MIRA INFORM REPORT

 

 

Report Date :

14.11.2007

 

IDENTIFICATION DETAILS

 

Name :

QUIMICOS LA BARRACA CA

 

 

Registered Office :

Calle 1-2, Zona Industrial Santa Rosalia, Galpon Quibarca, detras de Cervec, Cagua

 

 

Country :

Venezuela

 

 

Financials (as on) :

31.12.2006

 

 

Date of Incorporation :

1986

 

 

Legal Form :

Joint Stock  Company

 

 

Line of Business :

Purchase, Sale And Distribution Of Chemical Products

 

 

RATING & COMMENTS

 

MIRA’s Rating :

Ba

 

RATING

STATUS

PROPOSED CREDIT LINE

41-55

Ba

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

Satisfactory

 

Status :

Satisfactory

 

 

Payment Behaviour :

Regular

 

 

Litigation :

Clear

 

 


 

   IDENTIFICATION

 

   CORRECT COMPANY NAME    : QUIMICOS LA BARRACA, C.A.

   TRADE NAME                            : "QUIBARCA"

   TAXPAYER REGISTRATION     : RIF J-07544200-8    OPERATING STATUS: Active

   MAIN ADDRESS                        : Calle 1-2, Zona Industrial Santa Rosalia, Galpon Quibarca,

                                                          detras de Cervec

   CITY/PROVINCE                        : CAGUA

   DEPARTMENT/STATE               : ESTADO ARAGUA

   COUNTRY                                   : VENEZUELA

   TELEPHONE                              : (58244)395.8029/395.5675/395.4204

   FAX                                            : (58244)395.4608

   E - MAIL                                       : quibarca@quibarca.com

   WEB SITE                                    : www.quibarca.com

 

 

 SUMMARY                         

Incorporation               : 1986  Operating Status : Active

Last Capital                 : *

Shareholders' Equity   : 7,804,239,000.=

Annual Sales               : 43,164,986,000.00 Bolivares

Employees                   : *

CR-Rating                    : Satisfactory

Payments                     : Usually to terms/good

 

 

 QUALIFICATION

   RATING         : Satisfactory

   PAYMENTS   :: Usually to terms/good

 

 

 LEGAL BACKGROUNDS  

 

   LEGAL STATUS                                : Joint-Stock Company

   DATE OF INCORPORATION               : 14FEB1986

   REGISTERED IN                                : Maracay, state of Aragua. Mercantile Register No 2

   DURATION                                                    : 20 years

   REGISTRATION                                 : No. 7, Volume 184-A. File 1,641

   INITIAL CAPITAL                               : Bs. 900,000.= Bolivares

   CURRENT PAID-IN CAPITAL : Bs. 1,259,000,000.= Bolivares

   LAST CAPITAL INCREASE                : 27.08.2007 (No. 64, Vol. 53-A)

   SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY    : Bs. 7,804,239,000.= Bolivares (31-12-2006)

   TYPE OF SHARES                             : Nominatives

   LISTED AT STOCK EXCHANGE         : No

   SHARE VALUE                                  : Bs. 1,000.= Bolivares

   CURRENT EXCHANGE RATE              : Bs. 2,150 per 1 USD

  

 

 

 

 

 

COMMENTS

 

   The Share Capital has been increased in latest 12 years as follows:

   To Bs. 100 millions, in 09/1995

   To Bs. 138 millions, in 09/1996

   To Bs. 338 millions, in 08/1997

   To Bs. 500 millions, in 12/1997

   To Bs. 690 millions, in 03/1999

   To Bs. 700 millions, in 05/1999

   To Bs. 840 millions, in 06/2000

   To Bs. 1,259 millions, current capital, fully paid.

  

   The Board of Directors was registered on 27.08.2007, for a period of one year.

 

  

HISTORY

 

As founders of company appear: Rafael Hernandez Camacho, Jose Diego Medina, José Medina Diaz, Rafael Hernandez Lopez, Arturo Medina, Carlos Medina and Ana Brigida Hernández

  

In May 1989, Rafael Hernández Lopez sold his shares to Jose Hernández Camacho.

