{
  "query": {
    "country": "TW",
    "item": "egg eggs chicken (雞蛋)"
  },
  "status": "ok",
  "price": {
    "currency": "TWD",
    "unit": "per kg",
    "value": 78.33,
    "measure": "median",
    "median": 78.33,
    "typical_low": 66.67,
    "typical_high": 110,
    "min": 66.67,
    "max": 125
  },
  "sample_size": 175,
  "period": {
    "from": "2026-10-15",
    "to": "2026-10-28"
  },
  "confidence": "high",
  "price_type": "posted_price",
  "as_of": "2026-10-30T09:45:37.833Z",
  "source": {
    "id": "tw-taichung-markets",
    "name": "Taichung public retail market daily vegetable and fruit price list",
    "publisher": "Taichung City Government (臺中市政府), via data.gov.tw (dataset 84539)",
    "licence": "Taiwan Open Government Data License v1.0 (政府資料開放授權條款-第1版: any purpose including commercial, attribution required, compatible with CC BY 4.0)",
    "licence_url": "https://data.gov.tw/license",
    "attribution": "臺中市政府 2026 臺中市政府公有零售市場每日蔬果價格表; 此開放資料依政府資料開放授權條款 (Open Government Data License) 進行公眾釋出, https://data.gov.tw/license. Accessed by ProofPrice; changed by ProofPrice: market-day prices of the last 14 days converted from NT$ per catty (600 g) to NT$ per kg, reported as median and 10th to 90th percentile. Not endorsed by Taichung City Government.",
    "url": "https://data.gov.tw/en/datasets/84539"
  },
  "method": "Median and 10th–90th percentile of the market-day average prices recorded by Taichung City in its public retail markets over the last 14 days of data, in New Taiwan dollars per kg (published per catty 斤 = 600 g, converted). Posted market prices, not receipts; n is the number of market-day prices (5 or more needed); one city, not Taiwan as a whole.",
  "method_url": "https://proofprice.com/method",
  "summary": "Taichung City's public retail markets posted egg eggs chicken (雞蛋) at a median of NT$78.33 per kg (10th–90th percentile NT$66.67–NT$110) over 2026-10-15 to 2026-10-28. These are posted market prices from one city, not receipts. Based on 175 records from Taichung City Government (臺中市政府), via data.gov.tw (dataset 84539) (2026-10-15 to 2026-10-28). Confidence: high.",
  "notice": "Information, not a valuation or offer. Ranges describe past recorded prices.",
  "extra": {
    "market_days": 175,
    "area": "Taichung City (13 public retail markets)",
    "other_products": [
      "duck egg eggs (鴨蛋)"
    ]
  },
  "answer_id": "ans_eea4e48b1b54d7381e62",
  "method_version": "1",
  "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T09:45:37.833Z",
  "evidence": {
    "type": "posted_price",
    "label": "Posted or listed price",
    "meaning": "A price a seller, market or authority publishes in advance (a shelf price, tariff, fee schedule or quoted wholesale price): it is what is asked, not a record of what each customer paid."
  },
  "reliability": "record_level",
  "data_as_of": "2026-10-28",
  "data_age_days": 2,
  "suggestions": [
    "This is a posted price, not what each customer paid."
  ]
}