MIRA INFORM REPORT

 

 

Report Date :

25.06.2008

 

IDENTIFICATION DETAILS

 

Name :

SARA (HONG KONG) LTD

 

 

Registered Office :

Unit B 19FL Yardley Commercial Bldg 3 Connaught Rd West Sheung Wan

 

 

Country :

Hong Kong

 

 

Date of Incorporation :

10.01.1975

 

 

Com. Reg. No.:

0041446

 

 

Legal Form :

Private Limited Company

 

 

Line of Business :

Local Purchasing a wide range of consumer products and other related products.

Sales and Distribution of purchased products to local and international markets.

 

 

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

 

Maximum Credit Limit :

USD 100,000

 

 

Status :

Satisfactory

 

 

Payment Behaviour :

No Complaints

 

 

Litigation :

Clear

 

 

 

name & address

 

SARA (HONG KONG) LTD

UNIT B 19FL YARDLEY COMMERCIAL BLDG

3 CONNAUGHT RD WEST SHEUNG WAN, HONG KONG.

TEL: 852-28543018     FAX: 852-28543315

 

 

 

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

 

INCORPORATION DATE            : JANUARY 10, 1975

REGISTRATION NO.                  : 0041446

LEGAL FORM                           : PRIVATE

CHIEF EXECUTIVE                    : MR. K. SIVAKUMAR (GENERAL MANAGER)

STAFF STRENGTH                    : 30

CAPITAL                                   : US$ 1,028,278

BUSINESS LINE                                    : TRADER

TURNOVER                              : N/A (AS OF DEC. 31, 2006)

EQUITIES                                 : N/A (AS OF DEC. 31, 2006)

PAYMENT                                : AVERAGE

RECOMM. CREDIT RANGE       : UP TO USD 100,000

MARKET CONDITION                : AVERAGE

FINANCIAL CONDITION            : N/A

OPERATIONAL TREND              : STEADY

GENERAL REPUTATION                       : AVERAGE

EXCHANGE RATE                     : HKD 7.80681 = US$1

 

 

Adopted abbreviations:

ANS - amount not stated           

NS - not stated 

SC - subject company (the company inquired by you)

NA - not available          

M - million         HKD –Hong Kong Dollars

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rounded Rectangle: HISTORY 

 

 

 


*Company Registration*

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(1)

License number     : 0041446

Date issued            : 10 January, 1975

Issuing authority     : Companies Registry

Type of license       : Corporate

 

(2)

License number     : 04324042-000

Date issued            : N/A

Issuing authority     : Business Registration Office - Inland Revenue Dept

Type of license       : Business

 

*Company Name*

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Incorporated as           : KIRANS IMPEX (HK) LTD

Date of incorporation   : 10 January, 1975

Changed name to        : SARA (HONG KONG) LTD

Date of change            : 11 March, 2002 

 

*Capital Details*

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Authorized capital : HKD 8,000,000.00 divided into 80,000 ordinary shares at HKD 100.00/-each, fully paid

 

*Office & Facilities*

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Other fax no. : 28543391

 

Previous address   : 11Fl Champion Bldg Blk A 281-291 Des Voeux Rd Central Hong Kong 

 

*Registrar*

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- CC HO & CO LTD

 

  *Approved Signatures*

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Only Mr. Sunil Ramchand Mohinani can sign on behalf of the company with seal affixed.

 

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http://www.saraexport.com/home.htm The design is professional and the content is well organized. At present it is in English version.

 

E-mail: sales@saraexport.com

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rounded Rectangle: LITIGATION 

 

 


For the past two years there is no record of litigation.

 

 

Rounded Rectangle: OWNERSHIP/MANAGEMENT BACKGROUND 

 

 


*Major Shareholders*

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Total number of shareholders: 2

Total number of shares: 80,000

 

Shareholders                             Country                         Number             Amount (HKD)               %

EASTERN FOCUS                     Virgin Islands (British)    79,998.00          7,999,800.00                 99.99

INVESTMENTS LTD   

Mr. Sunil Ramchand Mohinani     India                             2.00                  200.00                          0.01 

 

*Company Secretary*

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CC HO & CO LTD

C. R. no. : 53539

Address : 3Fl Shun Feng Int'l Centre 182 Queen's Rd East Hong Kong 

 

 

Rounded Rectangle: MANAGEMENT 

 

 


Management:    Mr. P. R. Kannappan, Manager

                        Mr. K. Sivakumar, General Manager

 

Name                            Nationality         Job Description              Dept. / Division

Mr. P. R. Kannappan      Indian                Manager                        Account

Mr. K. Sivakumar           Indian                General Manager           -

 

*COMPANY DIRECTORS* 

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1  

Name                            : Mr. Ashok Ramchand Mohinani

Nationality                     : India

ID/Passport No.             : Z-1595720

Registered Address        : 20 Jawaharlal Nehru Rd

Country of Residence     : Ghana

  

2  

Name                            : Mr. Ram Udharam Mohinani

Nationality                     : India

ID/Passport No.             : Z-1595929

Registered Address        : 20 Jawaharlal Nehru Rd

Country of Residence     : Ghana

  

3  

Name                            : Mr. Sunil Ramchand Mohinani

Nationality                     : India

ID/Passport No.            : F8233730

Registered Address        : 15 Walsingham St Johnswood Park, London, NW86RG

Country of Residence     : United Kingdom

 

 

Rounded Rectangle: BUSINESS OPERATIONS 

 

 


*Main Products & Services*

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Specializes in the following areas of work :

1. Local purchasing a wide range of consumer products and other related products.

2. Sales and distribution of purchased products to local and international markets.

 

Carries the brand Prudent 

 

Products: Acetone 

               Ammonium bicarbonate 

               Bakery 

               Butyl acetate 

               Calcium carbonate 

 

*Payment Terms*

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Sales

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Local   : Cash or credit

Export : Letter of Credit (L/C)

              Telegraphic Transfer (T/T)

 

Purchases

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Local   : Cash or credit

 

*Local Distribution Network*

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Part of the annual turnover is attributed to local sales. 

