MIRA INFORM REPORT

 

 

 

Report Date :

30.07.2008

 

IDENTIFICATION DETAILS

 

Name :

MAURIGO PTE. LTD.

 

 

Registered Office :

46 East Coast Road #06-01, East Gate, Singapore  428766

 

 

Country :

Singapore

 

 

Date of Incorporation :

01.09.2006

 

 

Com. Reg. No.:

200612848E                

 

 

Legal Form :

Pte Ltd                    

 

 

Line of Business :

Business of Trading Agriculture Commodities

 

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 :

No Complaints

 

 

Litigation :

Clear

 


 

Subject Company   

 

MAURIGO PTE. LTD.

 

 

Line Of Business  

 

BUSINESS OF TRADING AGRICULTURE COMMODITIES

 

 

Parent Company    

 

-

 

 

Financial Elements

 

Sales                            : -

Networth                                   : -

Paid-Up Capital             : S$1,384,000

Net result                      : -

Net Margin(%)               : -

Return on Equity(%)       : -

Leverage Ratio               : -

 

 

COMPANY IDENTIFICATION

 

Subject Company                   MAURIGO PTE. LTD.

Former Name                         -

Business Address                  46 EAST COAST ROAD

                                                #06-01

                                                EAST GATE

Town                                                               SINGAPORE                 

Postcode                                 428766

County                                                             -

Country                                                           Singapore

Telephone                               6346 4406                 

Fax                                          6346 4492

ROC Number                         200612848E                

Reg. Town                              -

 



PREVIOUS IDENTIFICATION

 

ORIJIN PTE. LTD.                   DATE OF CHANGE: 12/10/2005

 

 

SUMMARY

 

All amounts in this report are in:  SGD unless otherwise stated

 

Legal Form                             Pte Ltd                    

Date Inc.                                 01/09/2006

Previous Legal Form:            -

Summary year                         -                  

Sales                                                               -

Capital                                                            -                     

Paid-Up Capital                     1,384,000  

Employees                              5                        

Net result                                -

Share value                             -

 

AUDITORS: KANG & KHOO

 

 

REFERENCES

 

Litigation                                 :  No

Company status                      : TRADING                

Started                                    :  01/09/2006

   

 

PRINCIPAL(S)

 

MARIMUTHU CHANDRA SEKHAR         S2674326E      Director

 

TAN GIM SOON                                                                   S6829824E      Director

 

 

DIRECTOR(S)

 

KANAIYALAL HIRALAL MODI            B3527727       Director

Appointed on   10/01/2007

Street              76 GURUKRUPA SOC NR

                        DEVIL MILLS

                        HIGHWAY SIDHPUR

Town               MEHSANA

Postcode         -

Country           India

 

PARESH VEDAWALA                    301331008      Director

Appointed on   10/01/2007

Street              129 ROLLING BROOK DRIVE

                        EDISON

Town               NJ

Postcode         08820-444

Country           United States

 

MARIMUTHU CHANDRA SEKHAR           S2674326E      Director

Appointed on    17/04/2008

Street                21 JALAN SEMPADAN

                        #04-04

                        VILLA MARINA

Town               SINGAPORE

Postcode         457398

Country           Singapore

 

TAN GIM SOON                       S6829824E      Director

Appointed on :                         25/04/2008

Street              430 CHOA CHU KANG AVENUE 4

                        #04-603

Town               SINGAPORE

Postcode         680430

Country           Singapore

 

 

ACTIVITY(IES)

 

IMPORTERS And EXPORTERS                                 Code:11760

 

BASE ON ACRA'S RECORD

1) GENERAL WHOLESALE TRADE; INCLUDING GENERAL IMPORTERS AND EXPORTERS

 

CHARGES

 

No Charges On Premises/Property In Our Database

 

 

PREMISES/PROPERTY INFORMATIONS

 

No Premises/Property Information In Our Databases

 

SHAREHOLDERS(S)

 

GOKUL REFOILS & SOLVENT LTD                      1,384,000   Company

Street  : STATE HIGHWAY NO.41,

              NR SUJANPUR PATIA SIDHPUR

              3841151 DIST PATAN GUJARAT

Town    : -

Postcode: -

Country : India

 

 

SUBSIDIARY(IES)

 

No Participation In Our Database

 

 

PAYMENT HISTORY AND EXPERIENCES

 

Trade Morality                        : UNKNOWN

Liquidity                                                          : UNKNOWN

Payments                                : UNKNOWN

Trend                                      : UNKNOWN

Financial Situation                 : UNKNOWN

 

 

FINANCIAL COMMENTS

 

NEWLY-SET UP COMPANY

SUBJECT BEING NEWLY INCORPORATED AND HAS YET TO FILE IN ITS FIRST SET

OF ACCOUNTS. A NEWLY INCORPORATED COMPANY HAS UP TO 18 MONTHS FROM THE

DATE OF INCORPORATION TO FILE IN ITS FIRST SET OF ACCOUNTS.

