MIRA INFORM REPORT

 

 

Report Date :

12.11.2007

 

IDENTIFICATION DETAILS

 

Name :

CHINA NATIONAL TOWNSHIP ENTERPRISES CORPORATION

 

 

Registered Office :

8/F Jingchao Building, No. 5 South Nongzhan Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing, 100026 Pr

 

 

Country :

China

 

 

Financials (as on) :

31.12.2006

 

 

Date of Incorporation :

May 11, 1983

 

 

Com. Reg. No.:

1000001000132

 

 

Legal Form :

State Owned Enterprise

 

 

Line of Business :

Engaged in international trade.

 

 

RATING & COMMENTS

 

MIRA’s Rating :

A

 

RATING

STATUS

PROPOSED CREDIT LINE

56-70

A

Financial & operational base are regarded healthy. General unfavourable factors will not cause fatal effect. Satisfactory capability for payment of interest and principal sums

Fairly Large

 

Maximum Credit Limit :

Up To usd 500,000

 

 

Status :

Good

 

 

Payment Behaviour :

Regular

 

 

Litigation :

Clear

 

 


name & address

 

CHINA NATIONAL TOWNSHIP ENTERPRISES CORPORATION

8/F JINGCHAO BUILDING, NO. 5 SOUTH NONGZHAN ROAD,

CHAOYANG DISTRICT, BEIJING, 100026 PR CHINA

TEL      : 86 (0) 10-64193823 

FAX      : 86 (0) 10-64193849

 

 

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

 

INCORPORATION DATE            : MAY 11, 1983

REGISTRATION NO.                  : 1000001000132

REGISTERED LEGAL FORM     : STATE OWNED ENTERPRISE

CHIEF EXECUTIVE                                                                  : MR. WU PEILONG (CHAIRMAN)

STAFF STRENGTH                    : 70

REGISTERED CAPITAL : CNY 59,210,000

BUSINESS LINE                        : INTERNATIONAL TRADE

TURNOVER                              : cny 452,110,000 (AS OF DEC. 31, 2006)

EQUITIES                                 : cny 79,230,000 (AS OF DEC. 31, 2006)

PAYMENT                                : AVERAGE

RECOMM. CREDIT RANGE       : up to usd 500,000 (PERIODICAL REVIEW)

MARKET CONDITION                : COMPETITIVE

FINANCIAL CONDITION : fairly STABLE

OPERATIONAL TREND  : steady

GENERAL REPUTATION           : AVERAGE

EXCHANGE RATE                     : CNY 7.41= US$1

 

Adopted abbreviations:

ANS - amount not stated

NS - not stated

SC - subject company (the company inquired by you)

NA - not available

CNY - China Yuan Ren Min Bi


 

Rounded Rectangle: HISTORY 

 

 


SC was registered as a State owned enterprise at local Administration for Industry & Commerce (AIC - The official body of issuing and renewing business license) on May 11, 1983.

Company Status: State-owned enterprise

This form of business in PR China is defined as a commodity production or operational units of a socialist character which in accordance with the law, have autonomy in management, takes full responsibility for its profits and losses and practices independent business accounting. It is a legal person established directly by central / local government or enterprise owned by central or local government. In theory, the liabilities of this form of enterprise are ultimately borne by the government, since the adoption of company law in mid-1994, the Chinese government has planned to separate the ownership from management and liabilities bearing.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SC’s registered business scope includes importing and exporting various goods and technology; processing with imported materials, processing with imported samples, assembling with imported parts, and compensation trade in agreement.

 

SC is mainly engaged in international trade.

 

Mr. Wu Peilong has been chairman of SC since 2001.

 

SC is known to have approx. 70 staff members at present.

 

SC is currently operating at the above stated address, and this address houses its operating office in the commercial zone of Beijing. Our checks reveal that SC owns the total premise about 5,000 square meters.

 

 

Rounded Rectangle: WEB SITE 

 

 


http://www.cntec.com.cn . The design is professional and the content is well organized. At present it is in both Chinese and English versions.

