New orders in the intermediate goods sector were up 18.7% in 2011 from a year earlier, while orders in the capital goods sector increased by 10.8% on the year.
In the durable and consumer goods sectors, new orders rose 10.1% and 8.1% on the year, respectively, the data showed.
In December alone, Romanian industrial new orders fell 8.9% on the month and were down 1.8% from the same month of 2010.