MIRA INFORM REPORT

 

 

Report Date :           

27.07.2011

 

IDENTIFICATION DETAILS

 

Name :

FORMOSA CHEMICALS & FIBRE CORP.

 

 

Registered Office :

359, Chungshan Road, Sec. 3, Chang Hwa City, Chang Hwa

 

 

Country :

Taiwan

 

 

Financials (as on) :

31.03.2011

 

 

Date of Incorporation :

03.05.1965

 

 

Com. Reg. No.:

58650902

 

 

Legal Form :

Joint Stock Company

 

 

Line of Business :

Manufacture and sales of Chemicals

 

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 :

USD 5,000,000

 

 

Status :

Very Good

 

 

Payment Behaviour :

No Complaints

 

 

Litigation :

Clear

 

 

NOTES :

Any query related to this report can be made on e-mail : infodept@mirainform.com while quoting report number, name and date.

 

 

ECGC Country Risk Classification List – March 31st, 2011

 

Country Name

Previous Rating

                   (31.12.2010)                  

Current Rating

(31.03.2011)

Taiwan

a2

a2

 

Risk Category

ECGC Classification

Insignificant

 

A1

Low

 

A2

Moderate

 

B1

High

 

B2

Very High

 

C1

Restricted

 

C2

Off-credit

 

D

 


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Contact Points

 

Company Name:

Formosa Chemicals & Fibre Corp.

Supplied Name:

Formosa Chemicals & Fibre Corpn

Trading Address:

359, Chungshan Road, Sec. 3, Chang Hwa City, Chang Hwa County, Taiwan, R.O.C.

Supplied Address:

201 Tunhwa N Road, Taipei Taiwan

Telephone Number:

2-2712-2211

Fax Number:

2-2713-3229

E-mail:

marketing@fcfc.com.tw

Notes: The exact name and address are as above.

 

 

Credit Summary

 

Credit Rating:

Maximum credit USD 5,000,000

Credit Opinion:

Business connections are permissible.

 

 

Company Identification Details

 

Registered Name:

Formosa Chemicals & Fibre Corp.

Registered Address:

359, Chungshan Road, Sec. 3, Chang Hwa City, Chang Hwa County, Taiwan, R.O.C.

Date of Foundation:

1965-3-5

Registration Number:

58650902

Registry:

Department of Commerce, Ministry of Economic Affairs, R.O.C.

Registered Capital:

NTD 56,904,721,280 (USD 1,974,593,828)

(As of 2011.07, 1 NTD = 0.0347 USD)

Paid-up Capital:

NTD 56,904,721,280 (USD 1,974,593,828)

Legal Representatives:

Wenyuan Wang

Legal Form:

Joint Stock Company

Principal Activities:

Manufacture and sales of Chemicals

Staff:

More than 200 Employees

Listed at Stock Exchange:

Yes

Code: 1326

Date of Last Annual Return:

2010-7-9

 

 

History

 

Subject was incorporated on 1965-3-5 with registered number 58650902 as Joint Stock Company in Taiwan.

Awards

Year

Awards

2007

Blue chip importer and exporter

2008

Blue chip importer and exporter

2009

Blue chip importer and exporter

 

Standard of Blue chip importer and exporter

Unit: USD

Year

Amount

2007

18,000,000

2008

19,000,000

2009

15,000,000

 

 

Shareholders

 

Name

Subscription Shares

Wenyuan Wang

61,311,250       

 

South Asia Plastic Industrial Co., Ltd

 

136,289,502

 

Taiwan Plastic Industrial Co., Ltd

192,955,278

Zhaolin Yang

136,670

Taisu petrifaction Co., Ltd

47,152,986

Fuyuan Hong

264,859

Hongzhi Yang

147,854

Qiuming Chen

77,308

Jianan Wu

27,783

Lianchun Wang

144,397

Dongteng Huang

33,408

Changgeng medical treatment incorporated foundation

1,057,406,427

Shuiwen Hou

26,473

Notes: The information above is that of subject’s major shareholders.

 

 

Subsidiaries & Branches

 

Subject did not register any subsidiaries or branches, from other source we can not obtain the relevant information, either.

 

 

Personnel Information

 

Core Management

Directors

1

Name

Wenyuan Wang

Position

Board Chairman

2

Name

Ruiyu Wang

Position

managing director

3

Name

Zhicun Li

Position

managing director

4

Name

Zhaolin Yang

Position

managing director

5

Name

Zongyong Lin

Position

managing director (independent director)

6

Name

Mingzhang Chen

Position

independent director

7

Name

Gong Wang

Position

independent director

8

Name

Wenxiang Wang

Position

Director

9

Name

Fuyuan Hong

Position

Director

10

Name

Hongzhi Yang

Position

Director

11

Name

Qiuming Chen

Position

Director

12

Name

Jianan Wu

Position

Director

13

Name

Lianchun Wang

Position

Director

14

Name

Dongteng Huang

Position

Director

15

Name

Yurui Chen

Position

Auditor

16

Name

Wenhua Gong

Position

Auditor

17

Name

Shuiwen Hou

Position

Auditor

 

Personnel Structure

Total Employees

More than 200 Employees

 

 

Operation Information

 

Offices & Factories

 

Headquarters

Add

359, Chungshan Road, Sec. 3, Chang Hwa City, Chang Hwa County, Taiwan, R.O.C.

