{
  "query": {
    "country": "HK",
    "product": "live pig",
    "item": "Live pig"
  },
  "status": "ok",
  "price": {
    "currency": "HKD",
    "unit": "per kg",
    "value": 16.67,
    "measure": "average",
    "median": null,
    "typical_low": null,
    "typical_high": null,
    "min": null,
    "max": null
  },
  "sample_size": null,
  "period": {
    "from": "2026-10-14",
    "to": "2026-10-14"
  },
  "confidence": "high",
  "price_type": "posted_price",
  "statistic": {
    "measure": "average",
    "reference_period": "2026-10-14",
    "note": "Reference wholesale price reported by wholesalers, not a shop price and not a paid price. Converted from HK$ per catty (1 catty = 0.6048 kg)."
  },
  "as_of": "2026-10-20T18:46:39.480Z",
  "source": {
    "id": "hk-afcd-wholesale",
    "name": "AFCD: average wholesale prices of major fresh food",
    "publisher": "Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department (AFCD), Government of the Hong Kong SAR, via DATA.GOV.HK",
    "licence": "DATA.GOV.HK Terms and Conditions of Use (free commercial and non-commercial reuse with attribution)",
    "licence_url": "https://data.gov.hk/en/terms-and-conditions",
    "attribution": "Source: Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department (AFCD), HKSAR Government, via DATA.GOV.HK. Prices per kilogram are converted by ProofPrice from the published price per catty (1 catty = 0.6048 kg).",
    "url": "https://data.gov.hk/en-data/dataset/hk-afcd-afcdlist-wholesale-prices"
  },
  "method": "Hong Kong wholesale fresh food: the newest daily average reference wholesale price that the AFCD publishes for the food type (live pig, cattle and chicken, marine and freshwater fish, eggs, vegetables). We pass on the published figure and its day, convert catties to kilograms, and add the previous days the file holds; it is a reference average reported by wholesalers, not a list of sales, so no range or sample size is calculated.",
  "method_url": "https://proofprice.com/method",
  "summary": "Wholesale live pig in Hong Kong: HK$16.67 per kg (average reference price for 2026-10-14). Official average published by Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department (AFCD), Government of the Hong Kong SAR, via DATA.GOV.HK for 2026-10-14.",
  "notice": "Information, not a valuation or offer. Ranges describe past recorded prices.",
  "extra": {
    "item": "Live pig",
    "food_category": "Livestock / Poultry",
    "published_price": 10.08,
    "published_unit": "HK$ per catty",
    "reported_by": "Slaughterhouses",
    "change_on_previous_published_day_percent": -1.1,
    "previous_published_day": "2026-10-13",
    "recent_days": [
      {
        "date": "2026-10-14",
        "price_hkd": 16.67,
        "published_hkd_per_catty_or_egg": 10.08
      },
      {
        "date": "2026-10-13",
        "price_hkd": 16.85,
        "published_hkd_per_catty_or_egg": 10.19
      },
      {
        "date": "2026-10-12",
        "price_hkd": 16.88,
        "published_hkd_per_catty_or_egg": 10.21
      },
      {
        "date": "2026-10-11",
        "price_hkd": 16.8,
        "published_hkd_per_catty_or_egg": 10.16
      },
      {
        "date": "2026-10-10",
        "price_hkd": 17.58,
        "published_hkd_per_catty_or_egg": 10.63
      },
      {
        "date": "2026-10-09",
        "price_hkd": 17.2,
        "published_hkd_per_catty_or_egg": 10.4
      },
      {
        "date": "2026-10-08",
        "price_hkd": 16.93,
        "published_hkd_per_catty_or_egg": 10.24
      }
    ],
    "other_matches": [],
    "price_basis": "posted reference wholesale price"
  },
  "answer_id": "ans_176bf71a233113319af7",
  "method_version": "1",
  "retrieved_at": "2026-10-20T18:46:39.480Z",
  "evidence": {
    "type": "posted_price",
    "label": "Posted shelf or pump price",
    "meaning": "The price a seller displays (for example at a pump or on a shelf): it is what is asked at the time, not a record of what each customer paid."
  },
  "reliability": "thin",
  "data_as_of": "2026-10-14",
  "data_age_days": 6,
  "suggestions": [
    "Few records stand behind this range: widen the period or the area for a steadier figure.",
    "Treat it as a rough guide and ask for an itemised quote before deciding.",
    "This is a posted price, not what each customer paid."
  ]
}