Petrochemical Export Restrictions Under Emergency Conditions

Effective from

27 April 2026

Issued by

Trade Promotion Organization of Iran

Reference

No. 7564297

Iran’s Trade Promotion Organization has directed customs authorities to restrict exports of petrochemical, chemical, and polymer products in response to the country’s current emergency economic conditions.

The measure was issued under Clause 15 of the third supplementary package on national economic resilience and non-military defense in emergency conditions, following an earlier directive from the Deputy for General Industries at the Ministry of Industry, Mine and Trade. According to the directive, exports of all tariff codes listed for petrochemical products under a related list are prohibited until further notice, except for goods with confirmed surplus quantities and companies authorized to export, which will be announced to Iran Customs following approval by the National Petrochemical Company and the Export and Import Regulations Office.

The restriction similarly applies to all tariff codes covering petrochemical products manufactured by downstream industries. Exports of these items are also prohibited until further notice, with exceptions handled the same way: surplus goods and authorized exporting companies require confirmation from the Ministry’s Chemical and Polymer Industries Office together with the Export and Import Regulations Office before Iran Customs is notified.

A further restriction applies specifically to a subset of tariff codes covering linear alkylbenzene sulfonic acid (LABSA), polyethylene compound, polypropylene compound, polyvinyl chloride compound, and preform, whose exports are also prohibited until further notice. Items already subject to the broader export ban on chapters 1 through 24 of the Export and Import Regulations Book, referenced in an earlier notice dated March 3, 2026 (No. 7365591), remain outside the scope of this particular restriction, since that separate ban already applies to them.

In a subsequent letter, the Trade Promotion Organization forwarded a list of producer companies (or their official representatives) together with the tariff codes of goods authorized for petrochemical product exports, confirming that this list, valid under Clause 15 of the referenced resolution, applies from April 20, 2026 through May 30, 2026. Any extension needed beyond that period will be announced separately.

Key Details

• Approval authority: Ministry of Industry, Mine and Trade
• Responsible organization: Not specified
• Classification: Circular
• Affected procedure: Exports
• Document number: 7564297
• Unique identifier: 405020704018
• Document date: April 22, 2026
• Publication date: April 27, 2026
• Effective date: April 27, 2026
• Expiration date: Not specified

This summary is provided for orientation only. The official Persian text issued by the relevant Iranian authority is the governing version.