MIRA INFORM REPORT

 

 

Report Date :

14.12.2012

 

IDENTIFICATION DETAILS

 

Name :

UNIPOWER TRADERS & CO

 

 

Registered Office :

498, Jalan Stampin Barat, 93350 Kuching, Sarawak

 

 

Country :

Malaysia

 

 

Date of Incorporation :

04.04.1982

 

 

Reg. No.:

13442/82-S

 

 

Legal Form :

Sole Proprietorship

 

 

Line of Business :

Sales of Typical Used or New Stock of Work Wear/Work Coats

 

 

No. of Employees :

5

 

RATING & COMMENTS

 

MIRA’s Rating :

B

 

RATING

STATUS

PROPOSED CREDIT LINE

26-40

B

Capability to overcome financial difficulties seems comparatively below average.

Small

 

Status :

Moderate

Payment Behaviour :

Unknown

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 – June 30th, 2012

 

Country Name

Previous Rating

(31.03.2011)

Current Rating

(30.06.2012)

Malaysia

A2

A2

 

Risk Category

ECGC Classification

Insignificant

 

A1

Low

 

A2

Moderate

 

B1

High

 

B2

Very High

 

C1

Restricted

 

C2

Off-credit

 

D

 

 

malaysia - ECONOMIC OVERVIEW

 

Malaysia, a middle-income country, has transformed itself since the 1970s from a producer of raw materials into an emerging multi-sector economy. Under current Prime Minister NAJIB, Malaysia is attempting to achieve high-income status by 2020 and to move farther up the value-added production chain by attracting investments in Islamic finance, high technology industries, biotechnology, and services. The NAJIB administration also is continuing efforts to boost domestic demand and reduce the economy's dependence on exports. Nevertheless, exports - particularly of electronics, oil and gas, palm oil and rubber - remain a significant driver of the economy. As an oil and gas exporter, Malaysia has profited from higher world energy prices, although the rising cost of domestic gasoline and diesel fuel, combined with strained government finances, has forced Kuala Lumpur to begin to reduce government subsidies. The government is also trying to lessen its dependence on state oil producer Petronas. The oil and gas sector supplies more than 40% of government revenue. The central bank maintains healthy foreign exchange reserves, and a well-developed regulatory regime has limited Malaysia''s exposure to riskier financial instruments and the global financial crisis. Nevertheless, Malaysia could be vulnerable to a fall in commodity prices or a general slowdown in global economic activity because exports are a major component of GDP. In order to attract increased investment, NAJIB has raised possible revisions to the special economic and social preferences accorded to ethnic Malays under the New Economic Policy of 1970, but he has encountered significant opposition, especially from Malay nationalists and other vested interests.

 

Source : CIA

 

 

 

 

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

 

 

REGISTRATION NO.

:

13442/82-S

COMPANY NAME

:

UNIPOWER TRADERS & CO

COMMENCEMENT DATE

:

04/04/1982

EXPIRY DATE

:

N/A

BUSINESS CONSTITUTION

:

SOLE PROPRIETORSHIP

BUSINESS ADDRESS

:

498, JALAN STAMPIN BARAT, 93350 KUCHING, SARAWAK, MALAYSIA.

TEL.NO.

:

082-578224

FAX.NO.

:

N/A

CONTACT PERSON

:

C S PRICHARD ( OWNER )

INDUSTRY CODE

:

52321

PRINCIPAL ACTIVITY

:

SALES OF TYPICAL USED OR NEW STOCK OF WORK WEAR/WORK COATS

STAFF STRENGTH

:

5 [2012]

BANKER (S)

:

MALAYAN BANKING BHD

LITIGATION

:

CLEAR

DEFAULTER CHECK

:

CLEAR

PAYMENT

:

N/A

MANAGEMENT CAPABILITY

:

AVERAGE

COMMERCIAL RISK

:

MODERATE

CURRENCY EXPOSURE

:

MODERATE

GENERAL REPUTATION

:

SATISFACTORY

INDUSTRY OUTLOOK

:

AVERAGE GROWTH

 

 

HISTORY / BACKGROUND

 

The SC commenced its business on 04/04/1982 as a SOLE PROPRIETORSHIP.

The SC is a sole proprietorship, that is, it has a single owner whose liabilities are unlimited. In case the SC is unable to meet all its obligations, the creditors can claim on the owner's personal assets. The sole proprietorship ceases upon the death of the owner or any time at the discretion of the owner. The ownership is non-transferable. Under the law, the SC has to file in its information with Registrar of Business but it is not required to file in its financial statements.

The SC is principally engaged in the (as a / as an) sales of typical used or new stock of work wear/work coats.

The SC is not listed on Bursa Malaysia (Malaysia Stock Exchange).

