MIRA INFORM REPORT

 

 

Report Date :           

08.09.2011

 

IDENTIFICATION DETAILS

 

Name :

YIEH UNITED STEEL CORPORATION

 

 

Registered Office :

No.600, Xinglong st., Jiaxing Vil., Gangshan Dist., Kaohsiung City 82057

 

 

Country :

Taiwan

 

 

Date of Incorporation :

21.12.1988

 

 

Com. Reg. No.:

23218395

 

 

Legal Form :

Joint Stock Company

 

 

Line of Business :

Manufacture and sales of Steel products.

 

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 2,000,000

 

 

Status :

Good

 

 

Payment Behaviour :

Usually Correct

 

 

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

 


 Bottom of Form

Contact Points

 

Company Name:

Yieh United Steel Corporation

Trading Name:

YUSCO

Supplied Name:

Yieh United Steel Corp

Trading Address:

No.600, Xinglong St., Jiaxing Vil., Gangshan Dist., Kaohsiung City 82057, Taiwan (R.O.C.)

Supplied Address:

600 Shing Long St Jia Shing LII, Kangshan Jenn Kaohsiung Hsien, Kaohsiung, Tawan

Telephone Number:

+886-7-623-2255

Fax Number:

+886-7-623-3148

E-mail:

yu62214@mail.yusco.com.tw 

Notes: Subject’s exact name and address are as above.

 

 

Credit Summary

 

Credit Rating:

Maximum credit USD 2,000,000

Credit Opinion:

Business connections are permissible.

 

 

Company Identification Details

 

Registered Name:

Yieh United Steel Corporation

Registered Address:

No.600, Xinglong st., Jiaxing Vil., Gangshan Dist., Kaohsiung City 82057, Taiwan (R.O.C.)

Date of Foundation:

1988-12-21

Registration Number:

23218395

Registry:

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

Registered Capital:

NTD 20,956,320,000 (USD 720,897,408)

(As of 2011.09, 1 NTD = 0.0344 USD)

Paid-up Capital:

NTD 20,956,320,000 (USD 720,897,408)

Legal Representatives:

Yishou Lin

Legal Form:

Joint Stock Company

Principal Activities:

Manufacture and sales of Steel products.

Staff:

About 1,500 employees

Listed at Stock Exchange:

Yes

Date of Last Annual Return:

2011-7-8

 

 

History

 

1988.12.

 Founding of subject

1995.05.

 Hot Strip Mill commenced and began production.

1995.05.

 HR APL commenced and began production.

1995.05.

 #1 & #2 Cold Rolling Mill commenced and began production.

1995.08.

 CR APL and #3 Cold Rolling Mill commenced and began start-up.

1995.09.

 #1EAF and Slab Continuous Caster commenced and began production.

1996.04.

 Billet Caster commenced and began production.

1996.06.

 Subject affiliated with ISSF as one of the 13 Founding directors.

1996.10.

 #2 EAF commenced and began production.

1997.12.

 Certified by TUV ISO 9002 Quality System, Germany.

1998.04.

 Certified by US A2LA Physics & Chemical Laboratory, USA.

1998.07.

 Certified by TUV AD-W2, AD-W10, Germany.

2000.08.

 Certified by TUV CERT ISO 14001, Germany.

2000.10.

 EAF was honored with "Excellent Enterprise of Energy Savings".

2001.11.

 Certified by DNV ISO9001ISO14001 and OHSAS18001, Norway.

2001.12.

 Commission of Lisco as a intergrated mill in Guangzhou, China.

2004.01.

 TPM launched by establishment of management .

2004.02.

 The Resource Treatment Plant was commissioned.

2005.02.

 Certified by Taiwan Government on antibiotic of low nickel austenitic staimless steel.

2005.09.

 Certified by Taiwan Government on antibiotic of ferritic stainless steel.

2006.03.

 Certified by Taiwan,EU,China etc. 15 countries on low nickel austenitic stainless steel.

2006.11.

 NO.2 batch annealin furnace was settled completed and began production .

2008.01.

 Cold rolling mill 3 was extended completed,and added No.5,No.6 cold rolling mill ,and No.4 C.R annealing & pickling line began production.

