Conversely, sales in the mining sector increased by 17.8% on the year in the first two months of 2025 but failed to offset the drop in manufacturing sales, the same data show.
Sales of capital goods decreased by 4.2% on the year in January-February 2025, while sales of durable and non-durable goods surged by 15.7% and 3.5%, respectively. Sales of intermediary goods ticked up by an annual 0.4%, while energy sales fell 13.3%.
In February 2025 alone, industrial sales fell by 1.9% on the year but grew by 10.3% on the month.
In 2024, Romania’s industrial sales climbed by 5.6%.