{
  "query": {
    "country": "TW",
    "item": "wholesale rice"
  },
  "status": "ok",
  "price": {
    "currency": "TWD",
    "unit": "per 100 kg",
    "value": 4096,
    "measure": "average",
    "median": null,
    "typical_low": null,
    "typical_high": null,
    "min": null,
    "max": null
  },
  "sample_size": null,
  "period": {
    "from": "2026-11-03",
    "to": "2026-11-03"
  },
  "confidence": "high",
  "price_type": "official_statistic",
  "statistic": {
    "measure": "average",
    "reference_period": "2026-11-03"
  },
  "as_of": "2026-11-04T01:05:13.853Z",
  "source": {
    "id": "tw-moa-rice",
    "name": "National average daily grain price, Agriculture and Food Agency, Ministry of Agriculture (Taiwan)",
    "publisher": "Agriculture and Food Agency (AFA), Ministry of Agriculture (MOA), Taiwan",
    "licence": "Open Government Data License, version 1.0 (Taiwan): free reuse, including commercial use, with attribution",
    "licence_url": "https://data.gov.tw/license",
    "attribution": "Source: Agriculture and Food Agency, Ministry of Agriculture, Taiwan: 'National average daily grain price' (https://data.gov.tw/en/datasets/87817), Open Government Data License v1.0. Figures are passed on as published; the changes on earlier dates are calculated by ProofPrice.",
    "url": "https://data.gov.tw/en/datasets/87817"
  },
  "method": "The Agriculture and Food Agency of Taiwan's Ministry of Agriculture publishes, for every day, one national average price per rice variety: retail (NT$ per kg), wholesale (NT$ per 100 kg) and paddy (NT$ per 100 kg). ProofPrice returns the newest published figure unchanged, with the figure about a month and a year earlier, the changes we calculate from them and the last 13 months. No range is calculated: the publisher gives one average and no count of prices behind it. These are statistics, not receipts.",
  "method_url": "https://proofprice.com/method",
  "summary": "In Taiwan the published national average for \"Wholesale price of japonica white rice\" was NT$4096 per 100 kg on 3 November 2026 (Ministry of Agriculture grain price statistics, not receipts). That is 1.5% higher than a year earlier (NT$4035 on 3 November 2025). Official average published by Agriculture and Food Agency (AFA), Ministry of Agriculture (MOA), Taiwan for 2026-11-03.",
  "notice": "Information, not a valuation or offer. Ranges describe past recorded prices.",
  "extra": {
    "country_name": "Taiwan",
    "item": {
      "field": "pt_2japt_price",
      "definition": "Wholesale price of japonica white rice, per 100 kg",
      "stage": "wholesale",
      "unit": "per 100 kg",
      "asked_for": "wholesale rice"
    },
    "what_this_is": "National average rice price published by the Agriculture and Food Agency, Ministry of Agriculture (Taiwan). One figure per variety and day; not a receipt and not the price at any one shop.",
    "reference_date": "2026-11-03",
    "reference_date_label": "3 November 2026",
    "per_kg_equivalent": 40.96,
    "change_on_month_earlier": {
      "reference_date": "2026-10-03",
      "value": 4097,
      "change_percent": 0,
      "change_amount": -1
    },
    "change_on_year_earlier": {
      "reference_date": "2025-11-03",
      "value": 4035,
      "change_percent": 1.5,
      "change_amount": 61
    },
    "last_13_months": [
      {
        "month": "2025-11",
        "date": "2025-11-30",
        "value": 4047
      },
      {
        "month": "2025-12",
        "date": "2025-12-31",
        "value": 4115
      },
      {
        "month": "2026-01",
        "date": "2026-01-31",
        "value": 4140
      },
      {
        "month": "2026-02",
        "date": "2026-02-28",
        "value": 4168
      },
      {
        "month": "2026-03",
        "date": "2026-03-31",
        "value": 4223
      },
      {
        "month": "2026-04",
        "date": "2026-04-30",
        "value": 4239
      },
      {
        "month": "2026-05",
        "date": "2026-05-31",
        "value": 4211
      },
      {
        "month": "2026-06",
        "date": "2026-06-30",
        "value": 4156
      },
      {
        "month": "2026-07",
        "date": "2026-07-31",
        "value": 4140
      },
      {
        "month": "2026-08",
        "date": "2026-08-31",
        "value": 4107
      },
      {
        "month": "2026-09",
        "date": "2026-09-30",
        "value": 4104
      },
      {
        "month": "2026-10",
        "date": "2026-10-31",
        "value": 4096
      },
      {
        "month": "2026-11",
        "date": "2026-11-03",
        "value": 4096
      }
    ],
    "other_definitions": [
      {
        "item": "wholesale indica rice",
        "definition": "Wholesale price of hard indica white rice, per 100 kg",
        "unit": "per 100 kg"
      },
      {
        "item": "wholesale soft indica rice",
        "definition": "Wholesale price of soft indica white rice, per 100 kg",
        "unit": "per 100 kg"
      },
      {
        "item": "wholesale glutinous rice",
        "definition": "Wholesale price of round glutinous white rice, per 100 kg",
        "unit": "per 100 kg"
      },
      {
        "item": "wholesale long glutinous rice",
        "definition": "Wholesale price of long glutinous white rice, per 100 kg",
        "unit": "per 100 kg"
      }
    ],
    "dataset": {
      "title": "National average daily grain price",
      "url": "https://data.gov.tw/en/datasets/87817"
    }
  },
  "answer_id": "ans_daa75d434cd3bc3241d8",
  "method_version": "1",
  "retrieved_at": "2026-11-04T01:05:13.853Z",
  "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": "2026-11-03",
  "data_age_days": 1,
  "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."
  ]
}