 

 

BACKGROUND/OPERATION

 

THE COMPANY WAS INCORPORATED IN THE REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE ON AS A

LIMITED PRIVATE COMPANY BY SHARES AND IS TRADING UNDER ITS PRESENT

NAMESTYLE AS "MAURIGO PTE. LTD.".

 

THE COMPANY HAS AN ISSUED AND PAID-UP CAPITAL OF

1,384,000 SHARES, OF A VALUE OF S$1,384,000.

 

PRINCIPAL ACTIVITIES:

SUBJECT IS REGISTERED WITH THE ACCOUNTING & CORPORATE REGULATORY

AUTHORITY (ACRA) TO BE PRINCIPALLY ENGAGED IN THE BUSINESS OF:

 

1) GENERAL WHOLESALE TRADE; INCLUDING GENERAL IMPORTERS AND EXPORTERS

 

FROM THE RESEARCH CONDUCTED, THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION WAS GATHERED:

 

BACKGROUND OF THE SUBJECT:

MAURIGO PTE. LTD. IS A WHOLLY OWNED SUBSIDIARIES OF GOKUL REFOILS &

SOLVENT LIMITED (GRSL)

                                                                                                                                                                       

SUBJECT IS LISTED IN THE SINGAPORE LOCAL DIRECTORY UNDER THE

CLASSIFICATION OF: TRADING COMPANIES

 

SUBJECT ENGAGES IN THE FOLLOWING ACTIVITIES:

* PROCURES RAW MATERIAL AND TRADES IN COMMODITY.

 

MARKET PRESENCE:

* MAURITIUS

* USA

* EUROPE

* SOUTHEAST ASIA

 

FROM THE TELE-INTERVIEW CONDUCTED, THE FOLLOWING WAS

GATHERED:

 

SUBJECT IS IN THE BUSINESS OF TRADING AGRICULTURE COMMODITIES.

 

SUBJECT MAINLY EXPORT AND DOES NOT SELL LOCALLY.

 

PRODUCTS:

* PALM OILS

* SOYA BEANS

* ETC

 

IMPORT COUNTRIES:

* INDIA

* MALAYSIA

 

EXPORT COUNTRIES:

* SOUTH EAST ASIA REGION

 

INDUSTRIES SERVED:

* AGRICULTURE

* FEEDS

 

TERMS OF PAYMENT:

* ADVANCE PAYMENTS

* CASH ON DELIVERY

* 30 - 60 DAYS TERMS

 

NO. OF EMPLOYEES:

*   2008: 5

 

NO OTHER TRADE INFORMATION WAS MADE AVAILABLE.

 

REGISTERED AND BUSINESS ADDRESS:

46 EAST COAST ROAD

 #06-01

EAST GATE

SINGAPORE 428766

DATE OF CHANGE OF ADDRESS: 10/06/2008

 

YOUR PROVIDED ADDRESS:

371 BEACH ROAD,

NO 17 -10 KEY POINT

SINGAPORE 199597

- NO LONGER IN USE AS CONFIRMED VIA TELINTERVIEW.

 

WEBSITE: -

 

EMAIL: -

 

 

MANAGEMENT

 

THE DIRECTORS AT THE TIME OF THIS REPORT ARE:

 

1) PARESH VEDAWALA, AN AMERICAN

- BASED IN UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

 

2) KANAIYALAI HIRALAL MODI, AN INDIAN

- BASED IN INDIA.

 

3) MARIMUTHU CHANDRA SEKHAR, A SINGAPOREAN

- HOLDS NO OTHER DIRECTORSHIP AS RECORDED IN OUR DATABASE.

