MIRA INFORM REPORT

 

 

Report Date :

11.02.2012

 

IDENTIFICATION DETAILS

 

Name :

SOUTHERN SALT GROUP JOINT STOCK COMPANY

 

 

Registered Office :

No. 173, Hai Ba Trung Street, Ward 6, 3 District, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

 

 

Country :

Viet Nam

 

 

Financials (as on) :

31.12.2010

 

 

Date of Incorporation :

1977

 

 

Com. Reg. No.:

0300547185

 

 

Legal Form :

Joint stock company

 

 

Line of Business :

Manufacturing and trading salt, real estate business

 

 

No. of Employees :

650

 

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

 

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 – September 30, 2011

 

Country Name

Previous Rating

(30.06.2011)

Current Rating

(30.09.2011)

Viet Nam

B1

B1

 

Risk Category

ECGC Classification

Insignificant

 

A1

Low

 

A2

Moderate

 

B1

High

 

B2

Very High

 

C1

Restricted

 

C2

Off-credit

 

D

 


 

SUBJECT IDENTIFICATION & LEGAL FORM

 

English Name

 

SOUTHERN SALT GROUP JOINT STOCK COMPANY

Vietnamese Name

 

CONG TY CO PHAN TAP DOAN MUOI MIEN NAM

Short name

 

SOSAL GROUP JSC

Type of Business

 

Joint stock company

Year Established

 

1977

Business Registration No.

 

0300547185

Date of Registration

 

07 Oct 2011

Place of Registration

 

Planning And Investment Department Of Ho Chi Minh City

Current registered capital

 

VND 500,000,000,000

Tax code

 

0300547185

Total Employees

 

650

 

ADDRESSES

 

 

Head Office

Address

 

No. 173, Hai Ba Trung Street, Ward 6, 3 District, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Telephone

 

(84-8) 3823 8523 - 3824 4507 - 3829 8366

Fax

 

(84-8) 3829 6329

Email

 

kd@sosalgroup.vn - nghiepvu@sosalgroup.vn

Website

 

www.sosalgroup.vn

 

Branch in Ho Chi Minh

Address

 

No 514 Highway 13, Hiep Binh Phuoc Ward, Thu Duc District, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

 

Branch in Ha Noi

Address

 

No. 45B Giang Vo Street, Cat Linh Ward, Dong Da District, Ha Noi City, Vietnam

 

Branch in Ben Tre

Address

 

Nghia Huan Hamlet, My Thanh Ward , Giong Trom District, Ben Tre Province, Vietnam

 

 

 

SUBSIDIARIES AND RELATED COMPANIES

 

 

1. CONG TY CO PHAN MUOI THUONG MAI KHANH HOA

Business Registration

 

3703000420

Current registered capital

 

VND 3,000,000,000

Address

 

Phu Tho Hamlet Ninh Diem Ward, Ninh Hoa District, Khanh Hoa Province, Vietnam

Tel

 

(84-58) 367 0266

Fax

 

(84-58) 384 9113

 

2. CONG TY CO PHAN MUOI THUONG MAI NINH THUAN

Business Registration

 

4500293464

Current registered capital

 

VND 4,3,000,000

Address

 

Khanh Hai Ward, Ninh Hai District, Ninh Thuan Province, Vietnam

Tel

 

(84-68) 387 4529

Fax

 

(84-68) 387 3648

 

3. CONG TY CO PHAN MUOI VINH HAO

Business Registration

 

4803000046

Current registered capital

 

VND 38,905,000,000

Address

 

Km 1607 Highway 1A, Vinh Hao Ward, Tuy Phong District, Binh Thuan Province, Vietnam

Tel

 

(84-62) 385 2077

Fax

 

(84-62) 385 2076

 

4. CONG TY CO PHAN MUOI VA THUONG MAI BINH THUAN

Business Registration

 

3400627873

Current registered capital

 

VND 3,500,000,000

Address

 

Che Bien IP, Phu Hai Ward , Phu Quy District, Binh Thuan Province, Vietnam

Tel

 

(84-62) 3810 385

Fax

 

(84-62) 3810 385

 

5. CONG TY CO PHAN MUOI VA THUONG MAI BA RIA - VUNG TAU

Business Registration

 

3500982751

Current registered capital

 

VND 5,000,000,000

Address

 

No. 1872 30/4 Street, Ward 11, Vung Tau City, Ba Ria-Vung Tau Province, Vietnam

Tel

 

(84-64) 3620 992

Fax

 

(84-64) 3848 184

 

6. CONG TY CO PHAN MUOI VA THUONG MAI TIEN GIANG

Business Registration

 

