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In September 2019, the vessel Hong Xun transported steel slabs purchased by Pamchel Trading Beijing Co. Ltd. from Esfahan Mobarakeh Steel Company from Bandar Abbas, Iran, to China.  Hongyuan Marine Co. Ltd., located in Zhejian, China, is the registered owner of the vessel Hong Xun, as well as the vessel’s Ship Manager/Commercial Manager.  Hongyuan Marine Co. Ltd. is being designated pursuant to E.O. 13871 for having knowingly engaged, on or after the date of E.O. 13871, in a significant transaction for the purchase, acquisition, sale, transport, or marketing of iron, iron products, aluminum, aluminum products, steel, steel products, copper, or copper products from Iran through its vessel, Hon Xun.  OFAC is also identifying the Hong Xun as blocked property in which Hongyuan Marine Co. Ltd. has an interest. (Treasury, "Treasury Targets Iran’s Billion Dollar Metals Industry and Senior Regime Officials," 1/10/2019).

Since August 2019, Beijing-based trading company Pamchel Trading Beijing Co. Ltd. has purchased tens of thousands of metric tons of steel slabs on a monthly basis from Iran’s Esfahan Mobarakeh Steel Company.

During 2019, Pamchel Trading Beijing Co. Ltd. has sold multiple consignments of carbon blocks, cathode blocks, and graphite electrodes to Iranian minerals trading firm Khalagh Tadbir Pars Co. for shipment to Iran and use by Iranian metals producers.  Since August 2019, Khalagh Tadbir Pars Co. has purchased materials including carbon blocks and cathode blocks from Pamchel Trading Beijing Co. Ltd. for ultimate end-use by the Iran Aluminum Company. 

Pamchel Trading Beijing Co. Ltd. has also facilitated Khalagh Tadbir Pars Co.’s purchase of materials such as cathodes from Chinese manufacturers.  Additionally, in November 2019, Khalagh Tadbir Pars Co. and Pamchel Trading Beijing Co. Ltd. coordinated the sale of Iranian copper concentrates to a Chinese purchaser.

Pamchel Trading Beijing Co. Ltd. is designated pursuant to E.O. 13871 for having knowingly engaged, on or after the date of the E.O. 13871, in a significant transaction for the purchase, acquisition, sale, transport, or marketing of iron, iron products, aluminum, aluminum products, steel, steel products, copper, or copper products from Iran, as well as for having materially assisted, sponsored, or provided financial, material, or technological support for, or goods or service in support of Khalagh Tadbir Pars Co. (Treasury, "Treasury Targets Iran’s Billion Dollar Metals Industry and Senior Regime Officials," 1/10/2019)

According to publicly accessible ship-monitoring data, since January 1, 2016, vessels for which Huayang is the Operator have called at Iranian ports.

According to publicly accessible ship-monitoring data, since January 1, 2016, vessels for which HTM is the Group Owner have called at Iranian ports on numerous occasions.

According to publicly available shipping information, Bulk Carrier vessel MELBOURNE (IMO: 9244788) and Chemical/Products Tankers CHEM TRADER (IMO: 9193599), CHEM SWEDISH (IMO: 9244374), CHEM MASTER (IMO: 9236054), and CHEM HARVEST (IMO: 9223916), of which the Technical Manager is GMS, have called at an Iranian port on at least 12 occasions, most recently in June 2019.

According to publicly accessible ship-monitoring data, SDN-listed vessels HAMGAM (IMO: 9226956) and BASKAR (IMO: 9405942) visited the Port of Fangcheng, in June 2019 and July 2019.

According to publicly accessible ship-monitoring data, since January 1, 2016, vessels for which Fairwind is the Group Owner have called at Iranian ports on numerous occasions.

According to publicly accessible ship-monitoring data, since January 1, 2016, vessels for which Dalian Sea Carrier is the Group Owner have called at Iranian ports.

According to publicly accessible ship-monitoring data, since January 1, 2016, vessels for which Chinese-Polish Joint Stock is the Operator and Group Owner have called at Iranian ports.

CCPIT is advertised as the facilitating organizer for the Chinese pavilion at Iran ConMin, offering “interesting special rates and conditions." (Iran ConMin, “Iran ConMin 2019 – 25 years of success”).