New orders in the durable goods sector rose 15.4% on the year in the first half, while orders in the consumer and intermediate goods sectors were up 8.8% and 2.9%, respectively.
Demand for capital goods declined 3.5% on the year.
In June alone, Romanian industrial orders fell 2.3% on the month, but were up 2.2% compared with the same month of 2011, the data showed.