 

 

Rounded Rectangle: KEY EVENTS/RECENT DEVELOPMENT 

 

 


No significant events or changes were found during our checks with local AIC.

 

 

Rounded Rectangle: OWNERSHIP/MANAGEMENT BACKGROUND 

 

 


MAIN SHAREHOLDERS:

 
Name                                                                                                   % of Shareholding

 

China National Agricultural Development Group Corp.                                            100

Add: No. 31 Minfeng Lane, Xidan, Beijing

Tel: 86-10-88067008 

Fax: 86-10-88067017

 

 

Rounded Rectangle: MANAGEMENT 

 

 


l         Chairman and General Manager:

 

Mr. Wu Peilong, in his 50’s with university education. He is currently responsible for the overall management of SC.

 

Working Experience(s):

 

From 2001 to present                 Working in SC as chairman and general manager.

 

l         Vice General Manager:

 

Mr. Gong Jipeng, in his 50’s with university education. He is currently responsible for the daily management of SC.

 

Working Experience(s):

 

From 2004 to present                Working in SC as vice general manager.

 

 

Rounded Rectangle: BUSINESS OPERATIONS
 BACKGROUND
 

 

 


SC is mainly engaged in international trade.

 

Agricultural and fishing plastic raw materials importation

Agricultural and fishing plastic raw materials import is one of the main foreign trade businesses of SC, which has established good trade relationships with more than 30 foreign companies in more than ten countries in the world, and operates annually more than 100,000 tons of plastic raw materials both by acting as an agency and as a self-operation.

 

Textile raw materials importation

Textile raw material which has been operated for more than 20 years is SC’s traditional trading section. SC has established close, steady cooperative relationship with some domestic and international large-scale manufacturers and suppliers. Acting as an agent or a self-operation, SC annually imports various textile raw materials, such as wool, chemical fiber etc., which are weighted more than 10,000 tons in total.

 

Technology and equipment importation

SC imports a great amount of international advanced agricultural-science technologies and equipments for agriculture-science research institutes, universities, colleges, enterprises and companies each year; signs thousands of import contracts each year, which are equal to more than 50 million dollars; and has undertaken the work of importing international advanced technologies and equipments for the “948 Project” of the Ministry of Agriculture, and the“211 Project” of Chinese Agriculture University, and for the National Species Improvement Center, Yanshan Petrifaction Engineer Technology Center, and Sanyuan Milk Technology Center.

 

Government purchasing project

SC participates every year in government purchasing bidding which is organized by Ministry of Business. It undertakes the task of purchasing nearly ten types of products, such as wool, plastic materials, leather, electromechanical equipment etc.

 

Agricultural products process and export base

SC has agricultural products storage, process and export base in Shandong and exports a great quantity of high-quality vegetable and fruits to the markets in Europe, Southeast Asia, North America and South America.

 

Project on nationalization of Special technology of “fruit quality improvement with special paper-bagging

To raise the international competitive power of fruit industry in China, SC undertook the project for promoting and demonstrating Special technology of “fruit quality improvement with special paper-bagging” nationalization with the support from the Ministry of Agriculture. On the basis of importing, digesting and assimilating internationally advanced special paper production technology of “fruit quality improvement with special paper-bagging”, using quality wood pulp from Daxing’anling, SC set up a domestically largest bag paper production enterprise in Inner Mongolia to meet the growing market demand.

 

The “Desheng” brand paper bag is well known in markets for its “imported paper quality and domestic paper price”. The product is widely used in a wide range of cultivating fruits such as apple, pear, peach, orange and grapefruit.

 

Industrialization project of “Kuixitong”, the new national first class veterinary drugs

The new-type of feed additive --“Kuixitong” was cooperatively developed by SC and Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences Lanzhou Pasturage and Veterinary drugs Research Institute, which is the Key project of National Science and Technology Breakthrough during the Eighth Five-Year Plan. After 15-year scientific research, it was approved and registered as a kind of new veterinary drugs by the Ministry of Agriculture in August of 2003 and became the first class chemistry synthesized innovative veterinary drugs in China.

