{
  "query": {
    "country": "AT",
    "item": "milk"
  },
  "status": "ok",
  "price": {
    "currency": "EUR",
    "unit": "per 1000 milliliter",
    "value": 1.59,
    "measure": "median",
    "median": 1.59,
    "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": "median",
    "reference_period": "2026-09"
  },
  "as_of": "2026-10-30T09:45:38.261Z",
  "source": {
    "id": "at-statistik-preisradar",
    "name": "Preisradar (price radar): food prices from retail scanner data, STATISTIK AUSTRIA",
    "publisher": "STATISTIK AUSTRIA (Bundesanstalt Statistik Österreich)",
    "licence": "STATISTIK AUSTRIA legal notice (read 2026-10-28): provided the source \"STATISTIK AUSTRIA\" is cited and the content is reproduced accurately, it may be reproduced, distributed and made publicly available for commercial and non-commercial purposes; where data content is extracted or otherwise modified, a note must say it was edited.",
    "licence_url": "https://www.statistik.at/en/about-us/responsibilities-and-principles/legal-basis/website-information",
    "attribution": "Source: STATISTIK AUSTRIA, Preisradar (https://www.statistik.at/preisradar/). Content edited by ProofPrice: we select the item, show the monthly median and calculate the changes; STATISTIK AUSTRIA has not reviewed it.",
    "url": "https://www.statistik.at/preisradar/"
  },
  "method": "STATISTIK AUSTRIA's Preisradar publishes, for 100 standard food items and every month, the median price computed from retailers' scanner (till) data after discounts. ProofPrice returns the published median for the latest month unchanged, with the mean and the 25th-75th percentile range the publisher also gives, the month before, the same month a year earlier and the changes we calculate from them. The range is the 25th to 75th percentile, not the 10th to 90th, and no count of sales is published. These are statistics compiled from scanner data, not receipts.",
  "method_url": "https://proofprice.com/method",
  "summary": "In Austria the median scanner-data price of \"Fresh milk\" (1000 milliliter) was EUR 1.59 in September 2026 (STATISTIK AUSTRIA Preisradar, not receipts). That is 5.9% lower than a year earlier (EUR 1.69 in September 2025). Official median published by STATISTIK AUSTRIA (Bundesanstalt Statistik Österreich) for 2026-09.",
  "notice": "Information, not a valuation or offer. Ranges describe past recorded prices.",
  "extra": {
    "country_name": "Austria",
    "item": {
      "code": "005661",
      "definition": "Fresh milk (1000 milliliter)",
      "definition_de": "Frischmilch (1000 Milliliter)",
      "unit": "per 1000 milliliter",
      "asked_for": "milk"
    },
    "what_this_is": "Monthly median price from retail scanner (till) data after discounts, published by STATISTIK AUSTRIA in its Preisradar. Not a receipt and not the price at any one shop.",
    "reference_month": "2026-09",
    "reference_month_label": "September 2026",
    "mean": 1.57,
    "interquartile_range": {
      "p25": 1.32,
      "p75": 1.73,
      "note": "25th to 75th percentile of the scanner prices, as published (not p10-p90)"
    },
    "change_on_year_earlier": {
      "reference_month": "2025-09",
      "value": 1.69,
      "change_percent": -5.9,
      "change_amount": -0.1
    },
    "change_on_previous_month": {
      "reference_month": "2026-08",
      "value": 1.57,
      "change_percent": 1.3,
      "change_amount": 0.02
    },
    "other_definitions": [
      {
        "item": "extended shelf life  milk",
        "definition": "Extended shelf life  milk"
      },
      {
        "item": "milk chocolate",
        "definition": "Milk chocolate"
      },
      {
        "item": "baby food (milk)",
        "definition": "Baby food (milk)"
      },
      {
        "item": "milk shake",
        "definition": "Milk shake"
      }
    ],
    "dataset": {
      "title": "Preisradar (STATISTIK AUSTRIA)",
      "url": "https://www.statistik.at/preisradar/"
    }
  },
  "answer_id": "ans_dd54cac2c72fd81031e8",
  "method_version": "1",
  "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T09:45:38.261Z",
  "evidence": {
    "type": "official_statistic",
    "label": "Official published median",
    "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": 30,
  "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."
  ]
}