{
  "query": {
    "country": "MY",
    "product": "sotong_biasa",
    "level": "retail",
    "species": "sotong_biasa"
  },
  "status": "ok",
  "price": {
    "currency": "MYR",
    "unit": "per kg",
    "value": 25.32,
    "measure": "average",
    "median": null,
    "typical_low": null,
    "typical_high": null,
    "min": null,
    "max": null
  },
  "sample_size": null,
  "period": {
    "from": "2025-12-01",
    "to": "2025-12-31"
  },
  "confidence": "high",
  "price_type": "official_statistic",
  "statistic": {
    "measure": "average",
    "reference_period": "2025-12",
    "note": "A monthly average price per kilogram for December 2025 at the retail level: not a sale and not a live price. This is the retail price, not what fishers receive; the ex-vessel price is in by_level. Old data: the newest month in the file is December 2025, 10 months ago."
  },
  "as_of": "2026-10-24T11:06:51.931Z",
  "source": {
    "id": "my-dosm-fish",
    "name": "Fish prices (OpenDOSM data catalogue)",
    "publisher": "Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM), via the OpenDOSM data catalogue",
    "licence": "Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)",
    "licence_url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
    "attribution": "Source: Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM), OpenDOSM data catalogue, Fish prices (open.dosm.gov.my/data-catalogue/fish_prices), CC BY 4.0. Changed by ProofPrice: we pass on the newest published monthly average and name its month.",
    "url": "https://open.dosm.gov.my/data-catalogue/fish_prices"
  },
  "method": "Malaysia (fish prices): the Department of Statistics Malaysia publishes one monthly average price per kilogram for each species and level (ex-vessel, wholesale, retail). We pass on the newest published average and its month; it is a monthly average, not a sale and not a live price, and no range is calculated.",
  "method_url": "https://proofprice.com/method",
  "summary": "The average retail price of Sotong Biasa (squid or cuttlefish) in Malaysia was MYR 25.32 per kg in December 2025, as published by the Department of Statistics Malaysia (a monthly average, not a sale or a live price). Old data: 10 months old. Official average published by Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM), via the OpenDOSM data catalogue for 2025-12.",
  "notice": "Information, not a valuation or offer. Ranges describe past recorded prices.",
  "extra": {
    "country_name": "Malaysia",
    "species": {
      "slug": "sotong_biasa",
      "name": "Sotong Biasa (squid or cuttlefish)"
    },
    "level": {
      "value": "retail",
      "label": "retail"
    },
    "what_this_is": "Monthly average price per kilogram published by the Department of Statistics Malaysia. Ex-vessel = first sale at landing (what fishers receive); wholesale = between traders; retail = in shops and markets.",
    "by_level": {
      "ex_vessel": 17.23,
      "wholesale": 19.73,
      "retail": 25.32
    },
    "reference_month": "2025-12",
    "reference_month_label": "December 2025",
    "dataset": {
      "name": "Fish prices",
      "url": "https://open.dosm.gov.my/data-catalogue/fish_prices"
    }
  },
  "answer_id": "ans_8b6f4f79204f09d25963",
  "method_version": "1",
  "retrieved_at": "2026-10-24T11:06:51.931Z",
  "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": "2025-12-31",
  "data_age_days": 297,
  "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."
  ]
}