 

The products have very strong function of growth promotion and anti-bacteria, so the animals’ weight can be increased up to 10-15%; it can also act as a broad-spectrum anti-bacterial drug, with which the animals’ diarrhoea can be reduced by 50-70%, and feed use efficiency can be raised 10%. It is safe and residue-free, and is the ideal substitute of various medicines extensively promoting growth and anti-bacteria used at present.

 

This industrialization project is being carried out by China Wan Mu New Technology Co., Ltd.

 

Forage seeds production base

In order to improve the environment of the West in China, SC cooperated with China Agriculture Science institute Lanzhou Pasturage and Veterinary drugs Research Institute, imported good strains of xenomorphic and super-xenomorphic forage seeds and advanced seed process equipment and set up 500mu of original seeds base in Lanzhou and 3,000 mu of enlarged base in Zhangye.

 

Corn seeds production base

SC set up a 5,000 mu corn production of hybrid seeds base in Inner Mongolia for the purpose of integrating research, breeding, production and sale of hybrid corn seeds and special used corn seeds.

 

Import seeds

Every year, SC manages importing more than 3,000 tons of agricultural seeds, forage seeds, and flower seeds by itself or by acting as an agency.

 

      

 

SC sources its materials 80% from domestic market, and 20% from the overseas market, mainly European countries. SC sells 20% of its products in domestic market, and 80% to the overseas market, mainly American and European countries.

 

The buying terms of SC include Check, T/T, L/C and Credit of 30-60 days. The payment terms of SC include T/T, L/C and Credit of 30-60 days.

 

 

Rounded Rectangle: RELATED COMPANIES

 BACKGROUND
 

 

 


SC is known to have 6 subsidiaries as follow,

 

BEIJING JIU JIU JIU GOODS & MATERIALS TRADE CORP.

Tel: 8610-64193802/42

FAX: 8610-64193842

 

CHINA FISHERY TIANJING CORP.

Tel8622-27367678

FAX8622-27367678

 

CHINA WAN MU NEW TECHNOLOGY CORP., LTD.

Tel: 8610-64193840

FAX: 8610-64193814

 

INNER MONGOLIA DESHENG PAPER CO., LTD.

Tel: 86470-3307738

FAX: 86470-3307738

 

LANZHOU PIONEER TURF&FORAGE CO., LTD.

Tel: 86931-2652538

FAX: 86931-2651951

 

SUNNY UNION TECH.DEVELOPMENT CO., LTD.

Tel: 8610-84406135

FAX: 8610-84405366

 

 

Rounded Rectangle: PAYMENT

 BACKGROUND
 

 

 


Overall payment appraisal:

 

(  ) Excellent      (  ) Good      (X) Average      (  ) Fair      (  ) Poor      () Not yet determined

 

The appraisal serves as a reference to reveal SC's payments habits and ability to pay.  It is based on the 3 weighed factors:  Trade payment experience (through current enquiry with SC's suppliers), our delinquent payment and our debt collection record concerning SC.

 

Trade payment experience :   SC refused to release any information of its suppliers and the trade reference was not available.

 

Delinquent payment record :  None in our database.

 

Debt collection record :No overdue amount owed by SC was placed to us for collection within the last 6 years.

 

 

Rounded Rectangle: BANKING

 BACKGROUND
 

 

 


China Minsheng Bank

AC#N/A

 

Relationship: Normal.

