MIRA INFORM REPORT

 

 

Report Date :

19.08.2013

 

IDENTIFICATION DETAILS

 

Name :

SINOWAY  INTERNATIONAL  HOLDINGS  LTD.

 

 

Registered Office :

Unit 1402-1403, 14/F., Lippo Sun Plaza, 28 Canton Road, Tsimshatsui, Kowloon

 

 

Country :

Hong Kong

 

 

Date of Incorporation :

15.01.2001

 

 

Com. Reg. No.:

31636044

 

 

Legal Form :

Private Limited Company

 

 

Line of Business :

Importer, Exporter and Wholesaler of Carbon, petroleum coke, fertilizer, sulphur, coal, etc.

 

 

No. of Employees :

10.  (Including associates)

 

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 – March 31st, 2013

 

Country Name

Previous Rating

(31.12.2012)

Current Rating

(31.03.2013)

Hong Kong

A2

A2

 

Risk Category

ECGC Classification

Insignificant

 

A1

Low

 

A2

Moderate

 

B1

High

 

B2

Very High

 

C1

Restricted

 

C2

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.

Source : CIA


Company name and address

 

SINOWAY  INTERNATIONAL  HOLDINGS  LTD.

 

 

ADDRESS:       Unit 1402-1403, 14/F., Lippo Sun Plaza, 28 Canton Road, Tsimshatsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong.

 

PHONE:            852-2736 3936

 

FAX:                 852-2736 2899

 

E-MAIL:            service@sinowaypetro.com

 

 

MANAGEMENT

 

Managing Director:  Mr. Liu Tao

 

 

SUMMARY

 

Incorporated on:            15th January, 2001.

 

Organization:                 Private Limited Company.

 

Capital:                         Nominal:           HK$100,000,000.00

Issued:             HK$100,000,000.00

 

Business Category:       Importer, Exporter and Wholesaler.

 

Employees:                  10.  (Including associates)

 

Main Dealing Banker:     ING Bank N.V., Hong Kong Branch.

 

Banking Relation:          Satisfactory.


ADDRESS

 

Registered Head Office:-

Unit 1402-1403, 14/F., Lippo Sun Plaza, 28 Canton Road, Tsimshatsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong.

 

China & Overseas Offices:

Beijing:

Suite 1505, Building A, Nanxincang Business Tower, 22 Dongsishitiao, Dongcheng District, 100007 Beijing, China.

[Tel: (86-10) 8405 7598    Fax: (86-10) 6505 8550]

 

Nanjing:

Suite D701, 98 Longpan road, .210042 Nanjing City, Jiangsu Province, China.

[Tel: (86-25) 51860438;   (86-25) 85420732
 Fax: (86-25) 51860436]

 

Canada:

190 Wildwood Trail, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada L4Z 3V3

[Tel: (905) 568-3928    Fax: (905) 568-8932]

 

United States

Tel:001- 4083684800

 

Associated Companies:-

Sinoway Carbon Energy Holdings Ltd., Hong Kong.

Sinoway International Management Ltd., Hong Kong.

 

 

BUSINESS REGISTRATION NUMBER 

 

31636044

 

 

COMPANY FILE NUMBER 

 

0744435

 

 

MANAGEMENT

 

Managing Director:  Mr. Liu Tao

Contact Person:  Mr. Alan Chui

 


CAPITAL

 

Nominal Share Capital: HK$100,000,000.00 (Divided into 100,000,000 shares of HK$1.00 each)

 

Issued Share Capital: HK$100,000,000.00

 

 

SHAREHOLDER

(As per registry dated 15-01-2013)

 

Name

 

No. of shares

LIU Tao

 

100,000,000

=========

 

 

DIRECTOR    

(As per registry dated 15-01-2013)

 

Name

(Nationality)

 

Address

LIU Tao

Suite 1505, Nanxincang International Tower, 22 Dongsishitiao, Dongcheng District, Beijing, China 100007.

 

 

SECRETARY

(As per registry dated 15-01-2013)

 

Name

Address

Co. No.

YSB (Secretaries) Ltd.

Units B & C, 16/F., Eton Building, 288 Des Voeux Road Central, Hong Kong.