 

The owner of the SC are shown as follows :

 

Name

Address

IC/PP/Loc No

Shareholding

(%)

MR. C S PRICHARD

100.00

100.00

---------------

------

100.00

100.00

============

=====

 

+ Also Director

 


OWNERS


OWNER(S) 1

 

Name Of Subject

:

MR. C S PRICHARD

Nationality

:

MALAYSIAN CHINESE

Shareholding

:

100%



MANAGEMENT

 

 

 

1)

Name of Subject

:

C S PRICHARD

Position

:

OWNER

 

 

 

AUDITOR


No Auditor found in our databank

 

BANKING


Banking relations are maintained principally with :

1)

Name

:

MALAYAN BANKING BHD

 

The SC enjoys normal banking routine with above mentioned banker(s). No adverse record was found during our investigation.

 

LEGAL CHECK AGAINST SC


* A check has been conducted in our databank againt the SC whether the subject has been involved in any litigation. Our databank consists of 99% of the wound up companies in Malaysia.

No legal action was found in our databank.

 

 

DEFAULTER CHECK AGAINST SC


* We have checked through the SC in our defaulters' database which comprised of debtors that have been blacklisted by our customers and debtors that have been placed or assigned to us for collection since 1990. Information was provided by third party where the debt amount can be disputed. Please check with creditors for confirmation as alleged debts may have been paid since recorded or are being disputed.

No blacklisted record & debt collection case was found in our defaulters' databank.

 

PAYMENT RECORD

 

 

SOURCES OF RAW MATERIALS:

Local

:

YES

Overseas

:

YES

 


CLIENTELE

 

Local

:

YES

Domestic Markets

:

MALAYSIA

Overseas

:

YES

Export Market

:

ASIA, AUSTRALIA

Credit Term

:

AS AGREED

Payment Mode

:

CHEQUES,TELEGRAPHIC TRANSFER (TT)

 

 

OPERATIONS

 

Goods Traded

:

TYPICAL USED OR NEW STOCK OF WORK WEAR/WORK COATS

Competitor(s)

:

DEEPAK TEXTILES
DESIREE BOUTIQUE
FAUZI BIN ISMAIL
G.S.TRADING COMPANY
THONG SANG TRADING CO

 

Total Number of Employees:

YEAR

2012

GROUP

N/A

COMPANY

5

 

Branch

:

NO

 

Other Information:


The SC is principally engaged in the (as a / as an) sales of typical used or new stock of work wear/work coats.

The SC's products consist of the followings:

* Ladies work coats

* Gents work costs

* Work wear blue

* Butcher coat and Butcher pants

* Assorted sizes from S, M, L, XL

* XS & XXL are need special order for new make

 

 

PROJECTS


No projects found in our databank

 

CURRENT INVESTIGATION

 

Latest fresh investigations carried out on the SC indicated that :

Telephone Number Provided By Client

:

60-82-578224

Current Telephone Number

:

082-578224

Match

:

YES

Address Provided by Client

:

NO. 498, JALAN STAMPIN BARAT, 93350 KUCHING SARAWAK

Current Address

:

498, JALAN STAMPIN BARAT, 93350 KUCHING, SARAWAK, MALAYSIA.

Match

:

YES

 

Other Investigations


On 11th December 2012 we contacted the SC's Owner Mr Prichard. He furnished some information on the SC.

He refused to disclose the SC's business license expiry date.

The SC does not use fax facility.


FINANCIAL ANALYSIS

 

 

We are unable to comment on the SC financial position as the SC is not required by the law to file its financial statement in the Registrar of Business.

Overall financial condition of the SC : N/A

 

 

 

 

MALAYSIA ECONOMIC / INDUSTRY OUTLOOK

 

Major Economic Indicators:

2008

2009

2010

2011*

2012**

Population ( Million)

27.73

28.13

28.35

28.70

29.10

Gross Domestic Products ( % )

4.6

<0.5>

7.2

5.5

5.3

Domestic Demand ( % )

6.9

2.9

6.3

4.8

7.6

Private Expenditure ( % )

7.1

<2.7>

8.1

7.0

8.7

Consumption ( % )

8.4

0.7

6.7

6.3

7.1

Investment ( % )

1.5

<17.2>

17.7

16.2

15.9

Public Expenditure ( % )

6.5

5.2

3.8

7.6

4.7

Consumption ( % )

11.6

3.1

0.2

8.9

3.0

Investment ( % )

0.7

8.0

2.8

0.6

7.0

Balance of Trade ( MYR Million )

129,563

89,650

118,356

116,058

-

Government Finance ( MYR Million )

<34,462>

<28,450>

<40,482>

<45,511>

<43,021>

Government Finance to GDP / Fiscal Deficit ( % )

