{
  "query": {
    "country": "MY",
    "product": "kembong",
    "level": "ex_vessel",
    "species": "kembong"
  },
  "status": "ok",
  "price": {
    "currency": "MYR",
    "unit": "per kg",
    "value": 8.38,
    "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 ex-vessel (landing) level: not a sale and not a live price. Old data: the newest month in the file is December 2025, 10 months ago."
  },
  "as_of": "2026-10-23T12:12:13.688Z",
  "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": "At the first sale at landing (ex-vessel), fishers in Malaysia received on average MYR 8.38 per kg for Kembong (Indian mackerel) 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": "kembong",
      "name": "Kembong (Indian mackerel)"
    },
    "level": {
      "value": "ex_vessel",
      "label": "ex-vessel (landing)"
    },
    "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": 8.38,
      "wholesale": 10.22,
      "retail": 13.86
    },
    "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_46d59b9b3ccce884584c",
  "method_version": "1",
  "retrieved_at": "2026-10-23T12:12:13.688Z",
  "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": 296,
  "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."
  ]
}