ROME (AFX) - GDP was unchanged in the second quarter from the first and rose 2.1 pct year-on-year, statistics bureau ISTAT said. ISTAT's preliminary figures had estimated a GDP fall of 0.1 pct from the first quarter and a 2.0 pct rise year on year. ISTAT said in the second quarter, imports fell 0.2 pct from the previous quarter and rose 2.6 pct year on year, exports fell 1.3 pct from the first quarter and rose 8.8 pct year on year, consumption rose 0.5 pct from the first quarter and rose 1.3 pct year on year, and investment fell 0.3 pct from the first quarter and rose 1.3 pct year on year.