 

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

Wei Chiao Investment Development Co., Ltd (Literal Translation)

211,991,210     

 

Guo Chiao Investment Development Co., Ltd (Literal Translation)

 

161,550

 

Yu Sheng Investment Development Co., Ltd (Literal Translation)

887,059

Yusheng Investment Development Co., Ltd (Literal Translation)

51,505,107

GuoTong Investment Development Co., LTD  (Literal Translation)

272,227

 

Major Shareholder Information:

Name:

Wei Chiao Investment Development Co., Ltd (Literal Translation)

Address

No. 4, Lane 53, Nanjiang Street, Fengshan City, Kaohsiung County, Taiwan

Date of Incorporation:

1986-11-18

Registered Number:

22267158

Tel

+886-7-6114104

Fax:

+886-7-6120407

 


Subsidiaries & Branches

 

Affliates:

Lianzhong Stainless Steel Corporation
Established in 2001
Lianzhong Stainless Steel Corporation(LISCO) is one of the largest stainless steel mills in china.

YUSCO combined with LISCO, with an annual capacity of 2,000,000 tones per year, is one of
the largest stainless steel makers in the world.

 

Yieh Phui Enterprise Co., Ltd.
Estableshed in 1986
Products: Hot-Dip Galvanized, Galfan, Galvalume, and Pre-Painted Steel products

 

Yieh Phui (China) Technomaterial Co., Ltd.
Estableshed in 2001
Products: Hot Rolled Pickled coils, Cold Rolled Coils, Hot-Dip Galvanized Coils,
and Pre-Painted Galvanized Coils

 

Changshu Chief Leading Edge Construction Materials Co. Ltd.
Estableshed in 1986
Main service: Steel Structure Design, Manufacturing and Assembling for Buildings & Mills,
Coil Cutting and Slitting

Yieh Phui combined with Yieh Phui (China), with an annual capacity of 2,500,000 tons per year, will become the largest galvanized steel maker in the world.


Yieh Hsing Enterprise Co., ltd.
Estableshed in 1978
Products: Stainless Steel Rods, Stainless Welding Rods, Carbon Steel Rods, Alloy Steel Rods,
Free-Cutting Steel Rods

Yieh Hsing Enterprise Co., ltd. is one of the largest wire rod maker in the world.

Yieh Mau Corp
Estableshed in 1988
Products: Stainless Steel Coils / Strips, Stainless Steel Plates / Sheets

Yieh Mau Corp, with the best procedure for stainless steel surface finishing, is the major
stainless steel coil center in Asia. It has the best quality of stainless steel mirror sheet in
Taiwan.

 

 

Personnel Information

 

Core Management

Directors

1

Name

Yishou Lin

Position

Board Chairman

2

Name

Zhongqi Guo

Position

Director

3

Name

Pingyong Liang

Position

Director

4

Name

Huangcai Ye

Position

Director

5

Name

Hexing Lai

Position

Director

6

Name

Linmao Wu

Position

Supervisor

7

Name

Jingcong Huang

Position

Supervisor

8

Name

Yongxian Chen

Position

Supervisor

 

Personnel Structure

Total Employees

About 1,500 employees

 

 

Operation Information

 

Offices & Factories

 

Headquarters

Add

No.600, Xinglong St., Jiaxing Vil., Gangshan Dist., Kaohsiung City 82057, Taiwan (R.O.C.)

Production Information

l         Subject is a manufacturer of steel products

l         Subject’s steel melting operation has an annual capacity of 1,000,000 metric tons producing stainless steel slabs and billets and its hot rolling mill can produce 900,000 metric tons of hot rolled stainless steel coils and plates per year.  The cold rolling plant has capacity to produce 250,000 metric tons of hot rolled No. 1 coils, 340,000 metric tons of 2D and 2B stainless steel coils and 60,000 metric tons of Bright Annealed stainless steel coils.

l         Subject was certified by ISO 9002 AND 14001.