5303000100

Current registered capital

 

VND 3,000,000,000

Address

 

No. 8, Group 3 Tran Hung Dao Street, Go Cong District, Tien Giang Province, Vietnam

Tel

 

(8473) 3843 648

Fax

 

(84-73) 6274 166

 

7. CONG TY CO PHAN MUOI VA THUONG MAI BEN TRE

Business Registration

 

1300488936

Address

 

Nghia Huan Hamlet My Thanh Ward, Giong Trom District, Ben Tre Province, Vietnam

Tel

 

(84-75) 3862 322

Fax

 

(84-75) 3862 575

 

8. CONG TY TNHH TIN HUNG VA CAC CONG SU

Business Registration

 

0304540864

Tax code

 

0304540864

Current registered capital

 

VND 200,000,000,000

Address

 

173 Hai Ba Trung Street, Ward 6, 3 District, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Tel

 

(84-8) 3823 7025

Fax

 

(84-8) 3823 7025

 

9. CONG TY CO PHAN MUOI VA THUONG MAI CAN GIO

Business Registration

 

4103012355

Current registered capital

 

VND 15,000,000,000

Address

 

Tan Dien Hamlet, Ly Nhon Ward , Can Gio District, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

 

10. CUA HANG THUONG MAI VA DICH VU TONG HOP

Business Registration

 

4113025811

Address

 

514 Highway 13, Hiep Phuoc Ward, Thu Duc District, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Tel

 

(84-8) 3968 0137

Fax

 

(84-8) 3726 9720

 

 

 

DIRECTORS

 

 

1. NAME

 

Mr. TRAN QUANG PHUNG

Position

 

Chairman and General Director

Date of Birth

 

26 Jun 1956

ID Number/Passport

 

022579066

ID Issue Date

 

05 Aug 2004

ID Issue Place

 

Police State of Ho Chi Minh City

Resident

 

No 70 Truong Quoc Dung Street, Ward 10, Phu Nhuan District, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Nationality

 

Vietnamese

 

2. NAME

 

Mr. DANG QUY THANH

Position

 

Deputy Director

ID Number/Passport

 

022508319

ID Issue Place

 

Police State of Ho Chi Minh City

Resident

 

307 Le Van Sy Street, Ward 1, Tan Binh District, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Nationality

 

Vietnamese

 

3. NAME

 

Mr. NGUYEN VAN CHAT

Position

 

Deputy Director

Current resident

 

Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Nationality

 

Vietnamese

 

 

 

BUSINESS NATURE AND ACTIVITIES

 

 

The subject specialized in manufacturing and trading salt, real estate business

 

 

 

IMPORT & EXPORT ACTIVITIES

 

 

IMPORT:

Note: N/A

 

EXPORT:

·         Types of products

 

Salt

·         Market

 

Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippine, Russia, Japan, Korea.

 

 

 

BANKERS

 

 

1. VIET NAM BANK FOR AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT

Address

 

7Bis Ben Chương Duong Street, Nguyen Thai Binh Ward, 1 District, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Telephone

 

(84-8) 3821 0566 – 3821 4146

Fax

 

(84-8) 3829 2213

 

2. ASIA COMMERCIAL BANK

Address

 

No.442, Nguyen Thi Minh Khai Street , 3 District, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Telephone

 

(84-8) 3929 0999

Fax

 

(84-8) 3839 9885

 

 

 

SHAREHOLDERS

 

 

1. NAME

 

Mr. DANG QUY THANH

Position

 

Deputy Director

ID Number/Passport

 

022508319

Issued Place

 

Police State of Ho Chi Minh City

Resident

 

307 Le Van Sy Street, Ward 1, Tan Binh District, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Nationality

 

Vietnamese

Value of shares

 

VND 800,000,000

Percentage

 

0.6%

 

2. NAME

 

Mr. NGUYEN VAN VAN

ID Number/Passport

 

020038180

Issued Place

 

Police State of Ho Chi Minh City

Current Resident

 

1 Bis/1F Nguyen Dinh Chieu Street, Da Kao Ward, 1 District, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Nationality

 

Vietnamese

Value of shares

 

VND 650,000,000

Percentage

 

0.49%

 

3. NAME

 

State capital

Value of shares

 

VND 1,778,450,000

Percentage

 

1.34%

 

4. NAME

 

Other Shareholder

Value of shares

 

VND 129,271,550,000

Percentage

 

97.56%

 

 

 

FINANCIAL DATA

 

 

