Manufacturing sales increased 3.1% on the month in October, while mining sales inched up 0.5%, the data showed.
By segment, sales of capital goods rose 6.9% in October from a month earlier, while sales of durable and intermediate goods increased 6.8% and 3.8%, respectively. Consumer goods sales were up 1% on the month, but energy sales declined 8.4%.
On an annual basis, industrial sales rose 3.2% in October, supported by a 3.8% increase in manufacturing sales. Mining sales fell 11% year-on-year.
In the first 10 months of 2013, Romanian industrial sales rose 4.3% on the year, largely fueled by a 15.6% increase in capital goods sales, the data showed.