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Report Date : |
23.04.2013 |
IDENTIFICATION DETAILS
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Name : |
EXCELLA INTERNATIONAL LTD. |
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Hong Kong Principal Place of Business
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C/o C.K. Liu & Co. 13/F., Wah Kit Commercial Centre, 302 Des Voeux Road Central |
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Country : |
Hong Kong |
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Date of Incorporation : |
17.07.2012 (Non-Hong Kong Company) |
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Com. Reg. No.: |
60100416 |
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Legal Form : |
Not Available |
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Line of Business : |
The subject is a diamond importer, exporter and wholesaler. It is trading in loose, polished and cut
diamonds. |
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No. of Employees : |
Not Available |
RATING & COMMENTS
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MIRA’s Rating : |
Ca |
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RATING |
STATUS |
PROPOSED CREDIT LINE |
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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 |
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Status : |
No Operating Office in Hong Kong |
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Payment Behaviour : |
Unknown |
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Litigation : |
Clear |
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ECGC Country Risk Classification List – June 30th, 2012
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Country Name |
Previous Rating (31.03.2011) |
Current Rating (30.06.2012) |
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Hong Kong |
A2 |
A2 |
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Risk Category |
ECGC
Classification |
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Insignificant |
A1 |
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Low |
A2 |
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Moderate |
B1 |
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High |
B2 |
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Very High |
C1 |
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Restricted |
C2 |
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Off-credit |
D |
Hong Kong ECONOMIC OVERVIEW
Hong Kong has a
free market economy, highly dependent on international trade and finance - the
value of goods and services trade, including the sizable share of re-exports, is
about four times GDP. Hong Kong levies excise duties on only four commodities,
namely: hard alcohol, tobacco, hydrocarbon oil, and methyl alcohol. There are
no quotas or dumping laws. Hong Kong's open economy left it exposed to the
global economic slowdown that began in 2008. Although increasing integration
with China, through trade, tourism, and financial links, helped it to make an
initial recovery more quickly than many observers anticipated, it again faces a
possible slowdown as exports to the Euro zone and US slump. The Hong Kong
government is promoting the Special Administrative Region (SAR) as the site for
Chinese renminbi (RMB) internationalization. Hong Kong residents are allowed to
establish RMB-denominated savings accounts; RMB-denominated corporate and
Chinese government bonds have been issued in Hong Kong; and RMB trade
settlement is allowed. The territory far exceeded the RMB conversion quota set
by Beijing for trade settlements in 2010 due to the growth of earnings from
exports to the mainland. RMB deposits grew to roughly 9.1% of total system
deposits in Hong Kong by the end of 2012, an increase of 59% from the previous
year. The government is pursuing efforts to introduce additional use of RMB in
Hong Kong financial markets and is seeking to expand the RMB quota. The
mainland has long been Hong Kong's largest trading partner, accounting for
about half of Hong Kong's exports by value. Hong Kong's natural resources are
limited, and food and raw materials must be imported. As a result of China's
easing of travel restrictions, the number of mainland tourists to the territory
has surged from 4.5 million in 2001 to 34.9 million in 2012, outnumbering
visitors from all other countries combined. Hong Kong has also established
itself as the premier stock market for Chinese firms seeking to list abroad. In
2012 mainland Chinese companies constituted about 46.6% of the firms listed on
the Hong Kong Stock Exchange and accounted for about 57.4% of the Exchange's
market capitalization. During the past decade, as Hong Kong's manufacturing
industry moved to the mainland, its service industry has grown rapidly. Growth
slowed to 5% in 2011, and less than 2% in 2012. Credit expansion and tight
housing supply conditions caused Hong Kong property prices to rise rapidly and
inflation to rise 4.1% in 2012. Lower and middle income segments of the
population are increasingly unable to afford adequate housing. Hong Kong
continues to link its currency closely to the US dollar, maintaining an
arrangement established in 1983.
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Source : CIA |
EXCELLA INTERNATIONAL LTD.
(Incorporated in the British Virgin Islands)
Registered
Office:-
263 Main Street, Road Town, Tortola, British Virgin Islands.
Hong Kong
Principal Place of Business:-
c/o C.K. Liu & Co.
13/F., Wah Kit Commercial Centre, 302 Des Voeux Road Central,
Hong Kong.
Associated
Company:-
More Goal Ltd., British Virgin Islands.
(Same address)
60100416
F0019232
17th July, 2012.
(Non-Hong Kong Company)
Authroized Representative Other Than Individual: C.K. Liu & Co.
[Address: 13/F., Wah Kit
Commercial Centre, 302 Des Voeux Road Central, Hong Kong.]
(As per registry dated 17-07-2012)
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Name (Nationality) |
Address |
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Jigar Ashok PARMAR |
Zaveri Baug, Narnarayan Temple, 227 Kalbadevi Road, Mumbai 400002,
India. |
(As per registry dated 17-07-2012)
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Name |
Address |
Co. No. |
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Lodestar Secretaries Ltd. |
13/F., Wah Kit Commercial Centre, 302 Des Voeux Road Central, Hong
Kong. |
0113023 |
The subject was incorporated in the British
Virgin Islands as a limited company. It has established
a principal place of business in Hong Kong and was registered on 17th
July, 2012 as a Non Hong Kong company under Part XI of the Hong Kong Companies
Ordinance.
