[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- Tunisia's gross domestic product (GDP) declined by 2.0% in the second quarter of 2021, ater recording a near-stagnation early in 2021 (+ 0.2%). Year-on-year, and considering the base effect caused by the slowdown in the country's activities in spring 2020, due to lockdown measures, GDP growth posted a rather «technical» correction of (+16.2%) in the second quarter of 2021, after registering (-1.7%) growth in the previous quarter, the National Institute of Statistics (French: INS) said Sunday.