BAGHDAD- Iraq exported 3.339 million barrels per day (bpd) of crude oil from its central and southern oilfields in April, the oil ministry said on Wednesday.

Iraq's exports from the ports, managed by the central government in Baghdad, averaged 3.453 million bpd in March, up from 3.426 million bpd in February.

There were no exports in April from the Kirkuk fields, located in northern Iraq and under the control of Baghdad, the oil ministry said.

Kirkuk oil exports stopped in October, when Iraqi government troops backed by Shi'ite paramilitary forces dislodged Kurdish forces from the region.

(Reporting by Raya Jalabi; Editing by Adrian Croft) ((Raya.Jalabi@thomsonreuters.com;))