Industrial sales increased 2.7% last month, after a 1.6% decline in June. Sales in the manufacturing sector advanced 3.3% on the month in July, but mining sales went down 13.5%, the data showed.
By segment, energy sales rose 3% month-on-month, while sales of intermediate and consumer goods increased 3.7% and 5.9%, respectively. On the other hand, sales of durable goods fell 0.9% compared with June, while capital goods sales declined 0.7%.
On an annual basis, industrial sales rose 4.4% in July, fueled by higher sales in all sectors.
Manufacturing sales increased 4.6% in July compared with the same month of 2013, while mining sales were up 0.9% on the year.
In the first seven months of 2014, Romanian industrial sales rose 9.9% on the year, INS data showed.