Investments in machinery and equipment, including transport vehicles, advanced 24.5% on the year to RON11.7 billion in the first six months, while new construction works were up 18% to RON14.9 billion, the data showed.
Other investments inched up 2.4% to RON2.25 billion.
Broken down by activity, net investments in industry amounted to 37.9% of total investment in January through June, followed by investments in commerce and services (30.3%), constructions (26.3%) and agriculture (4.2%).
Net investments in other sectors of the Romanian economy stood at 1.3% of the overall investment in the first half.
In the second quarter compared with the year-ago period, Romanian net investments increased 19.5% to RON16.7 billion, fueled by higher investments in constructions and machinery, INS data showed.
The data include financial results from around 23,000 economic and social operators with 50 or more staff. The maximum admitted margin of error is plus/minus 3%. (EUR1=RON4.4595)