Mining sales increased 1.6% in November from a month earlier, while manufacturing sales were up 1%, the data showed.

By sector, sales of durable consumer goods rose 7% on the month in November, while capital goods sales advanced 6.2%. However, energy and intermediate goods sales decreased 5.7% and 1.1% on the month, respectively.

Sales in the consumer goods sector were unchanged on the month, the data showed.

On an annual basis, industrial sales rose 9.6% in November, boosted by a 10.3% increase in manufacturing sales.

Mining sales declined 5.3% in November compared with the same month of 2010.

In January through November last year, Romanian industrial sales advanced 16.6% from the year-earlier period, fueled by higher demand all across.