Purchase Information

l         The registered activities of subject:

Business Code

Details

--

Manufacture, processing and sale of all kinds of Carbon steel, stainless steel, cold-rolled steel plate, Cold rolled steel sheet, galvanized steel sheet and Painting steel plates, etc

--

Manufacture, processing and sale of all kinds of Carbon steel, special steel including steel wire structural steel

J101050

Environmental testing services

CA01990 

Other nonferrous metal basic industry

ZZ99999 

Besides licensed business, all other business items those are not banned or restricted.

 

l         Subject did not introduce its purchasing information

 

Sales Information

l         The subject is mainly engaged in sales of steel products including Stainless Steel Slabs, Stainless Steel Billets, Hot Rolled Stainless Steel Plates – Black, Hot Rolled Stainless Steel Sheet in Coil – Black, Hot Rolled Stainless Steel, Cold Roll Stainless Steel - 2D,           Cold Roll Stainless Steel - 2B, Cold Roll Stainless Steel - BA, etc

l         Subject’s products are both sold in domestic and overseas market.

 

Import and export right:

Import right

Yes

Export right

Yes

 

 

Settlements

 

Purchase

Subject did not introduce its purchasing terms.

 

Sales

Domestic Markets

Product

Sales Terms

Proportion

Steel Products

COD, CBD, etc

100%

 

Export

Product

Sales Terms

Proportion

Steel Products

CBD, etc

100%

Notes: Subject’s settlement for export is generally in USD

Balance Sheet

 

Unit: NTD/000

 

2011-6-30

2010-6-30

Cash & cash equivalents

2,147,070

1,796,225

Accounts receivable-net

1,117,387

1,190,926

Accounts receivable-net-related parties

556,785

563,134

Other receivables

93,440

395,312

Other receivables-related parties

607,843

68,624

Current Assets

13,654,765

14,580,746

Inventories

5,167,879

7,737,230

Inventories-manufacturing

5,167,879

7,737,230

Advance Payment

3,795,450

2,667,970

Non-Current Assets For Sale

37,107

0

Other urrent assets

69,453

114,193

Deferred Income Tax Assets-Current

69,453

114,193

Financial assets at fair value through income statement-Current

62,351

47,132

Investment

19,077,513

19,028,178

Long-Term Investments At Equity

19,077,513

19,028,178

For sale financial assets-non current

3,275,733

3,146,447

Financial assets at cost - noncurrent .

