Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani ordered a halt to imports of gasoline, gas oil, and kerosene due to "the country’s achievement of self-sufficiency", the state news agency reported on Tuesday.

"The Ministry of Oil has achieved self-sufficiency through progress made in the oil sector - particularly in liquid fuels - including gasoline, gas oil, and kerosene, in quantities exceeding domestic consumption rates," the state news agency quoted a document from the prime minister’s office as saying.

Iraq is the second largest OPEC producer, and its total oil exports stand at 3.6 million barrels per day.

(Reporting by Ahmed Elimam; Editing by Kirsten Donovan)