Sales in the mining sector went up 5.2% on the month in October, but manufacturing sales declined 0.1%, the data showed.
By segment, durable good sales increased 5.4% month-on-month, while sales of capital and consumer goods rose 2.7% and 1.2%, respectively. On the other hand, energy sales went down 12.1% compared with September, and sales of intermediate goods fell 0.3% on the month in October.
On an annual basis, industrial sales rose 5.5% in October, fueled by higher sales in the manufacturing industry. Manufacturing sales increased 5.7% in October compared with the same month of 2013, while mining sales were flat on the year.
In the first ten months of 2014, Romanian industrial sales rose 8.6% on the year, INS data showed.