 

 

Rounded Rectangle: FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

 BACKGROUND
 

 

 


Balance Sheet

Unit: CNY’000

 

As of Dec. 31, 2006

Cash & bank

56,820

Inventory

63,140

Accounts receivable

55,360

Advances to suppliers

110,320

Other receivables

7,610

Other current assets

59,050

 

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Current assets

352,300

Fixed assets net value

17,490

Projects under construction

0

Long term investment

58,850

Other assets

400

 

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Total assets

429,040

 

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Short loans

32,010

Accounts payable

125,090

Advances from clients

88,810

Taxes payable

3,580

Salaries payable

0

Other payable

35,860

Other current liabilities

61,460

 

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Current liabilities

346,810

Long term liabilities

3,000

 

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Total liabilities

349,810

Equities

79,230

 

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Total liabilities & equities

429,040

 

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Income Statement

Unit: CNY’000

 

As of Dec. 31, 2006

Turnover

452,110

Cost of goods sold

432,870

     Sales expense

8,390

     Management expense

15,870

     Finance expense

1,280

Profit before tax

-1,140

Less: profit tax

0

Profits

-1,140

 

Important Ratios

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2006

*Current ratio

1.02

*Quick ratio

0.84

*Liabilities to assets

0.81

*Net profit margin (%)

-0.25

*Return on total assets (%)

-0.27

*Fixed assets/Total assets

0.04

*Inventory /Turnover ×365

51days

*Accounts receivable/Turnover ×365

44days

*Turnover/Total assets

1.05

* Cost of goods sold/Turnover

0.96

 

 

Rounded Rectangle: FINANCIAL COMMENTS

 BACKGROUND
 

 

 


PROFITABILITY: FAIR

l         The turnover of SC appears fairly good in 2006.

l         SC’s net profit margin is fair in 2006.

l         SC’s return on total assets is fair in 2006.

l         SC’s cost of goods sold is fairly high, comparing with its turnover.

 

LIQUIDITY: AVERAGE

l         The current ratio of SC is maintained in a normal level in 2006.

l         SC’s quick ratio is maintained in a normal level in 2006.

l         The accounts payable of SC appears fairly large.

l         The inventory of SC is average.

l         The short loans are average.

l         SC’s turnover is in an average level, comparing with the size of its total assets.

 

LEVERAGE: FAIR

l         The debt ratio of SC is fairly high.

l         The risk for SC to go bankrupt is average.

 

Overall financial condition of the SC: Fairly stable.

 

 

Rounded Rectangle: REMARKS

 BACKGROUND
 

 

 


SC is considered medium-sized in its line with favorable background. The large amount of accounts payable could be a threat to SC’s financial condition. A credit line up to USD 500,000 appears to be within SC’s capacities upon a periodical review basis.

 

 

 


 

RATING EXPLANATIONS

 

RATING

STATUS

 

 

PROPOSED CREDIT LINE

>86

Aaa

Possesses an extremely sound financial base with the strongest capability for timely payment of interest and principal sums

 

Unlimited

71-85

Aa

Possesses adequate working capital. No caution needed for credit transaction. It has above average (strong) capability for payment of interest and principal sums

 

Large

56-70

A

Financial & operational base are regarded healthy. General unfavourable factors will not cause fatal effect. Satisfactory capability for payment of interest and principal sums

 

Fairly Large

41-55

Ba

Overall operation is considered normal. Capable to meet normal commitments.

 

Satisfactory

26-40

B

Unfavourable & favourable factors carry similar weight in credit consideration. Capability to overcome financial difficulties seems comparatively below average.

 

Small

11-25

Ca

Adverse factors are apparent. Repayment of interest and principal sums in default or expected to be in default upon maturity

 

Limited with full security

<10

C

Absolute credit risk exists. Caution needed to be exercised

 

 

Credit not recommended

NR

In view of the lack of information, we have no basis upon which to recommend credit dealings

No Rating

 

 

This score serves as a reference to assess SC’s credit risk and to set the amount of credit to be extended. It is calculated from a composite of weighted scores obtained from each of the major sections of this report. The assessed factors and their relative weights (as indicated through %) are as follows:

 

Financial condition (40%)            Ownership background (20%)                 Payment record (10%)

Credit history (10%)                    Market trend (10%)                                Operational size (10%)

 

 

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