Manufacturing sales advanced 5% on the year in 2013, but mining sales were down 2.5%, the data showed.
By sector, sales of capital goods rose 14.8% on the year, while sales in the durable and consumer goods industries advanced 4.7% and 3.3%, respectively. Intermediate goods sales increased 1.5% on the year, but energy sales declined 7.2%.
In December compared with the previous month, industrial sales fell 11.2%, driven by lower sales in most sectors. On an annual basis, December industrial sales rose 11.1%, on recovering activity across the board.