New constructions dropped 7.7% on the year to about RON11.2 billion in the first six months of 2014, the data showed.
Investments in machinery and equipment, including transport vehicles, fell 15.6% to RON11.15 billion, but other investments increased 21.3% to RON2.83 billion.
Broken down by activity, net investments in industry amounted to38.9% of total investment in January through June, followed by investments in commerce and services (36.7%), constructions (16.6%) and agriculture (6.2%).
Net investments in other sectors of the Romanian economy stood at 1.6% of the overall investment in the first half of 2013.
In the second quarter compared with the year-ago period, Romanian net investments decreased 9.1% to RON15.6 billion, again due to falling investments in constructions and machinery, INS data showed.
The data include financial results from around 22,800 economic and social operators with 50 or more staff. The maximum admitted margin of error is plus/minus 3%. (EUR1=RON4.4054)