MIRA INFORM REPORT

 

 

 

Report Date :

18.08.2008

 

IDENTIFICATION DETAILS

 

Name :

GOLD EAST TRADING (HONG KONG) COMPANY LIMITED

 

 

Registered Office :

Unit 501-4A, Empire Centre, 68 Mody Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon

 

 

Country :

Hong Kong

 

 

Date of Incorporation :

2007

 

 

Legal Form :

Private Limited Company

 

 

Line of Business :

Importer and Exporter of Paper Products

 

RATING & COMMENTS

 

MIRA’s Rating :

B

 

RATING

STATUS

PROPOSED CREDIT LINE

26-40

B

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

Small

 

Status :

New Company

 

 

Payment Behaviour :

Regular

 

 

Litigation :

Clear

 


 

REPORT ON

 

GOLD EAST TRADING (HONG KONG) COMPANY LIMITED
Business Address:
Unit 501-4A, Empire Centre
68 Mody Road
Tsim Sha Tsui
Kowloon
Hong Kong
Tel: +852-27330488
Fax: +852-27330034

 

 

 

 

 

 

SUMMARY

 

 

Founded:

2007

Legal form:

Private Limited Company

Registration date:

14.06.2007

ACTIVITY:

Importer & Exporter

Main Products:

Paper products

Staff:

25 (25 in Hong Kong)

Paid-up capital:

HKD 1,000,000.00

Financial situation:

Modest but ordered

Payments:

Payments are made according to terms

Litigation:

clear

 

 

 

Registration status: 2007 - Registered company
Activity status: 2007 - Active company

 

 

 

 

IDENTIFICATION

 

 

 

Name:                       Gold East Trading (Hong Kong) Company Limited

Telephone:                 +852-27330488

Fax:                          +852-27330034

 

Business Address:    Unit 501-4A, Empire Centre
68 Mody Road
Tsim Sha Tsui
Kowloon
Hong Kong
Tel: +852-27330488
Fax: +852-27330034

                               


Registered Address:  Unit 501-4A, Empire Centre
68 Mody Road
Tsim Sha Tsui
Kowloon
Hong Kong

                               

 

 

Contact information: Telephone number:                       852 27330033       Mr. Park Chu (Director)

                              Email address:                            park.chu@goldeastpaper.com.hk    Mr. Park Chu (Director)

 

 

 

 

HISTORY AND REGISTRATION

 

 

Founded:                                   2007

Legal form:                                Private Limited Company

Registration date:                       14.06.2007

Company registry number:          1141342

BR Number:                              38159647

Annual return date:                     14.06.2008

Annual return filed on:                 17.07.2008

 

 

SHARE CAPITAL

 

 

Nominal capital:

 

HKD 1,000,000.00

Number of Ordinary shares:

1,000,000

 

Value per share of Ordinary shares:

HKD 1.00

 

 

Paid-up capital:

 

HKD 1,000,000.00

 

of which paid in cash:

HKD 1,000,000.00

 

 

Changed from:

HKD 1.00

 since 15.02.2008

 

 

 

SHAREHOLDERS

 

 

Gold East Paper (Jiangsu) Co Ltd
Registration: China
8, Xing Gang Dong Rd
Dagang Zhenjiang, Jiangsu
212132
China

Shareholder company
Equity: 100%
1,000,000 Ordinary shares

Total number of shareholders: 1

Former secretary records:

GSL07 Limited resigned as secretary on 9th July 2007

 

MANAGEMENT

 

 

CHU Wing Hong, Park - Director
Unit 501-4A, 5/F, Empire Centre
68 Mody Road
Hong Kong

Personal ID: G713881(3)

QI Hezhai - Director
Nationality: China
Unit 501-4A, 5/F, Empire Centre
68 Mody Road
Hong Kong

Passport ID: 340302195302281232

CHU Wing Hong, Park - Company Secretary
Unit 501-4A, 5/F, Empire Centre
68 Mody Road
Hong Kong

Personal ID: G713881(3)
07.07.2007 - Present

Mr. Chu Wing Hong, Park, Director
Mr. Chu is active in subject's daily operation and responsible for overall management.


Management assessment
Subject has a medium scale of operation with a simple company structure, management functions and responsibilities. Different department heads are in charge of different management functions.

 

 

 

 

ACTIVITY

 

NATURE OF BUSINESS:           Importer & Exporter & Wholesaler

 

NACE:                                      4618 Agents specialised in the sale of other particular products

 

Main products:                           Paper products

 

 

Activity comment:                      Subject declined to disclose any information.

