BAGHDAD, Nov. 26 (Xinhua) -- Iraq exported about 103.14 million barrels of crude oil in October, compared to 99 million in September, the country's Oil Ministry announced Tuesday.

During the month, approximately 102.3 million barrels were exported from oil fields in central and southern Iraq via the Port of Basra, 524,356 barrels from the Qayyara oilfield in the northern province of Nineveh, and 318,007 barrels were sent to neighboring Jordan, the ministry said in a statement, citing statistics from the State Organization for Marketing of Oil, an Iraqi company.

Iraq's economy relies heavily on crude oil exports, which account for about 90 percent of the country's revenues. Enditem

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