 

*Export Markets*

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Part of the annual turnover is attributed to export. 

 

 

Rounded Rectangle: RELATED COMPANIES 

 

 


*(Subsidiaries, Joint-ventures & Affiliates) 

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Company Name : POLYONE INDUSTRIES (NIGERIA) LTD

Address : Km 16 Ikorodu Rd Ojota Behind Philips Victoria Island Lagos Nigeria

Country : Nigeria

Relationship : Subsidiary

Legal Form : Private company with limited liability

Company Type : Trader

Industry : Chemicals

 

Company Name : SARA (EAST AFRICA) LTD

Address : Plot 12596/1222 Rd A Off Enterprise Rd Nairobi 00400 Kenya

Country : Kenya

Relationship : Subsidiary

Legal Form : Private company with limited liability

Company Type : Trader

Industry : Chemicals

 

Company Name : SARA LOGISTICS SERVICES PVT LTD

Address : 603 Dhanthak Plaza Makhwana Rd Andheri East Mumbai (Bombay) 400059 Maharashtra India

Country : India

Relationship : Subsidiary

Legal Form : Private company with limited liability

Company Type : Service

Industry : Transportation

 

Company Name : SOMOCHEM LTD

Address : 21 Nyerere Dar Es Salaam Tanzania

Country : Tanzania

Relationship : Subsidiary

Legal Form : Private company with limited liability

Company Type : Trader

Industry : Chemicals

 

Company Name : SRA (LONDON) LTD

Address : 10Fl York House Empire Way Wembley HA90PA Middlesex United Kingdom

Country : United Kingdom

Relationship : Subsidiary

Legal Form : Private company with limited liability

Company Type : Manufacturer

Industry : Consumer Products

 

Company Name : UNIWELL TRADING CO LTD

Address : North Industrial Area Block 9 Ring Rd Accra Ghana

Country : Ghana

Relationship : Subsidiary

Legal Form : Private company with limited liability

Company Type : Trader

Industry : Consumer Products

 

*Subsidiaries, Joint-ventures & Affiliates*

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Maintains overseas office in China for quality sodium sulphate.

 

 

Rounded Rectangle: PAYMENTHISTORY 

 

 


PAYMENT RATING       : 3                OBTAINED SCORES         : 55

Rating Key

Implication

Implications

1

Scores 85–100

Excellent

2

Scores 75 – 84

Above Average

3

Scores 50 – 74

Average

4

Scores 35 – 49

Fair

5

Scores 15 – 34

Below Average

6

Scores 01 – 14

Poor

NR

No Data

No Data

 

The rating indicates the payment pattern of SC based upon our Payment Database, comments from suppliers of SC, information from banks (if available), as well as industrial sources.

 

Dealings on open terms may be possible for MODERATE amounts depending on individual judgement experience.

 

 

Rounded Rectangle: FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS 

 

 


As a private limited company there is no legal requirement according to local corporate law for public disclosure of detailed financials.

 

 

Rounded Rectangle: REMARKS 

 

 

 


SC is considered medium-sized in its line with a long history. A credit line at the above amount appears to be beyond SC’s capacities, while a credit line up to USD 100,000 is recommended.

 

 

 

 

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SIC PRODUCT CLASSIFICATION & ACTIVITY 

Activity             Code    Product/Service Description

Exporting          1474     Sodium nitrate, potassium chloride or muriate of potash; and potassium sulphate

Exporting          2000     Food and Kindred Products

Exporting          2051     Bread and other bakery products, other than frozen

Exporting          2099     Food products,

Exporting          2299     Textile goods,

Exporting          2300     Apparel/Other Textile Products

Exporting          2386     Leather wearing apparel,

Exporting          2800     Chemicals and Allied Products

Exporting          2813     Industrial gases

Exporting          2841     Soap and other detergents, except specialty cleaners

 

HARMONIZED PRODUCT CLASSIFICATION & ACTIVITY 

Activity             Code                Product/Service Description

Exporting          1520                 Glycerol (glycerine), glycerol waters and lyes

Exporting          1905                 Bread, pastry cakes etc: comm wafers, empty caps etc

Exporting          2106                 Food preparations

Exporting          2401202990       Cigar filler tobacco, including cigar leaf, partly or wholly stemmed/stripped, not threshed, not containing or containing not over 35% wrapper tobacco

Exporting          2709                 Crude oil from petroleum and bituminous minerals

Exporting          2711                 Petroleum gases & other gaseous hydrocarbons

Exporting          2712200000       Paraffin wax containing less than 0.75 percent oil

Exporting          2809                 Diphosphorus pentaoxide; phosphoric acid etc

Exporting          2809200040       Polyphosphoric acids

Exporting          2815110000       Solid sodium hydroxide (caustic soda)

 

DETAILED PRODUCT CLASSIFICATION & ACTIVITY 

Activity             Product/Service Description

Exporter            Paints 

Exporter            Ink 

Exporter            Butyl acetate 

Exporter            Solvent 

Exporter            Leather 

Exporter            Citric acids 

Exporter            Glycerin 

Exporter            Vitamin C 

Exporter            Sodium benzoate 

Exporter            Phosphoric acid 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

INTERNATIONAL TRADE: ACTIVITY & MARKETS

Exporting to Africa

Exporting to Asia

Exporting to Europe

Exporting to Ghana

Exporting to India

Exporting to Kenya

Exporting to Nigeria

Exporting to Tanzania

Exporting to United Kingdom

 

 


 

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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