{
  "query": {
    "country": "LV",
    "item": "rye bread"
  },
  "status": "ok",
  "price": {
    "currency": "EUR",
    "unit": "per kg",
    "value": 2.85,
    "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"
  },
  "as_of": "2026-10-23T12:09:00.863Z",
  "source": {
    "id": "lv-csb-prices",
    "name": "Average retail prices of selected commodity (table PCC010m), Official Statistics Portal of Latvia",
    "publisher": "Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia (CSB)",
    "licence": "Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0). The CSB's official statistics service states: \"Data is provided under CC BY 4.0 license.\"",
    "licence_url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
    "attribution": "Source: Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia (CSB), Official Statistics Portal, table PCC010m 'Average retail prices of selected commodity', https://data.stat.gov.lv. Licensed under CC BY 4.0. Prices are passed on as published; the change on a year earlier is calculated by ProofPrice.",
    "url": "https://data.stat.gov.lv/pxweb/en/OSP_PUB/START__VEK__PC__PCC/PCC010m/"
  },
  "method": "The Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia (CSB) publishes, each month, the national average retail price of about 130 food and drink items (table PCC010m), from the shop prices it records for its price statistics. ProofPrice returns the published average for the item's latest month, unchanged, with the same month a year earlier, the month before and the last 13 months. No range is calculated: the CSB gives one average and does not say how many price quotes are behind it. These are shop prices recorded for statistics, not receipts.",
  "method_url": "https://proofprice.com/method",
  "summary": "In Latvia the national average shop price of \"Rye bread, 1 kg\" was €2.85 in September 2026 (Central Statistical Bureau price statistics, not receipts). That is 4% lower than a year earlier (€2.97 in September 2025). Official average published by Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia (CSB) for 2026-09.",
  "notice": "Information, not a valuation or offer. Ranges describe past recorded prices.",
  "extra": {
    "country_name": "Latvia",
    "item": {
      "code": "01.1.1.3.1.307",
      "definition": "Rye bread, 1 kg",
      "unit": "per kg",
      "csb_label": "Rye bread, 1 kg",
      "asked_for": "rye bread"
    },
    "what_this_is": "Average shop price recorded by the Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia for its price statistics. Not a receipt and not the price at any one shop.",
    "reference_month": "2026-09",
    "reference_month_label": "September 2026",
    "change_on_year_earlier": {
      "reference_month": "2025-09",
      "value": 2.97,
      "change_percent": -4,
      "change_amount": -0.12
    },
    "change_on_previous_month": {
      "reference_month": "2026-08",
      "value": 2.8,
      "change_percent": 1.8,
      "change_amount": 0.05
    },
    "last_13_months": [
      {
        "month": "2025-09",
        "value": 2.97
      },
      {
        "month": "2025-10",
        "value": 3.04
      },
      {
        "month": "2025-11",
        "value": 3
      },
      {
        "month": "2025-12",
        "value": 3.04
      },
      {
        "month": "2026-01",
        "value": 3.09
      },
      {
        "month": "2026-02",
        "value": 3.06
      },
      {
        "month": "2026-03",
        "value": 3
      },
      {
        "month": "2026-04",
        "value": 3.07
      },
      {
        "month": "2026-05",
        "value": 3.05
      },
      {
        "month": "2026-06",
        "value": 3.02
      },
      {
        "month": "2026-07",
        "value": 2.83
      },
      {
        "month": "2026-08",
        "value": 2.8
      },
      {
        "month": "2026-09",
        "value": 2.85
      }
    ],
    "other_definitions": [
      {
        "item": "rye-wheat bread",
        "definition": "Rye-wheat bread, 1kg",
        "unit": "per kg"
      },
      {
        "item": "fine rye bread",
        "definition": "Fine rye bread, 1 kg",
        "unit": "per kg"
      }
    ],
    "dataset": {
      "code": "PCC010m",
      "title": "Average retail prices of selected commodity (euro per 1 kg, if other - specified) by Goods and services and Time period",
      "latest_month_in_answer": "2026-09",
      "url": "https://data.stat.gov.lv/pxweb/en/OSP_PUB/START__VEK__PC__PCC/PCC010m/"
    }
  },
  "answer_id": "ans_bd336c8fde11e86fcbef",
  "method_version": "1",
  "retrieved_at": "2026-10-23T12:09:00.863Z",
  "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": 23,
  "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."
  ]
}