New orders in the intermediate goods sector rose 26.3% on the year in the first half, while orders in the durable and capital goods sectors were up 20.7% and 17.1% on the year respectively.
In the consumer goods sectors, new orders increased 7.3% on the year in the January to June period.
In June alone, Romanian industrial orders fell 0.6% on the month, but were up 2.3% compared with the same month of 2010, the data showed.