BALANCE SHEET

Unit: One VND

Balance sheet date

31/12/2010

Number of weeks

52

ASSETS

A – CURRENT ASSETS

518,872,016,607

I. Cash and cash equivalents

11,847,140,076

1. Cash

11,847,140,076

2. Cash equivalents

0

II. Short-term investments

176,229,497,000

1. Short-term investments

176,229,497,000

2. Provisions for devaluation of short-term investments

0

III. Accounts receivable

271,063,005,021

1. Receivable from customers

59,555,365,767

2. Prepayments to suppliers

165,891,487,957

3. Inter-company receivable

0

4. Receivable according to the progress of construction

0

5. Other receivable

45,617,302,297

6. Provisions for bad debts

-1,151,000

IV. Inventories

38,774,847,087

1. Inventories

39,378,847,087

2. Provisions for devaluation of inventories

-604,000,000

V. Other Current Assets

20,957,527,423

1. Short-term prepaid expenses

6,460,831,639

2. VAT to be deducted

18,141,899

3. Taxes and other accounts receivable from the State

144,733,295

4. Other current assets

14,333,820,590

B. LONG-TERM ASSETS

379,372,466,015

I. Long term accounts receivable

0

1. Long term account receivable from customers

0

2. Working capital in affiliates

0

3. Long-term inter-company receivable

0

4. Other long-term receivable

0

5. Provisions for bad debts from customers

0

II. Fixed assets

98,119,447,555

1. Tangible assets

74,690,602,150

- Historical costs

120,554,222,717

- Accumulated depreciation

-45,863,620,567

2. Financial leasehold assets

0

- Historical costs

0

- Accumulated depreciation

0

3. Intangible assets

367,445,791

- Initial costs

607,338,755

- Accumulated amortization

-239,892,964

4. Construction-in-progress

23,061,399,614

III. Investment property

0

Historical costs

0

Accumulated depreciation

0

IV. Long-term investments

272,878,749,800

1. Investments in affiliates

271,500,000,000

2. Investments in business concerns and joint ventures

0

3. Other long-term investments

1,378,749,800

4. Provisions for devaluation of long-term investments

0

V. Other long-term assets

8,374,268,660

1. Long-term prepaid expenses

7,861,684,460

2. Deferred income tax assets

0

3. Other long-term assets

512,584,200

VI. Goodwill

0

1. Goodwill

0

TOTAL ASSETS

898,244,482,622

 

LIABILITIES

A- LIABILITIES

272,355,642,804

I. Current liabilities

227,014,036,533

1. Short-term debts and loans

180,782,000,000

2. Payable to suppliers

7,033,184,980

3. Advances from customers

5,800,877,258

4. Taxes and other obligations to the State Budget

2,613,361,092

5. Payable to employees

833,822,000

6. Accrued expenses

52,722,060

7. Inter-company payable

51,106,161

8. Payable according to the progress of construction contracts

0

9. Other payable

29,846,962,982

10. Provisions for short-term accounts payable

0

II. Long-Term Liabilities

45,341,606,271

1. Long-term accounts payable to suppliers

0

2. Long-term inter-company payable

0

3. Other long-term payable

0

4. Long-term debts and loans

44,899,833,918

5. Deferred income tax payable

0

6. Provisions for unemployment allowances

441,772,353

7. Provisions for long-term accounts payable

0

B- OWNER’S EQUITY

502,435,202,862

I. OWNER’S EQUITY

501,170,979,085

1. Capital

478,865,740,000

2. Share premiums

214,707,750

3. Other sources of capital

0

4. Treasury stocks

0

5. Differences on asset revaluation

0

6. Foreign exchange differences

0

7. Business promotion fund

16,206,308,002

8. Financial reserved fund

4,408,546,925

9. Other funds

0

10. Retained earnings

1,475,676,408

11. Construction investment fund

0

II. Other sources and funds

1,264,223,777

1. Bonus and welfare funds

1,264,223,777

2. Sources of expenditure

0

3. Fund to form fixed assets

0

MINORITY’S INTEREST

123,453,636,956

TOTAL LIABILITIES AND OWNER’S EQUITY

898,244,482,622

 

 

 

PROFIT & LOSS STATEMENT

 

 

Description

FY2010

1. Total Sales

535,431,988,765

2. Deduction item

101,420,850

3. Net revenue

535,330,567,915

4. Costs of goods sold

488,807,855,523

5. Gross profit

46,522,712,392

6. Financial income

37,140,277,767

7. Financial expenses

19,933,078,568

- In which: Loan interest expenses

18,851,973,535

8. Selling expenses

21,097,599,050

9. Administrative overheads

18,339,808,750

10. Net operating profit

24,292,503,791

11. Other income

1,323,347,443

12. Other expenses

2,054,325,562

13. Other profit /(loss)

-730,978,119

14. Total accounting profit before tax

23,561,525,672

15. Current corporate income tax

1,640,800,110

16. Deferred corporate income tax

0

17. Interest from subsidiaries/related companies

0

18. Profit after tax

21,920,725,562

 