 

Production Information

Division

Major Business

1st Petrochemicals Division

The major businesses of 1st Petrochemicals Division are manufacture and sales of AROMA.

2nd Petrochemicals Division

The major businesses of 2nd Petrochemicals Division are manufacture and sales of SM, phenol, and acetone.

Third Petrochemicals Division

Its major businesses are manufacture and sales of PTA and DMF

Plastics Division

The Plastics Division engages mainly in the manufacture and sales of PS, ABS, SAN, ASA, PP, PC and PC/ABS alloys pellet.

 

Purchase Information

l         The raw material for production is mostly purchased from domestic.

 

Sales Information

l         The subject is mainly engaged in sales of chemicals such as SM, phenol, and acetone.

l         The subject sells products in Asian countries.

Import and export right:

Import right

Yes

Export right

Yes

 

 

Settlements

 

Purchase

Domestic Purchase (Taiwan and Mainland, China)

Product

Payment Terms

Proportion

Raw material

COD, etc

100%

 

Foreign Purchase

The subject seldom imports.

 

Sales

Domestic Markets (Taiwan)

Product

Sales Terms

Proportion

Chemicals

CBD, etc

100%

 

Export

Product

Sales Terms

Proportion

Chemicals

CBD, etc

100%

 


Financial Information

 

Balance Sheet

 

NTD/thousand

Accounting Title

2011/03/31

2010/03/31

Assets

 

 

Current Assets

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents

5,651,126.00

508,148.00

Financial assets measured at fair value through profit or loss - current

13,428.00

9,526.00

Available-for-sale financial assets - current

84,168,477.00

59,996,878.00

Notes receivable - net

601,736.00

402,604.00

Notes receivable - related parties - net

318,282.00

292,485.00

Accounts receivable - net

7,734,900.00

7,046,228.00

Accounts receivable - related parties - net

19,472,088.00

18,790,743.00

Other receivables

1,177,444.00

3,057,672.00

Other receivables - related parties

10,797,050.00

7,435,450.00

Inventories

26,938,445.00

24,980,688.00

Other current assets

4,351,735.00

4,822,513.00

Current assets

161,224,711.00

127,342,935.00

Funds and Investments

 

 

Financial assets measured at fair value through profit or loss - non current

0.00

72,261.00

Financial assets carried at cost - non current

5,064,584.00

5,065,671.00

Equity investments under equity method

149,691,887.00

131,184,845.00

Investments

149,691,887.00

131,184,845.00

Other financial assets - non current

1,068,624.00

744,993.00

Funds and long-term investments

155,825,095.00

137,067,770.00

Fixed Assets

 

 

Cost

 

 

Land

5,398,116.00

5,427,705.00

Buildings and structures

17,119,080.00

17,018,264.00

Machinery and equipment

148,429,528.00

149,251,061.00

Transportation equipment

506,796.00

503,653.00

Other facilities

3,156,356.00

3,126,703.00

Fixed assets cost

174,609,876.00

175,327,386.00

Accumulated depreciation

-100,948,908.00

-92,886,707.00

Construction in process and prepayment for equipments

3,840,141.00

3,482,264.00

Fixed assets

77,501,109.00

85,922,943.00

Intangible Assets

 

 

OtherAssets

 

 

Deferred charges

3,617,661.00

4,283,731.00

Deferred income tax assets - non current

1,011,208.00

3,340,861.00

Other assets - other

1,023,028.00

1,051,638.00

Other assets

5,651,897.00

8,676,230.00

Assets

400,202,812.00

359,009,878.00

Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity

 

 

Liabilities

 

 

Current Liabilities

 

 

Short-term borrowings

0.00

3,352,100.00

Financial liabilities measured at fair value through profit or loss - current

9,112.00

15,316.00

Accounts payable

2,043,338.00

2,137,218.00

Accounts payable - related parties

16,178,196.00

17,261,878.00

Income tax payable

3,693,210.00

1,498,425.00

Accrued expenses

3,246,503.00

2,763,675.00

Other payables - related parties

0.00

18,377,700.00

Long-term liabilities - current portion

9,507,793.00

5,857,737.00

Other current liabilities

1,939,378.00

1,888,059.00

Current liabilities

36,617,530.00

53,152,108.00

Long term Liabilities

 

 

Financial liabilities measured at fair value through profit or loss - non current

