Iranian Entity: Tabriz Petrochemical Company
| Entity Name: |
| Tabriz Petrochemical Company |
| Also Known As: |
Tabriz Petrochemical Co. |
| Program: |
| Chemical; Nuclear; Missile |
| Address: |
| No.11, Tenth Street, Ghaem Magham Farahani Ave., Tehran, Iran No. 46, 10th Floor, Karimkhan land Blvd., Tehran, Iran No 11 10th Street, Tehran, Iran P.O. Box 15875-6453, Tehran, Iran |
| Phone Number: |
| (+9821) 883 058 31, 218731372, 834808, (+9821) 8737620 |
| Fax: |
| (+9821) 888 223 27, (+98411) 4201486, 622748, (+9821) 8732502 |
| URL: |
www.tpco.ir |
| Text: |
| Listed by the British government in 2008 as an entity of potential concern for WMD-related procurement, and has had export licenses both granted and denied by that government; listed by the Japanese government in 2007 as an entity of concern for proliferation relating to nuclear weapons and missiles; intended recipient of a mobile 70 kVA multi channel heat treatment unit (including associated control equipment and electrical accessories for use with the unit), the procurement of which was denied on December 22, 2004, by a member state of the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG); was listed by the Japanese government in 2003 as an entity of concern for proliferation relating to chemical weapons; a subsidiary of Iran's National Petrochemical Company (see separate entity record), for which it acts as a producing and project implementing company; reportedly targeted for privatization by the end of 2007; produces Ethylene, Propylene, C4 Cut, C.F.O., Butene-1, HD/LLDPE, Benzene, Ethylbenzene, Styrene, Toluene, Polystyrenes, Butadiene, C4 Raffinate and ABS; in a seven-month period beginning March 21, 2007, reportedly exported 22 thousand tons of polymer products to 25 countries, among which Turkey, Pakistan and China were the major importers; the intended recipient of spare parts for "Joy compressors," which Chemical Industries Consolidated (CIC) of Netherlands and Petrochemical Commercial Co. (UK) Ltd. (PCC) sought to procure in 2002 without the required U.S. government authorization, according to the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS). |
| Date Entered: |
| 1/26/2004 |
| Date Last Modified: |
| 5/29/2008 |