New orders for capital goods rose 23.1% on the year in the first half of 2013, while orders in the consumer and durable goods sectors were up 4.7% and 2.5%, respectively.
Demand for intermediate goods declined 8.1% on the year, the data showed.
In June alone, Romanian industrial orders inched down 0.7% on the month, but were up 9.4% compared with the same month of 2012.