 

 

FINANCIAL RATIOS AND AVERAGE INDUSTRY RATIOS

 

 

Description

FY2010

Average Industry

Current liquidity ratio

2.29

1.94

Quick liquidity ratio

2.11

0.98

Inventory circle

12.61

9.29

Average receive period

184.82

54.01

Utilizing asset performance

0.60

2.21

Liability by total assets

30.32

58.72

Liability by owner's equity

54.21

256.76

Ebit / Total assets (ROA)

4.72

7.90

Ebit / Owner's equity (ROE)

8.44

25.68

Ebit / Total revenue (NPM)

7.92

4.18

Gross profit / Total revenue (GPM)

8.69

15.30

Note: The Average Industry was calculated by VietnamCredit based on our own statistical data

 

 

 

PAYMENT HISTORY & PERFORMANCE EXPERIENCES

 

 

Trade Morality

 

Fair

Liquidity

 

Medium

Payment status

 

Above Average

Financial Situation

 

Average

Development trend

 

Stable

Litigation data

 

No Record

Bankruptcy

 

No Record

Payment Methods

 

Through the bank

Sale Methods

 

Wholesaler

 

 

 

INTERPRETATION ON THE SCORES

 

 

The subject - Southern Salt Group was converted from Southern Salt Company which was a state-run one under administration of Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.

In July 1977, Ministry of Internal Trade (now Ministry of Trade) decided to set up Southern Salt Trading Company – Central Salt Company.

In 1985, for consistent administration, the State decided to merge Salt Bureau – Ministry of Foodstuffs into Central Salt Company so as to form Vietnam Salt Corporation – Ministry of Internal Trade.

In 1986, Ministry of Trade decided to establish Salt Company No. 3 on a basis of amalgamating Branch of Salt Packs with Southern Salt Company.

In May 1993, Salt Company No. 3 was acknowledged as a state-run enterprise upon decision No. 338/TTg by Prime Minister and decision No. 626/TM-TCCB by Ministry of Trade.

In December 1997, Prime Minister issues the decision to transfer state-administration missions about salt production and business to Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development from Ministry of Trade.
On March 2002, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development granted the decision No. 780/QD/BNN-TCCB dated 11/03/2002 to rename Salt Company No. 3 as Southern Salt Company (under administration of Salt Corporation).

On 08 August 2008, the shareholders meeting ratified to transfer into Southern Salt Group.

The subject is specializing in manufacturing and trading salt, real estate business. Mr. Tran Quang Phung – The subject’ chairman said that the production of salt Sosal Group reached 400,000 tons/year, plus a large collection of salt for people across the country. Products of industrial salt of Sosal Group have exported to Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, Russia, and salt in food are exported to most difficult countries such as Japan, South Korea.

As a state-run enterprise to be privatized in accordance with decision of Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, with above 14 affiliates and associates companies, having operations along Central coast from Khanh Hoa, Tien Giang to Ben Tre, Sosal Group is one of the top enterprises producing and processing the salt in Vietnam.

In general, the subject operates fair effective in large scale. In our opinion, the subject has capacity to meet all small – medium transactions.

 

 

 

 


APPENDIX

 

INDUSTRY DATA

Industry code

Growth speed by price compared with 1994 (%)

Total enterprises 2009

Total employees 2010

(Thous.pers.)

Annual average capital of enterprises 2009

(billion dongs)

2010

2009

Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing

2.78

1.82

8,749

23,896.3

81,559

Industry and Construction

7.70

5.52

85,115

10,630

2,751,975

Trade and Services

7.52

6.63

154,978

14,522

4,939,069

 

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

 

 

2010 

2009 

2008 

Population (Million person)

86.93

86.02

86.1

Gross Domestic Products (US$ billion)

102.2

91

84.9

GDP Growth (%)

6.78

5.32

6.2

GDP Per Capita (US$)

1,160

1,080

1,040

Inflation (% Change in Composite CPI)

11.75

6.88

24.4

 

SERVICE TRADE PERFORMANCE

 

Billion USD 

2010 

2009 

2008 

Exports

72.2

57.1

62.7

Imports

84.8

69.9

80.7

Trade Balance

-12.6

-12.8

-18

Source: General Statistics Office


 

FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES

 

Currency

Unit

Indian Rupees

US Dollar

1

Rs.49.64

UK Pound

1

Rs.78.35

Euro

1

Rs.65.79

 

 

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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