“The exports declined to 1.24 million barrels per day Sunday from 1.89 million barrels per day on Saturday,” The source told Reuters in news briefed by “Shafaq News”.

The source said “strong winds in the Gulf resulted to stop all loading in floating platforms dock”.

Iraq exports most of its oil production from the southern ports on the Gulf.

The average exports of Iraqi crude oil reached 2.253 million barrels per day in October after exports recovered from the south in the second half of last month and after the completion of maintenance work in ports.

The exports in September have declined to 2.07 million barrels per day , as registered the lowest level this year due to maintenance and expansion in oil export ports in southern Iraq.