910,128

887,590

Bonds investment without market price-Non Current

450,627

0

Fund And Investments

23,714,001

23,062,215

Land

2,914,380

2,914,380

Buildings

5,185,404

5,137,815

Machinery & equipment

30,932,408

31,195,760

Computers and communication apparatus

295,858

268,477

Transportation equipment

268,061

232,393

Office Equipment

45,945

42,553

Total Fixed Assets Cost

42,945,295

43,051,960

Accumulated Depreciation

-23,855,186

-22,317,334

Property and equipment costnet

19,813,324

21,081,633

Total Cost and surplus arising on revaluation

42,945,295

43,051,960

Construction In Progress And Prepayments For Equipment

723,215

347,007

Construction In Progress

723,215

347,007

Other Devices

3,303,239

3,260,582

Deferred Pension Costs

11,787

12,966

Total Intangible Assets

11,787

12,966

Guaranteed Deposits Paid

477,368

477,373

Deferred Charges

2,520

3,335

The deferred income tax assets-non current

205,939

0

Other Assets-other

139,093

176,200

Total Other Assets

824,920

656,908

Total Assets

58,018,797

59,394,468

Short-Term Borrowing

8,066,177

10,325,360

Term Notes And Bills Payable

349,649

649,033

Notes Payable

364,458

270,147

Account Payable

2,450,055

2,762,777

Account Payable-Related Parties

1,274,040

252,318

Income Tax Payable

214,715

502,265

Accrued Expenses

416,510

568,096

Changes in the fair value of the financial liability on profit and loss-current

614

0

Other payables-related parties

1,530,432

2,855,187

Current Liabilities

19,226,738

22,976,264

Other payables

1,262,268

1,278,964

Advance Receipt

129,776

102,689

Advances On Sales

129,776

102,689

Long-Term Liabilities -Current Portion

3,164,044

3,409,428

For sale non-current assets relative liabilities

4,000

0

Long-Term Loan

11,425,627

7,962,227

Funded Liabilities

11,425,627

7,962,227

Retirementallowancereserve/ Accrued Pension Liabilities

680,493

533,402

Guarantee Deposit Received

38

38

Deferred Income Tax

0

103,560

Other Liability-Other

34,398

28,611

Deferred Credit-Affiliate Company Benefit

34,398

28,611

Total Other Liabilities

714,929

665,611

Total Liabilities

31,367,294

31,604,102

Ordinary Share Capital

20,956,320

17,463,600

stock dividends to be distributed

1,047,816

3,492,720

Share Capital

22,004,136

20,956,320

Capital Surplus- treasury stock

834,422

708,874

Capital Surplus-gain on disposal of assets

340,311

340,311

Capital Surplus- permanent investment

50,164

18,098

Total Capital Surplus

1,224,897

1,067,283

Legal Surplus

2,620,933

2,371,284

Unappropriated Retained Earnings

1,712,044

3,474,345

Retained earnings amounted to

4,332,977

5,845,629

Cumulative Translation Adjustments

-125,973

756,980

Net Loss Not Recognized As Pension Cost

-299,803

-202,780

Unrealized gain or loss on financial instrument

833,269

684,934

Treasury Stock

-1,318,000

-1,318,000

Total Shareholders' equity and other adjustment

-910,507

-78,866

Treasury Stock held by parent Company (Unit: Share)

209,245,680

174,371,400

Total Shareholders' equity

26,651,503

(USD 916,811,703)

27,790,366

(USD955,988,590)

(As of 2011.09, 1 NTD = 0.0344 USD)

 

Profit and Loss Account

 

Unit: NTD/000

 

2011-1-1

~2011-6-30

2010-1-1

~2010-6-30

Total Operation Revenue

40,370,652

38,162,624

Net Sales Revenue

40,370,652

38,162,624

Total Sales Revenue

41,477,735

(USD

1,426,834,084)

39,371,578

(USD

1,354,382,283)

Sales Returns

1,250

1,106

Sales Discounts And Allowances

1,105,833

1,207,848

Total operating costs

38,738,038

35,415,593

Gross profit (loss)

1,632,614

2,747,031

Unrealized gain from inter-affiliate accounts.

19,709

28,611

Realized gain from inter-affiliate accounts.

16,785

25,876

Total operating expenses

646,901

835,708

Distribution Cost

406,248

576,939

General And Administrative Expenses

240,653

258,769

Net operating profit (Loss)

982,789

1,908,588

Non-operating revenue and profit

139,586

667,205

Interest Income

16,218

11,138

Income From Investment

97,425

306,556

Investment Profit Recognized Under Equity Method

0

237,890

Income Gain

97,425

68,666

Profit On Exchange

0

278,537

Financial assets evaluation Profit

0

10,204

Miscellaneous Expenses Income

25,943

60,770

Non-operating expenses and losses

906,502

203,633

Interest Cost

225,264

203,633

Investment Losses

646,529

0

Investment Loss Recognized Under Equity Method

646,529

0

Loss On Exchange

31,909

0

Financial assets evaluation Loss

2,186

0

Financial Liabilities evaluation Loss

614

0

Net Profits (loss) before tax from continuing operations

215,873

2,372,160

Income tax expense (income)

21,562

474,778

Unit Net Profits (loss) before tax from continuing operations

194,311

1,897,382

Net Profits (loss)

194,311

(USD 6,684,298)

1,897,382

(USD 65,269,941)

Basic earnings per share

0.11

1.26

(As of 2011.09, 1 NTD = 0.0344 USD)

 

Bankers

 

Subject declined to disclose its bank details; from other source we can not obtain the relevant information, either.

 

 

Public Record

 

Mortgage

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

 

Lawsuit

Court Action:

Trial Number:

98,雄簡調,84

Trial Date:

980415

Reason

compensation for damages

 

Interview Details

 

Department

Sales department

 

 


 

FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES

 

Currency

Unit

Indian Rupees

US Dollar

1

Rs.46.02

UK Pound

1

Rs.73.61

Euro

1

Rs.64.78

 

 

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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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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