Apart from these, neither material change nor amendment has been ever
traced and noted.
Excella
International Ltd. was registered in British Virgin Islands as a Non‑Hong
Kong Company in July 2012. It was
incorporated in the British Virgin Islands.
The subject does
not have its own operating office. Its Hong
Kong registered office is in an accountant firm located at “13/F., Wah Kit
Commercial Centre, 302 Des Voeux Road Central, Hong Kong” known as “C. K. Liu
& Co.” which is handling its correspondences and documents. C. K. Liu & Co. is also the Authorized
Representative of the subject in Hong Kong.
The subject is not
located at your given address Unit 503, 5/F., Block 2, Silvercord, 30 Canton
Road, Tsimshatsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong where is the operating office of a
commercial service provider SBC Corporate Services Ltd.
The subject has no
employees in Hong Kong. However,
according to your given phone number 852-3741 1966 we can reach an Indian Mr.
Petal who is the representative of the subject in Hong Kong. Currently, Petal is residing in Hong Kong.
The director of
the subject Mr. Jigar Ashok Parmar is an Indian. He is an India passport holder and does not
have the right to reside in Hong Kong permanently. Currently, he is residing in Mumbai, India.
The subject is a
diamond importer, exporter and wholesaler.
It is trading in loose, polished and cut diamonds. Most of the commodities are imported from
India. Prime markets are Hong Kong and the
other Asian countries. Business is still
under development.
Besides operating
the subject, Mr. Parmar is also operating another firm in Hong Kong known as
More Goal Ltd. which is also a BVI-registered firm. More Goal and the subject are engaged in the
same lines of business.
The subject’s
business in Hong Kong is not active.
History in Hong Kong is just over two months.
Since the subject
does not have its own operating office and has no employees in Hong Kong,
consider it good for business engagements on secured basis.
DIAMOND INDUSTRY – INDIA
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From time immemorial, India is well known in the world
as the birthplace for diamonds. It is difficult to trace the origin of
diamonds but history says that in the remote past, diamonds were mined only in
India. Diamond production in India can be traced back to almost 8th
Century B.C. India, in fact, remained undisputed leader till 18th
Century when Brazilian fields were discovered in 1725 followed by emergence of
S. Africa, Russia and Australia.
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The achievement of the Indian diamond industry was
possible only due to combination of the manufacturing skills of the Indian workforce
and the untiring and unflagging efforts of the Indian diamantaires, supported
by progressive Government policies.
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The area of study of family owned diamond businesses
derives its importance from the huge conglomerate of family run organizations which
operate in the diamond industry since many generations.
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Some of the basic traits of family run business
enterprises include spirit of entrepreneurship, mutual trust lowers transaction
costs, small, nimble and quick to react, information as a source of advantage
and philanthropy.
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Family owned diamond businesses need to improve on
many fronts including higher standard of corporate governance, long-term
performance – focused strategies, modern management and technology.
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Utmost caution is to be exercised while dealing with
some medium and large diamond traders which are usually engaged in fictitious
import – export, inter-company transactions, financially assisted by banks. In
the process, several public sector banks lost several hundred million rupees. They
mostly diverted borrowed money for diamond business into real estate and
capital markets.
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Excerpts from Times of India dated 30th
October 2010 is as under –
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Gem & Jewellery Export Promotion Council in its
statistical data has shown the export of polished diamonds to have increase by
28 % in February 2013. Compared to $ 1.4 bn worth of polished diamond export in
February, 2012, India exported $ 1.84 billion worth of polished diamonds in
February 2013. A senior executive of GJEPC said, “Export of cut and polished
diamonds started falling month-wise after the imposition of 2 % of import duty
on the polished diamonds. But February, 2013 has given a new ray of hope to the
industry as the export of polished diamonds has actually increased by 28 %. It
means the industry is on the track of recovery and round tripping of
diamonds has stopped completely.” Demand has started coming from the US, the
UK, Japan and China. India’s polished diamond export is expected to cross $ 21
bn in 2013-14.
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The banking sector has started exercising restraint
while following prudent risk management norms when lending money to gems and
jewellery sector. This follows the implementation of Basel III accord – a
global voluntary regulatory standard on bank capital adequacy, stress testing
and market liquidity.
FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES
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Currency |
Unit
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Indian Rupees |
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US Dollar |
1 |
Rs.54.17 |
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UK Pound |
1 |
Rs.82.45 |
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Euro |
1 |
Rs.70.70 |
INFORMATION DETAILS
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Report Prepared
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RATING EXPLANATIONS
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RATING |
STATUS |
PROPOSED CREDIT LINE |
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>86 |
Aaa |
Possesses an extremely sound financial base with the strongest
capability for timely payment of interest and principal sums |
Unlimited |
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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 |
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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 |
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41-55 |
Ba |
Overall operation is considered normal. Capable to meet normal
commitments. |
Satisfactory |
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26-40 |
B |
Capability to overcome financial difficulties seems comparatively
below average. |
Small |
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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 |
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<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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