 

 

ADVERSE ON DIRECTORS

 

DIRECTOR'S NAME                : MARIMUTHU CHANDRA

ADVERSE REPORT AGAINST DIRECTOR: NOT AVAILABLE FROM OUR DATABASE

PROPERTY OWNERSHIP             : 1

ANNUAL VALUE                   : S$24,000

CO-OWNER(S)                    : NIL

 

* ANNUAL VALUE IS THE ESTIMATED ANNUAL RENT THE PROPERTY CAN FETCH IF

IT WERE RENTED OUT. THE ANNUAL VALUE IS DETERMINED IN THE SAME MANNER

REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THE PROPERTY IS LET-OUT, OWNER-OCCUPIED OR VACANT.

 

 


Singapore’s Country Rating 2007

 

Investment Grade

 

IN SINGAPORE, THE POLITICAL SITUATION REMAINS STABLE.

 

SINGAPORE BOASTS THE BEST GOVERNANCE IN ASIA, WITH AN EFFECTIVE LEGAL SYSTEM FACILITATING DEBT COLLECTION AND TO A HIGH DEGREE OF FINANCIAL TRANSPARENCY.

 

EXTERNAL ACCOUNTS HAVE REMAINED SUBSTANTIALLY IN SURPLUS, CONTRIBUTED TO THE DYNAMISM OF THE ELECTRONICS AND PHARMACEUTICALS SECTORS AND TO REPATRIATION OF PROFITS FROM SINGAPORE INVESTMENTS. THE FINANCIAL AND TOURISM SECTORS HAVE ALSO CONTRIBUTED TO THE LARGE CURRENT ACCOUNT SURPLUS.


SINGAPORE CONTINUES TO KEENLY WELCOME FOREIGN INVESTMENT AND OFFERS A VERY OPEN AND WELL-PLANNED ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL ENVIRONMENT. IT HAS BEEN IMPLEMENTING AMBITIOUS DIVERSIFICATION STRATEGY, FOCUSED PARTICULARLY ON THE CHEMICALS AND PHARMACEUTICAL SECTORS.

 

THE GOVERNMENT USES FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT TO DEVELOP PRIORITY SECTORS (ELECTRONICS, CHEMICALS, BIOTECHNOLOGY). THE AIM IS TO ENCOURAGE THE GROWTH OF HIGH ADDED-VALUE ACTIVITIES AND TURN SINGAPORE INTO A REGIONAL HUB FOR FOREIGN INVESTORS INTERESTED IN ASIA.

 

CERTAIN SECTORS (MEDIA, LEGAL AND FINANCIAL SERVICES) ARE HOWEVER ONLY PARTIALLY OPEN TO FOREIGN INVESTMENT. THESE SECTORS ARE SLOWLY OPENING UP, BUT THE PROGRESS IS SLOW.

 

AFTER HIGH GROWTH IN 2006, BUOYED BY THE DYNAMISM OF BOTH EXPORTS AND HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION, A SLOWDOWN IS EXPECTED IN 2007.

 

ASSETS

 

 

WEAKNESSES

 


WHOLESALE AND RETAIL TRADE SECTOR

 

PAST PERFORMANCE

 

THE WHOLESALE AND RETAIL TRADE SECTOR GREW BY 6.0% IN 4Q 2007, SLOWER THAN THE 6.8% GROWTH IN 3Q 2007. RETAIL SALES FELL BY 2.5%, FOLLOWING A 1.5% GROWTH IN 3Q 2007.

 

DOMESTIC WHOLESALE TRADE INDEX

 

THE OVERALL DOMESTIC WHOLESALE TRADE ROSE BY 22.2% IN 4Q 2007 OVER 4Q 2006.

EXCLUDING PETROLEUM, DOMESTIC SALES GREW BY 4.8%.

 

THE RISE IN THE OVERALL INDEX WAS MAINLY DUE TO HIGHER SALES OF PETROLEUM AND PETROLEUM PRODUCTS (47.3%), TIMBER, PAINTS AND CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS (29.8%). OTHER WHOLESALE SEGMENTS THAT REPORTED DOUBLE-DIGIT GROWTH WERE WHOLESALING OF GENERAL WHOLESALE TRADE, HOUSEHOLD EQUIPMENT AND FURNITURE AND CHEMICALS AND CHEMICAL PRODUCTS.

 

ON THE OTHER HAND, WHOLESALE SEGMENT THAT REPORTED LOWER SALES WERE ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS (-35.8%).

