The Romanian gross domestic product (GDP) in the second quarter of this year was by 0.2 percent higher from the first quarter in real terms (seasonally adjusted data), according to the early estimations released by the National Institute of Statistics on Tuesday.

When compared to April-June of 2010, the Romanian GDP recorded 1.4 percent growth by gross series and 0.3 percent rise by seasonally adjusted series.

The Romanian economy expanded 1.6 percent by gross series and by 0.3 percent by seasonally adjusted series in the first half-year compared to last Jan.-June.

The gross domestic product for the second half of 2011, as provisional data, will be made public on Sept. 6.