{
  "query": {
    "country": "FR",
    "item": "apples"
  },
  "status": "ok",
  "price": {
    "currency": "EUR",
    "unit": "per kg",
    "value": 3.15,
    "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": "INSEE last updated the data on 2026-10-15."
  },
  "as_of": "2026-10-24T11:03:15.169Z",
  "source": {
    "id": "fr-insee-grocery-prices",
    "name": "Prix moyens de vente au détail (average retail prices of selected food items), INSEE",
    "publisher": "INSEE (Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques)",
    "licence": "INSEE re-use conditions (https://www.insee.fr/fr/information/2381855, conditions 2.1 and 2.2): re-use of the data is free, including for commercial purposes, without licence or payment, provided the data are not altered and the source and the date of the last update are named.",
    "licence_url": "https://www.insee.fr/fr/information/2381855",
    "attribution": "Source: Insee, Prix moyens de vente au détail (macro-economic database BDM), data last updated by Insee on the date stated in the answer. The published figures are passed on unchanged; the percentage changes are calculated by ProofPrice. Insee has not reviewed this work.",
    "url": "https://www.insee.fr/fr/plan-du-site/famille-bdm/103157792"
  },
  "method": "INSEE publishes, in its macro-economic database, the national average retail price of selected food items from its price survey in metropolitan France (euros, VAT included), monthly for some items and yearly for others. ProofPrice collects the newest figures once a day and returns the published average unchanged, with the previous period and (for monthly items) the same month a year earlier, and the changes we calculate from them. No range is calculated: INSEE gives one average and no count of prices behind it. These are averages compiled for price statistics, not receipts.",
  "method_url": "https://proofprice.com/method",
  "summary": "In France the national average retail price of \"Apples (1 kg)\" was €3.15 in September 2026 (INSEE price survey, metropolitan France, not receipts). That is 0.3% higher than a year earlier (€3.14 in September 2025). Official average published by INSEE (Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques) for 2026-09.",
  "notice": "Information, not a valuation or offer. Ranges describe past recorded prices.",
  "extra": {
    "country_name": "France",
    "item": {
      "code": "000641367",
      "definition": "Apples (1 kg)",
      "unit": "per kg",
      "asked_for": "apples"
    },
    "what_this_is": "National average retail price from INSEE's price survey in metropolitan France, VAT included. Not a receipt and not the price at any one shop.",
    "frequency": "monthly",
    "reference_period_label": "September 2026",
    "reference_month": "2026-09",
    "insee_last_update": "2026-10-15",
    "change_on_year_earlier": {
      "reference_period": "2025-09",
      "value": 3.14,
      "change_percent": 0.3,
      "change_amount": 0.01
    },
    "change_on_previous_month": {
      "reference_month": "2026-08",
      "value": 3.19,
      "change_percent": -1.3,
      "change_amount": -0.04
    },
    "other_definitions": [],
    "library_snapshot_date": "2026-09-01",
    "dataset": {
      "title": "Prix moyens de vente au détail (INSEE BDM)",
      "url": "https://www.insee.fr/fr/plan-du-site/famille-bdm/103157792"
    }
  },
  "answer_id": "ans_ae9b0f43baa4ab341f81",
  "method_version": "1",
  "retrieved_at": "2026-10-24T11:03:15.169Z",
  "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": 24,
  "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."
  ]
}