Sales in the manufacturing industry advanced 19.1% on the year in the first six months, while mining sales were up 4.1%, the data showed.
By sector, sales in the intermediate goods industry increased 27.1% in the January to June period, while sales in the energy and capital goods industries were up 26.4% and 17.4% on the year respectively.
In the consumer goods industry, industrial sales rose 6.8% on the year in the first half, while sales in the durable goods industry increased 5.8%.
In June alone, Romanian industrial sales rose 2% on the month and were up 9.8% from the same period of 2010.