 

AT CONSTANT PRICES, THE OVERALL DOMESTIC WHOLESALE TRADE ROSE BY 1.6% IN 4Q 2007 OVER 4Q 2006. EXCLUDING PETROLEUM, DOMESTIC SALES ROSE SLIGHTLY BY 0.2%.

 

ON A QUARTER-OVER-QUARTER BASIS, THE OVERALL DOMESTIC WHOLESALE TRADE IN 4Q 2007 ROSE BY 7.1% OVER 3Q 2007. EXCLUDING PETROLEUM, DOMESTIC SALES CONTRACTED BY 2.9%.

 

THE MAJORTIY OF THE WHOLESALE SECTORS RECORDED HIGHER DOMESTIC SALES IN 4Q 2007 OVER PREVIOUS QUARTER. PETROLEUM AND PETROLEUM PRODUCTS EXPANDED BY 20.0%. GENERAL WHOLESALE TRADE AND INDUSTRIAL AND CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY ALSO REGISTERED

DOUBLE-DIGIT GROWTH OVER PREVIOUS QUARTER.

 

ON THE OTHER HAND, SALES OF FOOD, BEVERAGES AND TOBACCO AND ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS FELL IN 4Q 2007 OVER 3Q 2007.

 

FOREIGN WHOLESALE TRADE INDEX

 

THE OVERALL FOREIGN WHOLESALE TRADE FOR 4Q 2007 ROSE BY 27.0%, IN COMPARISON TO 4Q 2006. EXCLUDING PETROLEUM, IT EXPANDED BY 15.3%

 

MOST OF THE SECTORS REPORTED HIGHER SALES. DOUBLE-DIGIT GROWTH RATES FOR OVERSEAS SALES WERE RECORDED BY FOOD, BEVERAGES AND TOBACCO (40.6%) PETROLEUM AND PETROLEUM PRODUCTS (39.9%) SHIP CHANDLERS AND BUNKERING (24.3%) INDUSTRIAL AND CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY (18.2%) CHEMICALS AND CHEMICAL PRODUCTS (16.4%) ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS (12.1%) TIMBER, PAINT AND CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS (11.1%).

 

ON THE OTHER HAND, OVERSEAS SALES OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND COMPUTERS FELL BY 2.8%

IN 4Q 2007 OVER 4Q 2006.

 

AT CONSTANT PRICES, THE OVERALL INDEX ROSE BY 11.5% IN 4Q 2007 OVER 4Q 2006.

EXCLUDING PETROLEUM, FOREIGN WHOLESALE TRADE GREW BY 15.1%.

 

ON A QUARTER-OVER-QUARTER BASIS, THE OVERALL FOREIGN WHOLESALE TRADE IN 4Q 2007 ROSE BY 11.7% OVER 3Q 2007. EXCLUDING PETROLEUM, IT GREW BY 6.0%.

 

ALL WHOLESALE SECTORS RECORDED BETTER BUSINESS IN 4Q 2007 WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS SECTOR. THOSE SECTORS THAT REGISTERED DOUBLE-DIGIT GROWTH WERE WHOLESALE SECTORS OF PETROLEUM AND PETROLEUM PRODUCTS, TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND COMPUTERS, INDUSTRIAL AND CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY AND CHEMICALS AND CHEMICAL PRODUCTS.

 

RETAIL TRADE 

 

THE OVERALL RETAIL SALES CONTRACTED BY 2.5%, IN CONTRAST TO THE 1.5% GROWTH IN 3Q 2007. THE SECTOR THAT RECORDED THE LARGEST DECLINE WERE MOTOR VEHICLES, FOLLOWED BY PROVISION AND SUNDRY SHOPS, FOOD AND BEVERAGES, WATCHES AND JEWELLERY AND MEDICAL GOODS AND TOILETRIES. EXCLUDING MOTOR VEHICLES, RETAIL SALES ROSE BY 5.2%, A DECLINE FROM THE 6.O% GROWTH IN 3Q 2007.

 

 

NEWS

 

SURPRISING DROP IN RETAIL SALES

RETAIL SALES FELL UNEXPECTEDLY IN FEBRUARY, THE FIRST TIME IN SEVEN MONTHS, AS INFLATION HIT 26 YEAR HIGHS AND WORRIES GREW ABOUT THE WORLD ECONOMY. SHOPS, SUPERMARKETS AND OTHER RETAILERS SAW REVENUES FELL 1.3% FROM A YEAR EARLIER, AS CAR SALES DECLINED 10.6% AND FOOD AND BEVERAGES SALES PLUNGED 21.8%.