<4.8>

<4.8>

<5.6>

<5.4>

<4.7>

Inflation ( % Change in Composite CPI)

<3.3>

<5.2>

5.1

3.1

-

Unemployment Rate

3.7

4.5

3.9

3.3

-

Net International Reserves ( MYR Billion )

388

331

329

415

-

Average Risk-Weighted Capital Adequacy Ratio ( % )

1.91

2.87

2.20

3.50

-

Average 3 Months of Non-performing Loans ( % )

13.24

11.08

15.30

14.80

-

Average Base Lending Rate ( % )

6.72

5.53

6.30

6.60

-

Business Loans Disbursed( % )

11.6

10.5

14.7

15.3

-

Foreign Investment ( MYR Million )

23,261.4

22,156.8

22,517.9

23,546.1

-

Consumer Loans ( % )

-

-

-

-

-

Registration of New Companies ( No. )

41,599

41,578

44,148

-

-

Registration of New Companies ( % )

<4.0>

<0.1>

6.2

-

-

Liquidation of Companies ( No. )

27,992

39,075

25,585

-

-

Liquidation of Companies ( % )

23.7

39.6

<34.5>

-

-

Registration of New Business ( No. )

269,866

312,581

271,414

-

-

Registration of New Business ( % )

-

-

-

-

-

Business Dissolved ( No. )

18,885

19,345

19,738

-

-

Business Dissolved ( % )

<7.6>

2.4

2.0

-

-

Sales of New Passenger Cars (' 000 Unit )

497.5

486.3

543.6

363.0

-

Cellular Phone Subscribers ( Million )

25.1

30.1

32.8

35.3

-

Tourist Arrival ( Million Persons )

21.5

23.6

24.6

25.3

-

Hotel Occupancy Rate ( % )

68.0

58.0

63.0

51.3

-

Credit Cards Spending ( % )

17.1

12.8

14.1

15.6

-

Bad Cheque Offenders (No.)

34,834

36,667

33,568

27,208

-

Individual Bankruptcy ( No.)

13,907

16,228

18,119

16,155

-

Individual Bankruptcy ( % )

5.1

16.7

11.7

<10.8>

-



INDUSTRIES ( % of Growth ):

2008

2009

2010

2011*

2012**

Agriculture

3.6

0.4

2.1

4.7

4.1

Palm Oil

7.0

<1.1>

<3.4>

7.3

-

Rubber

<1.1>

<19.8>

9.9

6.4

-

Forestry & Logging

<1.5>

<5.9>

<3.3>

<4.7>

-

Fishing

4.0

5.5

5.6

2.8

-

Other Agriculture

5.9

9.0

7.9

8.5

-

Industry Non-Performing Loans ( MYR Million )

393.0

413.7

508.4

634.1

-

% of Industry Non-Performing Loans

<2.0>

1.3

2.1

3.2

-

Mining

<0.8>

<3.8>

0.2

<2.4>

2.5

Oil & Gas

12.7

2.1

0.5

<1.7>

-

Other Mining

-

-

-

-

-

Industry Non-performing Loans ( MYR Million )

36.0

44.2

49.7

46.5

-

% of Industry Non-performing Loans

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.1

-

Manufacturing #

1.3

<9.4>

11.4

5.6

4.5

Exported-oriented Industries

2.7

<19.0>

12.1

2.8

-

Electrical & Electronics

2.4

<30.3>

28.4

<4.9>

-

Rubber Products

4.2

<10.1>

25.3

15.4

-

Wood Products

<6.0>

<24.1>

20.1

<7.3>

-

Textiles & Apparel

1.9

<19.5>

<0.4>

14.8

-

Domestic-oriented Industries

9.9

<9.8>

16.3

6.3

-

Food, Beverages & Tobacco

9.5

0.2

3.0

4.2

-

Chemical & Chemical Products

1.4

<7.7>

16.2

5.6

-

Plastic Products

6.5

<9.1>

2.4

3.8

-

Iron & Steel

16.8

<32.7>

29.3

2.4

-

Fabricated Metal Products

14.7

<2.5>

14.9

25.2

-

Non-metallic Mineral

8.3

<15.5>

20.2

16.3

-

Transport Equipment

27.1

<13.5>

36.5

<9.4>

-

Paper & Paper Products

8.6

<5.0>

18.7

15.6

-

Crude Oil Refineries

7.8

0.2

<11.4>

9.3

-

Industry Non-Performing Loans ( MYR Million )

5,729.4

6,007.3

6,217.5

6,537.2

-

% of Industry Non-Performing Loans

16.8

18.3

23.8

25.7

-

Construction

2.1

5.8

5.1

4.4

7.0

Industry Non-Performing Loans ( MYR Million )

