The U.S. State Department yesterday named the 10 entities that it recently sanctioned for selling WMD components to Iran (see GSN, July 25).  The entities consist of eight Chinese companies, one Chinese individual and one Indian individual.

For violating both the Iran-Iraq Arms Nonproliferation Act of 1992 and the Chemical and Biological Weapons Control and Warfare Elimination Act of 1991, the United States has imposed sanctions on the following:

*         Jiangsu Yongli Chemicals and Technology Import and Export Corporation,

*         China Machinery and Equipment Import Export Corporation,

*         China National Machinery and Equipment Import Export Corporation,

*         CMEC Machinery and Electric Equipment Import and Export Company Ltd.,

*         CMEC Machinery and Electrical Import Export Company, Ltd.,

*         China Machinery and Electric Equipment Import and Export Company,

*         Wha Cheong Tai Company, Ltd., and

*         Chinese national Q.C. Chen.

The United States also imposed sanctions on the China Shipbuilding Trading Company and Indian Hans Raj Shiv for violating the Iran-Iraq Act, State spokesman Richard Boucher said in a press briefing yesterday (U.S. State Department release, July 25).

Several of the Chinese entities named yesterday have been the target of previous sanctions for sales of WMD material to Iran, according to previous State Department reports.  In May, the United States imposed sanctions on the China Shipbuilding Trading Company, Wha Cheong Tai Company and Chen (see GSN, May 16).  Chen was also sanctioned in January — along with the China Machinery and Electric Equipment Import and Export Company — and again in May 1997 (see GSN, Jan. 24; Mike Nartker, GSN, July 25).

The latest round of sanctions does not apply to either the Chinese or Indian governments themselves, Boucher said.  The United States plans to continue to work with China to reduce the spread of weapons of mass destruction, he said. 

“Nonproliferation is a key issue in our bilateral relationship with the People’s Republic of China and we will continue to seek Chinese cooperation in resolving areas of concern,” Boucher said (State Department release).

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