Sales in the manufacturing sector were down 1% on the month in January, while mining sales declined 1.5%, the data showed.
By segment, sales of consumer goods dropped 11.6%, while energy sales went down 10.5% compared with December 2014. On the other hand, intermediary product sales were up 5.9% on the month in January, while sales of durable goods and capital goods increased 2.9% and 2%, respectively.
Compared with January 2014, industrial sales rose 5.6% in the first month of the year. Manufacturing sales increased 5.6% in January compared with the same month of 2014, while mining sales were up 6.9% on the year.
In 2014, Romanian industrial sales rose 7.8% compared with the previous year, despite declines in the last two months.