Sales in the manufacturing industry increased 13.9% in September from a month earlier, while mining sales were up 5.3%, the data showed.
By sector, sales in the capital goods industry rose 40.5% on the month in September, after a 14% increase in the previous month. Sales in the durable consumer goods advanced 14.7% on the month, while sales of intermediate goods increased by 6.8%.
Energy sales were up 4.4% in September from a month earlier, while consumer goods sales rose 3.3%.
On an annual basis, industrial sales rose 15.2% in September, again boosted by higher sales in all sectors. Mining sales were up 10.9% on the year, while sales in the manufacturing sector grew by 15.4%.
In January through September, Romanian industrial sales advanced 17.6% from the year-earlier period, largely buoyed by an 18.1% increase in manufacturing sales.