Sales in the mining industry advanced 7.2% on the year in the first six months, while manufacturing sales were up 3%, the data showed.
By sector, sales in the durable consumer goods industry increased 13.6% in January-June, while sales in the consumer and intermediate goods industries were up 5.5% and 3.1% on the year respectively. Energy and capital goods sales inched up 1.5% and 0.6% in the first half from the year-ago period.
In June alone, Romanian industrial sales fell 3.4% on the month, but were up 1.5% from the same period of 2011.