https://github.com/lastunicorn/ins-toolkit
A .NET library that helps working with files and data from INS (Institutul Național de Statistică din România).
https://github.com/lastunicorn/ins-toolkit
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A .NET library that helps working with files and data from INS (Institutul Național de Statistică din România).
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/lastunicorn/ins-toolkit
- Owner: lastunicorn
- License: mit
- Created: 2026-06-08T20:29:55.000Z (22 days ago)
- Default Branch: master
- Last Pushed: 2026-06-25T10:46:10.000Z (6 days ago)
- Last Synced: 2026-06-25T12:17:51.745Z (6 days ago)
- Topics: consumer-price-index, inflation, ins, statistics
- Language: C#
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- Size: 47.9 KB
- Stars: 0
- Watchers: 0
- Forks: 0
- Open Issues: 0
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- Changelog: changelog.txt
- Funding: .github/FUNDING.yml
- License: LICENSE
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# INS Toolkit
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`INS Toolkit` is a .NET library that helps working with files and data from INS.
INS is the Romanian National Statistics Institute (Institutul Național de Statistică)
- https://insse.ro
## Installation
Package Manager:
```powershell
Install-Package DustInTheWind.Ins.Toolkit
```
.NET CLI:
```bash
dotnet add package DustInTheWind.Ins.Toolkit
```
## Runtime Requirements
- Library target framework: `.NET 8.0` (`net8.0`)
## Vocabulary
**CPI**
The Consumer Price Index (CPI) presents the percentage change in prices that consumers pay for goods and services.
https://www.investopedia.com/terms/c/consumerpriceindex.asp
Romanian:
- Indicele Prețurilor de Consum (IPC)
## CPI (Yearly)
### a) In the Browser
1. Open https://insse.ro web page in a browser.
2. Navigate to "Date Statistice" -> "Serii de date" -> "IPC - serii de date" -> "IPC - serie de date anuala"
OR
1. Access directly the URL:
- https://insse.ro/cms/ro/content/ipc%E2%80%93serie-de-date-anuala
### b) Parse the Web Page
There is no computer friendly access to the data, so, the only approach is to read the HTML page and extract the data from there.
```csharp
using DustInTheWind.Ins.Toolkit;
YearlyCpiWebPage webPage = new();
IEnumerable records = await webPage.EnumerateRecords();
foreach (YearlyCpiRecord record in records)
{
...
}
```
> **Note**
>
> Because the number format used by the INS web page is inconsistent (sometimes the decimal is marked with ".", sometimes with ",") we recommend to thoroughly verify the imported values before using them.
## CPI (Quarterly)
CPI = Consumer Price Index
### a) In the Browser
1. Open https://insse.ro web page in a browser.
2. Navigate to "Date Statistice" -> "Serii de date" -> "IPC - serii de date" -> "IPC - serie de date trimestriala"
OR
1. access directly the URL:
- https://insse.ro/cms/ro/content/ipc-serie-de-date-trimestriala
### b) Parse the Web Page
There is no computer friendly access to the data, so, the only approach is to read the HTML page and extract the data from there.
```csharp
using DustInTheWind.Ins.Toolkit;
QuarterlyCpiWebPage webPage = new();
IEnumerable records = await webPage.EnumerateRecords();
foreach (QuarterlyCpiRecord record in records)
{
...
}
```
> **Note**
>
> Because the number format used by the INS web page is inconsistent (sometimes the decimal is marked with ".", sometimes with ",") we recommend to thoroughly verify the imported values before using them.
## Average Wage (Yearly)
### a) In the Browser
1. Open https://insse.ro web page in a browser.
2. Navigate to "Date Statistice" -> "Serii de date" -> "Câștiguri - serii de date" -> "Câștiguri salariale din 1938 - serie anuală"
OR
1. access directly the URL:
- https://insse.ro/cms/ro/content/c%C3%A2%C8%99tiguri-salariale-din-1938-serie-anual%C4%83-0
### b) Parse the Web Page
There is no computer friendly access to the data, so, the only approach is to read the HTML page and extract the data from there.
```csharp
using DustInTheWind.Ins.Toolkit;
YearlyAverageWageWebPage webPage = new();
IEnumerable records = await webPage.EnumerateRecords();
foreach (YearlyAverageWageRecord record in records)
{
...
}
```
## Average Wage (Monthly)
### a) In the Browser
1. Open https://insse.ro web page in a browser.
2. Navigate to "Date Statistice" -> "Serii de date" -> "Câștiguri - serii de date" -> "Câștiguri salariale - din 1991, serie lunară"
OR
1. access directly the URL:
- https://insse.ro/cms/ro/content/c%C3%A2%C8%99tiguri-salariale-din-1991-serie-lunar%C4%83
### b) Parse the Web Page
There is no computer friendly access to the data, so, the only approach is to read the HTML page and extract the data from there.
```csharp
using DustInTheWind.Ins.Toolkit;
MonthlyAverageWageWebPage webpage = new();
IEnumerable records = await webpage.EnumerateRecords();
foreach (MonthlyAverageWageRecord record in records)
{
...
}
```
## Demo Project
The repository includes a sample CLI project in `sources/Ins.Toolkit.Demo` that demonstrates:
- download and and extract data from the INS web pages
- printing parsed data.
You can use this project as a reference implementation for your own importer/exporter tools.