184,886.00

179,644.00

Bonds payable

25,600,000.00

16,960,000.00

Long-term borrowings

31,946,274.00

35,590,594.00

Long-term notes and accounts payable

508,000.00

1,492,520.00

Long-term liabilities

58,239,160.00

54,222,758.00

Reserves

 

 

Other Liabilities

 

 

Pension reserve / accrued pension liability

5,895,255.00

5,565,544.00

Other liabilities - other

742,793.00

448,913.00

Other liabilities

6,638,048.00

6,014,457.00

Liabilities

101,494,738.00

113,389,323.00

Stockholders' Equity

 

 

Capital

 

 

Common stock

56,904,721.00

56,904,721.00

Capital Surplus

 

 

Capital surplus - additional paid-in capital

8,224,586.00

8,224,586.00

Capital surplus - treasury stock transactions

30,064.00

4,941.00

Capital surplus - long-term equity investments

1,358,559.00

1,358,559.00

Capital surplus - other

204,224.00

204,224.00

Capital surplus

9,817,433.00

9,792,310.00

Retained Earnings

 

 

Legal reserve

31,632,294.00

28,688,341.00

Special reserve

33,721,775.00

32,841,200.00

Unappropriated retained earnings

82,433,347.00

57,620,551.00

Retained earnings

147,787,416.00

119,150,092.00

Stockholders' Equity and Other adjustmen

 

 

Cumulative translation adjustments

-2,071,020.00

695,111.00

Net loss not recognized as pension cost

-143,174.00

-130,687.00

Unrealized gains (losses) on financial instruments

86,736,819.00

59,533,129.00

 

-324,121.00

-324,121.00

Equity adjustments

84,198,504.00

59,773,432.00

Stockholdersˉ equity

298,708,074.00

245,620,555.00

Number of treasury stock acquired by the company and subsidiaries (unit: share)

17,036,314.00

17,036,314.00

 

0.00

0.00

 


Income Statement

 

NTD/thousand

Accounting Title

2011/03/31

2010/03/31

          Sales

81,654,543.00

(USD 2,833,412,642)

71,073,892.00

(USD 2,466,264,052)

          Sales returns

430.00

17,111.00

          Sales discounts and allowances

65,357.00

112,952.00

          Sales

81,588,756.00

70,943,829.00

          Service revenue

3,316.00

385.00

          Service revenue

3,316.00

385.00

          Other operating revenue

62,775.00

46,020.00

          Operating income

81,654,847.00

70,990,234.00

          Cost of sales

68,383,571.00

62,929,792.00

          Operating costs

68,383,571.00

62,929,792.00

          Gross profit (loss) from operations

13,271,276.00

8,060,442.00

          Unrealized gains on intercompany transactions

589,400.00

311,628.00

          Realized gains on intercompany transactions

205,796.00

185,087.00

          Selling expense

935,875.00

962,301.00

          General and administrative expenses

780,305.00

771,591.00

          Operating expenses

1,716,180.00

1,733,892.00

          Operating income (loss)

11,171,492.00

6,200,009.00

        Non-Operating Income

 

 

          Interest income

27,384.00

14,479.00

          Inome from long-term equity investments under the equity method

8,976,688.00

5,125,433.00

          Investment income

8,976,688.00

5,125,433.00

          Foreign exchange gains

269,672.00

0.00

          Rent income

39,505.00

37,360.00

          Revaluation gain on financial liabilities

6,571.00

4,998.00

          Miscellaneous income

134,356.00

360,080.00

          Non-operating revenues and gains

9,454,176.00

5,542,350.00

        Non-Operating Expenses

 

 

          Interest expense

289,013.00

312,890.00

          Loss on disposal of fixed assets

1,680.00

2,205.00

          Foreign exchange losses

0.00

26,430.00

          Revaluation loss on financial assets

15,799.00

25,277.00

          Miscellaneous disbursements

17,519.00

18,080.00

          Non-operating expenses and losses

324,011.00

384,882.00

          Income from continuing operations before income tax

20,301,657.00

11,357,477.00

          Income tax expense (benefit)

1,974,907.00

0.00

          Income from continuing operations

18,326,750.00

11,357,477.00

          Net income (loss)

18,326,750.00

11,357,477.00

        Primary Earnings per Share

 

 

          Income (loss) from continuing operations

3.23

2.00

          Primary earnings per share

3.23

2.00

        Diluted earnings per share

 

 

(As of 2011.07, 1 NTD = 0.0347 USD)

 

 

Bankers

 

Name

Taiwan Bank

 

 

Public Record

 

Mortgage

No chattel mortgage record of subject has been found within the recent 3 months.

 

Lawsuit

Up to date of reporting, no existing or latent litigation of the subject has been found.

 

 

Interview Details

 

Name

Dongteng Huang

 


 

FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES

 

Currency

Unit

Indian Rupees

US Dollar

1

Rs.44.29

UK Pound

1

Rs.72.37

Euro

1

Rs.64.17

 

 

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

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

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NB

New Business

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

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

 

 

 

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