MIRA INFORM REPORT

Report Date :

17.03.2012

IDENTIFICATION DETAILS

Name :	ETHIOPIAN GRAIN TRADE ENTERPRISE

Registered Office :	Addis Ababa

Country :	Ethiopia

Date of Incorporation :	16.05.1992

Com. Reg. No.:	58/92

Legal Form :	State Corporation

Line of Business :	dealers in cereals, pulses, oil seeds and related agricultural products

No. of Employees :	800

RATING & COMMENTS

MIRA’s Rating :

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 500,000
Status :	Good
Payment Behaviour :	No Complaints
Litigation :	Clear

NOTES:

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ECGC Country Risk Classification List – September 30^th, 2011

Country Name

Previous Rating

(30.06.2011)

Current Rating

(30.09.2011)

Ethiopia

Risk Category	ECGC Classification
Insignificant	A1
Low	A2
Moderate	B1
High	B2
Very High	C1
Restricted	C2
Off-credit	D

SUBJECT'S NAME

Registered Name: ETHIOPIAN GRAIN TRADE ENTERPRISE

Requested Name: ETHIOPIAN GRAIN TRADE ENTERPRISE

Other Names: EGTE

ADDRESS AND TELECOMMUNICATION

Physical Address: Addis Ababa

Postal Address: P. o. Box 3321

Addis Ababa

Country: Ethiopia

Phone: 251-11-4652436/4650310/ 4669344/ 4653166/ 652436/ 3166/ 665037/

0234/ 4166433/ 4663948/ 3951/ 3650/ 402754/ 3948/ 0310/ 669344

Fax: 251-11-4652792/ 655428

Email: egte@ethionet.et / egte_export@ethionet.et

Website: www.egtemis.com

CREDIT OPINION

Financial Index as of December 2011 shows subject firm with a medium risk of credit. However, bank and credit information obtained reveal a history of prompt payments. We recommend Credit of USD 500,000 on 90 days.

LEGAL

Legal Form: State Corporation

Date Incorporated: 16-May-1992

Reg. Number: 58/92

Nominal Capital ETB. 112,012,454

Subscribed Capital ETB. 112,012,454

Subscribed Capital is Subscribed in the following form:

Position Shares

H.E Ali Suliman Chairman

Mr. Brehane Hailu GM

Government of Ethiopia Shareholder 100%

RELATED COMPANIES

Government of Ethiopia Parent company.

None Subsidiary company.

None Affiliated company.

None Shareholder of subject firm.

None Branches of the firm

OPERATIONS

Registered to operate as dealers in cereals, pulses, oil seeds and related agricultural products

Imports: Asia, Europe, UK

Exports: Worldwide

Trademarks: None

Terms of sale: Cash (40%) and 25-90 days (60%), invoices.

Main Customers: firms and organizations

Employees: 800 employees.

Vehicles: Several motor vehicles.

Territory of sales: Ethiopia

Location: Owned premises, 10,000 square feet,

AUDITORS AND INSURANCE

Auditors: Information not available.

Insurance Brokers: Information not available.

FINANCE

Currency Reported: Ethiopian Birr (ETB.)

Approx. Ex. Rate: 1 US Dollar = 17.72 Ethiopian Birr

Fiscal Year End: December 31, 2011

Inflation: According to information given by independent sources, the

inflation at December 31st, 2011 was of 13%.

Financial Information not Submitted

Profit and Loss (expressed in USD.)

2010 2011

Sales 29,500,000 31,540,000

BANK

Bank Name: National Bank

Branch: Ethiopia

Comments: Other Banks:

DASHEN BANK

TRADE REFERENCES

Experiences: Good

NOTARIAL BONDS

None

COMMENTS / ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

This information was obtained from outside sources other than the subject company itself and confirmed the above subject.

FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES

Currency	Unit	Indian Rupees
US Dollar	1	Rs.50.31
UK Pound	1	Rs.79.04
Euro	1	Rs.65.82

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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