 

THE OVERALL CONTRACTION BY THE SECTOR WOULD HAVE BEEN BIGGER IF NOT FOR MUCH HIGHER PRICES THIS YEAR. IN CONSTANT PRICES TERMS, SALES FELL 5.7%. THIS IS THE WORST READING SINCE THE 5.0% DECLINE IN MARCH 2007, IF ONE WERE TO IGNORE THE 2.0% CONTRACTION IN JULY THAT WAS DUE TO THE HIKE IN THE GOODS AND SERVICES TAX,” SAID HSBC ECONOMIST PRAKRITI SOFAT.

 

ANALYSTS SAID RISING LIVING COSTS AND UNCERTAINTY ABOUT THE ECONOMY WOULD AFFECT  SINGAPORE CONSUMER’S SPENDING THIS YEAR. MANY, HOWEVER, REMAIN LARGELY OPTIMISTIC ABOUT THE DOMESTIC RETAIL SCENE, SAYING THE POOR FEBRUARY SHOWING COULD BE A STATISTICAL BLIP.

 

DOMESTIC DEMAND CONDITIONS REMAIN POSITIVE, HELPED BY THE GOVERNMENT WHICH IS GIVING CASH FROM LAST YEAR’S SURPLUS TO THE WHOLE POPULATION AND ISSUING FOOD VOUCHERS TO THE POOR. “LOW INTEREST RATES AND A HEALHY JOBS MARKET SHOULD KEEP SPENDING FIRM,” SAID HSBC’S MS SOFAT. SHE ADDED THAT FEBRUARY’S DECLINE WAS DUE LARGELY TO A HIGH BASE SET THE PREVIOUS YEAR AND PREDICTED THAT MARCH SALES WOULD BOUNCE BACK WITH A 15.0% SURGE. ALSO, IF COMPARED WITH JANUARY, FEBRUARY SALES ROSE 8.8% AFTER ADJUSTING FOR SEASONAL EFFECTS. THIS WAS THE STRONGEST PERFORMANCE IN FOUR YEARS, SHE SAID.

 

CIMB-GK ECONOMIST SONG SENG WUN SAID MUCH OF THE POOR PERFORMANCE CAME ON THE BACK OF WEAKER CAR SALES. EXCLUDING THOSE, RETAIL SALES WOULD HAVE RISEN 2.9%. CAR SALES HAVE BEEN HURT SINCE OCTOBER BY RISING CERTIFICATE OF ENTITLEMENT PRICES, CAUSED BY AN EXPECTED CUT IN QUOTAS FROM NEXT MONTH AND SURGING PUMP PRICES.


 

OUTLOOK

 

GENERALLY, WHOLESALERS ARE POSITIVE ABOUT THEIR BUSINESS PROSPECTS IN THE COMING MONTHS, WITH A NET WEIGHTED BALANCE OF 4% OF FIRMS EXPRESSING POSITIVE BUSINESS SENTIMENTS. THE MAJORITY OF WHOLESALERS OF PETROLEUM AND PETROLEUM PRODUCTS, CHEMICALS AND CHEMICAL PRODUCTS, INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT AND COMPUTERS AND ACCESSORIES FORECAST BUSINESS OUTLOOK TO REMAIN THE SAME IN THE FIRST SIX MONTHS OF 2008 COMPARED WITH THE LAST SIX MONTHS IN 2007.

 

A NET WEIGHTED BALANCE OF 12% OF RETAILERS PREDICTS LESS FAVOURABLE BUSINESS CONDITIONS FOR THE PERIOD ENDING JUNE 2008. AS A RESULT OF THE REDUCED CERTIFICATE OF ENTITLEMENT (COE) QUOTA, MOTOR VEHICLES RETAILERS ARE ESPECIALLY CONCERNED WITH THE SALES.

 

EXTRACTED FROM:      MINISTRY OF TRADE AND INDUSTRY, SINGAPORE

                                    SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS

                                    THE STRAITS TIMES

 

 

 

 

 


 

FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES

 

Currency

Unit

Indian Rupees

US Dollar

1

Rs. 42.47

UK Pound

1

Rs. 84.00

Euro

1

Rs. 66.14

 

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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