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| Identifier: | 05TAIPEI3714 |
|---|---|
| Wikileaks: | View 05TAIPEI3714 at Wikileaks.org |
| Origin: | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei |
| Created: | 2005-09-09 01:49:00 |
| Classification: | CONFIDENTIAL |
| Tags: | ETTC PARM PINR PREL PTER TW IR Counterterrorism |
| Redacted: | This cable was not redacted by Wikileaks. |
This record is a partial extract of the original cable. The full text of the original cable is not available.
C O N F I D E N T I A L SECTION 01 OF 02 TAIPEI 003714
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR EAP/TC, EAP/EP, NP/ECC, NP/CBM
DEPT PASS AIT/W
E.O. 12958: DECL: 09/11/2015
TAGS: ETTC, PARM, PINR, PREL, PTER, TW, IR, Counterterrorism/Nonproliferation, Foreign Policy, Trade
SUBJECT: TAIWAN EXPORTS TO IRAN
REF: SECSTATE 162823
Classified By: AIT Acting Director David Keegan, Reason 1.4 b/d
1. (C) Summary: AIT delivered reftel non-paper/talking
points to the Bureau of Foreign Trade (BOFT) on September 6.
BOFT provided results of its preliminary investigation in
Eumatech and a copy of its SHTC exporter watch list (para 5).
AIT received information in a letter from BOFT on its
further investigation into Ecoma Enterprises (para 4).
Action request para 3. End summary.
2. (C) AIT/ECON delivered reftel non-paper/talking points on
Taiwan machine tool exports by the Taiwan company Jiann Sheng
Machinery to the Iran company Pishro Sanat to BOFT Export
Controls Task Force Head Wally Su on September 6. AIT/ECON
again stressed the importance of requiring companies to know
the end user of their products. Su said BOFT would
investigate. Su said that BOFT's preliminary investigation
into the Eumatech Corporation had revealed that the company
changed its name five years ago, and that while the re-named
company was registered to export, Customs records showed it
had made no exports in recent months. Su said he was
delaying contacting the company directly in order to assemble
more information before alerting the company to the
investigation. Su asked if AIT could provide any additional
detail on this case that might shed light on how the company
had been shipping machine tools to Iran.
3. (C) Action request: Please advise on whether any
additional detail can or should be provided to BOFT prior to
its making direct contact with Eumatech.
4. (C) BOFT) informed AIT by letter of the results of its
further investigation of Ecoma Enterprise Company's exports
of machine tools to Iran. An informal AIT translation of the
letter follows. AIT/T/Econ has faxed the original to AIT/W
and EAP/TC.
Begin Informal Translation:
From: Board of Foreign Trade
To: AIT
Letter date: August 31, 2005
Letter number: Mao Yan Fu Tzi 09401511990
Subject: Please find BOFT,s follow-up investigation on Ecoma
Enterprise Company which exported machine tools to Iran.
Explanations:
(1) This action was made per request of AIT Economic Section
Chief Daniel Moore while in the meeting with BOFT Chief of
Secretariat Peter Ho on June 9, 2005.
SIPDIS
(2) BOFT,s investigation and follow-up actions:
a. Informed Directorate General of Customs to include Ecoma
on Customs, high-risk list.
b. Instructed Ecoma that in the future the company must apply
for an SHTC export permit before exporting commodities to
Iran manufacturers Mizan Machine Manufacturing Group (3MG)
and Shahid Hemmat Industrial Group (SHIG). Requested all
permit-issuing agencies to comply with the monitoring
measures.
c. The investigation revealed that in April-May 2005, Ecoma
did not export any machine tools to Iran.
(3) BOFT will also regularly-inspect Ecoma.
End Text of Letter.
5. (C) BOFT also provided AIT with a copy of its SHTC
Exporter Watch List. Through July 1, 2005 there were 23
companies on the list.
Exporter Watch List
Company Name Term on the list
---------------------- ----------------
-1. Liyan Electric Industrial Co. Till July 2, 2005
-2. Arise Biotech Corp. Till Oct. 21, 2005
-3. Gemmy Industrial Corp. Till Oct. 21, 2005
-4. Hand Will International Co. Till Oct. 21, 2005
-5. Coin Rokaki Enterprise Co. Till Oct. 21, 2005
-6. Long Chang Machinery Co. Till Nov. 24, 2005
-7. Re-Hontex Industrial Co. Till Nov. 30, 2005
-8. Techtex Industrial Co. Till Nov. 30, 2005
-9. Royal Richard Taiwan Company Till Dec. 1, 2005
-10. Royal Team Corp. Till Feb. 2, 2006
-11. She Hong Industrial Co. Till Feb. 30, 2006
-12. Lion Enterprises Corp. Till May 9, 2006
-13. Fair Friend Enterprise Co. Till May 10, 2006
-14. Tyfer Industrial Co. Till May 23, 2006
-15. Exact Machinery Co. Till May 23, 2006
-16. Tailee Machines Co. Till May 23, 2006
-17. Ching Hwee Int,l Trading Till June 15, 2006
-18. Kao Ming Machinery Ind. Co. Till June 15, 2006
-19. Far East Machinery Co. Till June 15, 2006
-20. Leadwell CNC Machines Corp. Till June 15, 2006
-21. Xtra Industrial Corp. Till June 30, 2006
-22. Ching Hung Machinery &
Electric Industrial Co. Till June 30, 2006
-23. Ecoma Enterprise Co. Till July 31, 2006
KEEGAN
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