New orders in the capital goods sector were up 18.4% in 2013 from a year earlier, while orders in the consumer and durable goods sectors increased by 5.8% and 5.3%, respectively.
In the intermediate goods sector, new orders fell 4% on the year, the data showed.
In December alone, Romanian industrial new orders fell 1.2% on the month, but were up 18% from the same month of 2012, largely fueled by a 39.3% increase in orders for capital goods.