  

In August 1992, José Domingo, Arturo and Carlos Medina M., sold their shares to Rafael Hernández and to Ana Hernández.

 

In May 2003, Inversiones 253-34 C.A. sold part of their shares in this Company to Almar Overseas Corp.

 

It should be mentioned at current 42.61% of the shares are controlled by World Chemicals Investments Ltd. (company of unknown nationality).

  

 

   DIRECTORS / EXECUTIVES / SHAREHOLDERS

   FULL NAMES / COMPANY NAME                  TITLE                       OWNERSHIP %

   HERNANDEZ, JOSE JAVIER                           President                             

   HERNANDEZ CAMACHO, RAFAEL                 General Manager                       

   HERNANDEZ CAMACHO, ANA B.                  Regular Director                      

   MAC DONALD, SEAN O.                                Regular Director                       

   SOTO, LINDA                                                  Regular Director                      

   MOLINA, MIKE                                                Regular Director                      

   ALMAR OVERSEAS CORP                              Shareholder                        40.71%

   JLM INDUSTRIES DE VENEZUELA CA             Shareholder                      16.66%

 

  

WHO IS WHO ?

 

   HERNANDEZ, JOSE JAVIER

    NATIONALITY    : Venezuelan                      

    DOC. OF IDENT. : CIC 8736517                     

    PROFESSION     : Engineer

 

   HERNANDEZ CAMACHO, RAFAEL

    NATIONALITY    : Venezuelan                     

    BORN   : 1969

    DOC. OF IDENT. : CI 8735691                      

    PROFESSION     : Electrical engineer

    CIVIL STATUS   : Married

    LABOR AND/OR BUSINESS BACKGROUNDS .-

   A graduate from Universidad Simon Bolivar.

   Holds shares in the companies which form part of the group.

 

   HERNANDEZ CAMACHO, ANA B.

    NATIONALITY    : Venezuelan                       

    DOC. OF IDENT. : CI 8726445                      

 

   MAC DONALD, SEAN O.

    NATIONALITY    : Foreigner                       

   LABOR AND/OR BUSINESS BACKGROUNDS .-

   Passport 1402935525.

 

   SOTO, LINDA

    NATIONALITY    : Foreigner                       

    LABOR AND/OR BUSINESS BACKGROUNDS .-

    Passport 140166946

 

   MOLINA, MIKE

    NATIONALITY    : Foreigner                       

    LABOR AND/OR BUSINESS BACKGROUNDS .-

   Passport 1402935525.

 

   ALMAR OVERSEAS CORP

   Panamanian company.

 

   JLM INDUSTRIES DE VENEZUELA CA

   Venezuelan company.

 

  

RELATED COMPANY(IES)                     

 

    COMPANY NAME                                                    COUNTRY      RELATION   

   ALCOLERA VENEZOLANA CA                                    VENEZUELA              

   ALMAR OVERSEAS CORP                                         U.S.A.             Related   

   ESTACION DE SERVICIOS EL VENAO, SERTECA EL VENEZUELA              

   INDUSTRIA SUPER QUIMICA                                       VENEZUELA              

   INDUSTRIA SUPER QUIMICA INSUQUIM                     VENEZUELA              

   INVERSIONES 235-35 C.A. (HOLDING)                        VENEZUELA              

   INVERSIONES 235-35, C.A.                                        VENEZUELA              

   JLM INDUSTRIES DE VENEZUELA CA                        VENEZUELA    Related   

   LUBRICANTES EL VENAO                                         VENEZUELA              

   LUBRICANTES LA BARRACA                                     VENEZUELA              

   TRANSPORTE PANALQUIMICO CA                            VENEZUELA              

 

  

BUSINESS       

 

   MAIN ACTIVITY .-

 Company is engaged in purchase, sale and distribution of chemical products. Raw material for the industries of foods and pharmaceuticals of animal and human use, including: Butylacetate, ethylacetate, acetic acid, BAM, TDI, solvents, silicones, Dicsogel, resins, MEK, MIBK, hexane, dioxides, glutamate, glycerine, etc.

 

Sales of the Company are 100% made on the wholesale level.

  

   Trade brands: Air Products, JLM, others.