4,149.8

3,241.8

4,038.5

3,856.9

-

% of Industry Non-Performing Loans

12.2

9.9

10.7

10.2

-

Services

7.3

2.6

6.5

6.4

6.5

Electric, Gas & Water

5.0

0.4

8.5

5.6

4.8

Transport, Storage & Communication

7.8

1.6

7.7

6.5

7.3

Wholesale, Retail, Hotel & Restaurant

10.0

2.8

4.7

5.2

6.9

Finance, Insurance & Real Estate

9.2

3.8

6.1

6.3

6.5

Government Services

8.6

2.0

6.7

7.6

5.6

Other Services

5.9

4.4

4.2

5.4

5.7

Industry Non-Performing Loans ( MYR Million )

8,281.4

6,631.3

7,384.6

6,825.2

-

% of Industry Non-Performing Loans

24.3

20.2

25.7

23.4

-

* Estimate / Preliminary

** Forecast

# Based On Manufacturing Production Index
(Source : Department of Statistics / Economic Report / Bank Negara Report)



INDUSTRY ANALYSIS

 

MSIC CODE

52321 : Retail sale of textiles, linen, towels, blankets, etc.

INDUSTRY :

TRADING


The wholesale and retail trade sector grew 7.1% in the first half of the year 2011 supported by strong consumer spending amid favourable labour market conditions and sustained disposable income. This was reflected in the higher distributive trade index which increased 15.9%, with wholesale and retail trade indices increasing 19.2% and 7.8%, respectively.


It is anticipated that the retail industry will grow 6.0 per cent in the year 2012.


Malaysia's retail sector for 2011 is expected to grow 6 per cent or RM81.59 billion worth of retail sales, similar to the year 2010, due to concerns of high oil prices, declining purchasing power and high cost of doing business. The Middle East and North Africa civil wars have caused the world oil prices to climb. This has led to further rise in the cost of running retail businesses, especially in terms of transportation cost. Many retailers have no choice but to pass the increased cost to end consumers. At the same time, natural disasters (tsunamis, floods, droughts, snow storms, tornadoes and earthquakes) that occurred in all parts of the world has also led to a shortage in the supply of food and raw materials. The phenomenon has pushed retail prices up.In addition, the continual removal of government subsidies since 2010 has pushed inflation upwards. Consequently, rising prices of retail goods contributed to an expectation of moderate performance.


During the first seven months of 2011, other consumption indicators such as imports of consumption goods and credit card spending increased 12.8% and 11.8%, respectively. Sales of motor vehicles declined 3% on account of supply chain disruptions following devastating March 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Japan.


Growth of the sector is anticipated to remain encouraging with ongoing efforts by the Government to increase its contribution to the economy. Major initiatives include increasing the number of large format stores such as hypermarkets, superstores and departmental stores are carried out to boost the economy.


Meanwhile, the Government has introduced the Retail Shop Transformation (TUKAR) programme. Under this programme, selected large format retailers will assist small retailers to improve their premises and layout which include attractive product display shelves, enhanced lighting and point-of-sales system to manage product inventory,

OVERALL INDUSTRY OUTLOOK : Average Growth



CREDIT RISK EVALUATION & RECOMMENDATION

 

 


Incorporated in 1982, the SC is a Sole Proprietorship company, focusing on sales of typical used or new stock of work wear/work coats. With 3 decades of experience in the business, the SC has fairly rich experiences in the business and has achieved a certain market share.


Over the years, the SC has penetrated into both the local and overseas market. The SC has positioned itself in the global market and is competing in the industry. Its stable clientele base will enable the SC to further enhance its business in the near term. Being a small company, the SC's business operation is supported by 5 employees. Overall, we regard that the SC's management capability is average.


As the SC is registered as a sole-proprietorship, its financial statement are not available for analysis. As such, we are unable to ascertain the SC's financial health. The SC's ability to meet its obligations is very much dependent on the owner's financial strength.


The SC's supplier are from both the local and overseas countries. This will eliminates the risk of dependency on deliveries from a number of key suppliers and insufficient quantities of its raw materials.


The industry shows an upward trend and this trend is very likely to sustain in the near terms. Hence, the SC is expected to benefit from the favourable outlook of the industry. Nonetheless, the SC should adopt better competitive strategies in order to sustain its business position and to compete with other well established players in the same industry.


In view of the above, we recommend credit be granted to the SC with close monitoring.

 

 

 

FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES

 

Currency
Unit

Indian Rupees

US Dollar

1

Rs.54.23

UK Pound

1

Rs.87.53

Euro

1

Rs.70.94

 

 

INFORMATION DETAILS

 

Report Prepared by :

SDA

 

 

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

--

NB

New Business

 

--

 

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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