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Aani said in a statement his ministry had so far bought 1,549,839 tonnes of wheat.
Aani had said last month that this year's harvest season, which started in mid-April, would be the largest in terms of local grains procurement yet.
Iraq is on track to harvest 5 million tonnes of wheat this year thanks to heavy rainfall, he had said, adding the country would import less foreign wheat if the figure was achieved.