  

 

   IMPORT    : Yes USA, Mexico, Germany, Switzerland, Japan, Singapore, Korea.

   EXPORT   : No

 

   % CASH SALES/METHOD         : 10% COD

   % CREDIT SALES/TERMS        : 90% 30-90-day credit terms

   % DOMESTIC PURCHASES      : 30%

   % FOREIGN PURCHASES        : 70%

   SELLING TERRITORY               : All sales are performedi in the national market.

 

   EMPLOYEES                 : 59

 

   FACILITIES .-

   Premises                   : Own               

   Area                          : 12,000 sq.meters   Floors : 2

   Condition                  : Regular. Building of concrete, ceramic, steel, glass, etc.

   Use                           : Captioned address belongs to the Headquarters / Administrative Offices.

   Remarks and other Premises .-

   Branches: in the cities of San Cristobal, Barcelona, Maracaibo, Barquisimeto, Caracas, Valencia, etc.

  

   All at rented spaces.

 

   COMMENTS .-

 

   The subject Company imports raw materials (chemical products). Their foreign suppliers grant it credits from 60 up to 120 days; the Subject pays them via direct transfers or through their national representatives.

  

   Sales of company are oriented to the following sectors: Paints, resins, glues, foods, pharmaceuticals, automotive; the clientportfolio of this Company is comprised of 900 clients, including: Intequim, Corimon, Quimicas Victoria, Insecticidas Internacionales, Venezolana de Pinturas, Couttenye & Co., Rotoven, Empeven, Copequim, Alfonzo Rivas & Cia.

 

Competitors: Holanda Venezuela, Clariant, Quimisol, Productos Central, OCV Trading, Marivelca, among others.

 

  

FINANCIAL INFORMATION

  

We interviewed Lic. Yraima Blanco, Chief of Accounting, who provided us information including the Balance Sheet of the Company for their fiscal year ended December 31st.,

   2006.

  

   The figures are expressed in Bolivares (Bs.).

  

   Note: The subject Company is registered before CADIVI (entity which controls acquisition of preferential dollars for imports). In the 2004-2006 period subject has been approved import requests amounting to US$34,032,686.13 dollars and from January 2007 to 15.10.2007 import requests amounting to US$11,575,144.87 Dollars.

 

   BALANCE SHEET DATE     :       31DEC2006      31DEC2005      31DEC2004      31DEC2003

   TYPE OF BALANCE SHEET  :          Annual               Annual         Annual         Annual

   BALANCE SHEET OF       :                12 months      12 months      12 months     12 months

   CURRENCY               :                       Bolivares           Bolivares      Bolivares      Bolivares

                                                            (thousands)    (thousands)    (thousands)    (thousands)

   EXCHANGE RATE PER US$  :           2,150.00          2,150.00       1,920.00         1,600.00

   ASSETS

      CASH/BANKS          :           1,461,649                                            2,033,590      1,821,610

      RECEIVABLES         :           10,133,287                                        7,907,729      3,510,040

      INVENTORY           :           14,270,564                                          6,583,469      3,038,593

      OTHERS              :                  860,209                             

      TOTAL CURRENT       :      26,725,709        23,041,931                 16,524,788      8,370,243

      FIXED               :                 2,024,903             1,364,762                    585,892      4,312,671

      OTHERS              :               3,688,803          3,278,974                  5,157,115      1,327,320

   TOTAL ASSETS           :      32,439,415          27,685,667             22,267,795     14,010,234

 

  

LIABILITIES

      BANKS/SUPPLIERS     :      12,744,362                                            11,320,566        667,585

      OTHERS              :              9,581,598                                  3,660,069      8,815,103

      TOTAL CURRENT       :      22,325,960     17,312,297            14,980,635      9,482,688

      LONG TERM           :           2,309,216                             

      OTHERS              :                                      2,267,871          1,756,667        100,925

   SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY   :

      CAPITAL             :               7,304,239                                                          4,426,621

      PROFITS (LOSS)      :         500,000                             

   TOTAL EQUITY           :       7,804,239            8,105,499      5,530,493      4,426,621

   TOTAL LIABILITIES      :      32,439,415     27,685,667     22,267,795     14,010,234

Continuación ...      :       31DEC2006      31DEC2005      31DEC2004      31DEC2003