Based on our research, subject is engaged in importing, exporting and wholesaling of paper and related products.

Merchandises are estimated to be sourced from China, South East Asia and New Zealand. Imported goods are wholesaled locally or exported to United States and Europe.

Reportedly, subject is a Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) [headquarter: FSC International Center in Bonn, Germany] / Coc registered paper trader.

Sufficient traffic of phone calls, deliveries of documents, visitors indicates that subject is performing adequate level of daily business activities with some functional divisions and business structures. Operations are observed to be properly organized with necessary number of staff.

 

 

MARKETS

 

Hong Kong, United States, Europe
Payment terms:
O/A (open account)
T/T

 

 

PURCHASES

 

China, South East Asia, New Zealand
Payment terms:
L/C (letter of credit)
T/T
Advanced Payment

 

 

 

PREMISES

 

Address:

Unit 501-4A, Empire Centre
68 Mody Road
Tsim Sha Tsui
Hong Kong

Type of premises:

office premises

Type of ownership:

Premises at business address are rented

Area:

Commercial

Condition:

Normal

Equipment:

Properly equipped and maintained

 

 

 

STAFF:

Total staff: 25

Staff in Hong Kong: 25 (based on our observation)

 

 

IMPORTANCE:          Small to Medium size company

 

 

 

 

AFFILIATION

 

Parent Company:

Gold East Paper (Jiangsu) Co Ltd
8, Xing Gang Dong Rd
Dagang Zhenjiang, Jiangsu
212132
China

 

 

 

FINANCE

 

 

Financial situation:      Modest but ordered

 

Status of company:     Newly established company

 

Business trends:        Infant stage

 

 

Direct interview:          Mr. Chu Wing Hong, Park, Director

 

 

Financial data source: Declined to disclose any information

 

 

Mr. Chu Wing Hong, Park, Director, declined to provide financial information on the ground of undisclosed identity of ultimate enquiry.

Under Hong Kong Companies Law, private limited companies are not obligate to release its financial information to public.

SALES ANALYSIS
As subject is a newly established company, its trend and turnover cannot be determined as there is no historical financial record for reference. It is believed that subject is now undergoing its initial development stage in terms of business and marketing networks.

PROFITABILITY ANALYSIS
As subject is a newly established company, it is believed that it has to incur some initial investment and significant expenses in the early stage for development, while the turnover generated is still not sufficient to cover the investment and the expense due to its market and business networks not being mature enough. Break-even in profitability seems to occur several years after the establishment of the company similar to subject's scale and nature.

 

Ratios:

Ratios not available

 

 

Charges:                    None in current years

 

 

Payments:                Payments are made according to terms

 

 

Litigation records:    clear
on subject: clear

 

 

Insolvency Information:           According to available information sources the company is not in a insolvency/Preliminary/debt regulation proceeding.

 

 

Negative file check:     clear

 

 

 

Company comment:

Secure terms are recommended. Subject is a recently established company. Its trend, profitability and prospects are hard to determine. During this early stage of a company, operational stability is yet to be attained. Capability to overcome financial difficulties is comparatively limited or is not demonstrated with concrete evidence. Business should be on a secured basis with close monitoring.


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Macro Economic Indicator - Hong Kong

(USD billions)

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007 (f)

2008 (f)

Economic growth (%)

3.2

8.6

7.5

6.9

5.6

5.3

Inflation (%)

-1.9

0.3

1.4

2.3

3.0

3.1

Public sector balance (%GDP)

-3.3

1.7

1.0

2.7

2.7

3.0

Exports

224.7

260.3

289.5

317.6

343.3

381.9

Imports

230.4

269.6

297.2

331.7

362.6

400.2

Trade balance

-5.8

-9.3

-7.6

-1.4

-2.0

-1.8

Current account balance

16.5

15.7

20.2

20.2

20.1

24.6

Current account balance (%GDP)

10.4%

9.5%

11.4%

10.6%

9.9%

11.1%

Foreign debt

37.8%

41.0%

40.7%

38.0%

36.3%

35.4%

Debt service (%Exports)

1.8%

2.1%

2.2%

2.3%

2.1%

2.0%

Currency reserves (import months)

4.8

4.2

3.7

3.4

3.2

3.0

(e)estimate (f)forecast

 

 



COUNTRY RATING (Hong Kong)

Rating : A1

The steady political and economic environment has positive effects on an
already good payment record of companies.Very weak default probability.

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FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES

 

Currency

Unit

Indian Rupees

US Dollar

1

Rs.43.23

UK Pound

1

Rs.80.89

Euro

1

Rs.63.80

 

 

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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