Sales in the manufacturing industry advanced 5.4% on the year in the first six months, but mining sales were down 2.9%, the data showed.
By sector, sales in the capital goods industry increased 16.8% in the January-June period, while sales of durable and intermediate goods were up 5.7% and 4.5% on the year, respectively. Consumer goods sales inched up 1.6% year-on-year, but sales in the energy sector fell 13.5% from the year-ago period.
In June alone, Romanian industrial sales rose 3.1% on the month and were up 6.7% from the same period of 2012.