 

 

   SALES                  :             43,164,986     44,109,450     36,676,927     21,300,035

   PROFIT (LOSS)          :         837,469        273,511      1,103,872      1,626,239

 

  

      LIQUIDITY RATIO                 :  1.20 (Current Assets/Current Liabilities)

      DEBT-TO-EQUITY RATIO     :   34.96% (Shareholders'equity/Current Liabilities)

      PROFITABILITY MARGIN     :   1.94% (Profits/Sales)

      WORKING CAPITAL            :   4,399,749,000.00 (Current Assets - Current Liabilities)

 

  

PROPERTIES OF THE COMPANY

 

   Fixed assets of this company include:

   Plots of land

   Constructions-in-progress,

   5 vehicles (for executives use)

   16 tanks with pumps

   Fork lifts

   Laboratory

   Computers

   etc.

  

 

   INSURANCE .-

    Company                                         Against              Amount               Validity _

    SEGUROS MERCANTIL                        All risk             Total coverage       2006-2007

 

 

 

 

 

 PAYMENTS RECORD

 

   TRADE REFERENCES .-

   Line of Credit     _ Terms(days)) Performance?  _     Time   _ Products/Services        Supplier

 1 Bs.      100 million      30 days      Prompt                    7 years   Raw material                Domestic

 2 Bs.       15 million       30 days      Prompt                    11 years  Raw material              Domestic

 3 Bs.      270 million      30 days      Prompt                    12 years  Raw materials                         Domestic

 4 Bs.     50,000,000.=   30 days      Prompt                    10 year   Customs service           Domestic

  

 

COMMENTS

  

The subject Company also buys from the following foreign suppliers: Rhodia Silicona and Saso Solvay.

 

  

LIST OF DOMESTIC SUPPLIERS

   

Suppliers listed Alphabetically.  There is not relationship as for the order above

Supplier                                     _

    ADUANERA SERVIQUIMICA                         

    AIR PRODUCTS                                  

    CASANAY CHEMICAL                              

    CAVIM                                          

    CELANESE                                      

    GIBANDEU RONRE                                

    GLASSVEN                                      

    INDUSTRIAS MONFEL                             

    INTEQUIM                                      

    JLM INDUSTRIES                                

    LAITKERS                                      

    MULTICERAS                                    

    PRALCA                                        

    SERVIQUIM                                     

    UNION CARBIDE                                 

 

  

LIST OF FOREIGN SUPPLIERS

 

Suppliers listed Alphabetically.  There is not relationship as for the order above

    Supplier                                     _ Country                 _

    AIR PRODUCTS                                                            

    CELANESE                                                                

    GIBANDEU RONRE                           SWITZERLAND               

    HELM (USA and Germany)                                                  

    JLM INDUSTRIES                                                          

    LAITKERS                                           KOREA                    

    MULTICERAS                                     MEXICO                   

    PANAMERICAN CHEMICAL                                                    

 

  

 

 

 

 

BANKING INFORMATION

   BANKERS

    Bank                                                            Account #       

    BANCO DEL CARIBE                                    201-0-052427   

    BANCO DE VENEZUELA                               146-393676-6   

    BANCO MERCANTIL                                     1051-50661-1   

    BANCO PROVINCIAL                                    51-02213-T     

    BANCO FONDO COMUN                               047-001680-9   

    CITIBANK                                                      1-119353-013   

    BANCO INDUSTRIAL DE VENEZUELA           005-5100467-4  

    BANCO CORP. BANCA                                 318-173051-9   

    HELM BANK                                                 12-000100081   

  

Local bank reports properly-managed current account, with average balance in low 9

   figures. No credits reported.

  

  

   CREDIT OPINION              

   Consulted Credit Amount : R 500,000.= Terms: 30 days  Viable ? :

  

   We would suggest for this Company a maximum credit amount of US$365,000.= Dollars at 30

   days.

 

NOTE:

The Opinion given is confidential, referential and without liability.

 

                                                                              

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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