is shown with the change on the previous month and the price per kilogram."
  },
  "answer_id": "ans_08f0aefa39bca914f50b",
  "method_version": "1",
  "retrieved_at": "2026-11-06T18:01:58.847Z",
  "evidence": {
    "type": "official_statistic",
    "label": "Official published average",
    "meaning": "One average or median that a statistics office or regulator publishes for a reference period: it describes a group, not a distribution, and says nothing about any single price."
  },
  "reliability": "official_median_no_count",
  "data_as_of": "2026-09-30",
  "data_age_days": 37,
  "suggestions": [
    "This is one published figure (an average, median, index or listed price) with no record count: use it as a reference point, not as a range of what individuals paid.",
    "For a decision on a specific job or purchase, ask for an itemised quote."
  ]
}