0108564

 

 

HISTORY

 

The subject was incorporated on 15th January, 2001 as a private limited liability company under the Hong Kong Companies Ordinance.

Apart from these, neither material change nor amendment has been ever traced and noted.

 

 

OPERATIONS

 

Activities:                      Importer, Exporter and Wholesaler.

 

Lines:                           Carbon, petroleum coke, fertilizer, sulphur, coal, etc.

 

Employees:                  10.  (Including associates)

 

Commodities Imported: India, other Asian countries, etc.

 

Markets:                        China, other Asian countries, Europe, North America, etc.

 

Terms/Sales:                  CAD, L/C, T/T, etc.

 

Terms/Buying:                L/C, Advanced T/T, etc.

 

 

FINANCIAL INFORMATION

 

Nominal Share Capital: HK$100,000,000.00 (Divided into 100,000,000 shares of HK$1.00 each)

 

Issued Share Capital:     HK$100,000,000.00

 

Mortgage or Charge (since August 2010):  (See attachment)

 

Profit or Loss:               Making a small profit every year.

 

Condition:                     Keeping in a satisfactory manner.

           

Facilities:                       Making rather active use of general banking facilities.

 

Payment:                      Met trade commitments as required.

 

Commercial Morality:     Satisfactory.

 

Bankers:-

ING Bank N.V., Hong Kong Branch.

RB International Finance (Hong Kong) Ltd., Hong Kong.

 

Standing:                      Normal.

 

 

GENERAL

 

Having issued 100 million ordinary shares of HK$1.00 each, Sinoway International Holdings Ltd. is wholly owned by Mr. Liu Tao who is a China merchant.  He is a China passport holder and does not have the right to reside in Hong Kong permanently.  He is also the only director of the subject.  Currently Liu Tao is residing in Beijing, China.

The subject has had China offices in Beijing and Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China.  Its overseas offices are in Canada and the United States.

The subject has been developing business relationship with worldwide partners and has become one of leading suppliers on petroleum coke and calcined petroleum coke.  Besides, the subject is also trading in other products including Fertilizer, Sulphur, and Coal.

Concerning petroleum coke, the subject acts as one of the major traders dealing in Chinese sources petroleum coke for export into the Middle East, East Asia and North America.  Meanwhile, it is importing anode graded and fuel graded petroleum coke to China and third countries.

Concerning calcined petroleum coke, it is a king of main raw material of anode for smelter industry.  The subject has supplied the major western aluminium smelters with this type of product.  In the early 2010, the subject set up a calciner with 560 kt/a capacity in Shandong Province, China.  The first phase, with a 280 kt/a capacity, was completed in the first quarter of 2013.

The subject imported the first shipment of High Sulfur Petcoke and supplied to Chinese market in the second half of 2001.  In 2002 and 2003, it supplied around 250,000 MT petroleum coke to Chinese market.  Now it is acting as the leading supplier to supply Chinese petroleum coke to worldwide customers and US petroleum coke to China and third countries.

The subject is engaged in the fertilizer business in both China and the main international markets.

Sulphur is converted into sulphuric acid and consumed for a number of chemical and industrial applications.  These applications include the leaching of ores, the production of agricultural chemicals, the production of plastics and synthetic rubber, the processing of pulp and paper, and the production of general chemicals.

The subject also trades in bituminous coal and coking coal and the related products.

Besides, the subject has been engaged in importing and exporting varies kinds of oils and bulk chemicals, like aromatics, olefins, etc. from China and wholesale of base oil in China for more than 10 years.

 

The subject has had the following two associated companies located at the same address:-

Sinoway Carbon Energy Holdings Ltd. [SCE]

Sinoway International Management Ltd. [SIM]

Mr Alan Chui is the Chief Operating Officer of the subject and Executive Director of SCE which is a leading player in the Chinese petroleum coke business.  Chui has over 25 years of senior management and entrepreneurial experience in trading, manufacturing, banking, venture capital, FMCG, e‑Commerce and IT industries in Hong Kong, Toronto, Shanghai, Beijing and Singapore.  For the past few years, he has devoted his time and effort to his Alma Mater serving as the President of the HK PolyU MBA Alumni Association and Board Member of the Federation of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University Alumni Association for two consecutive terms.  Chui also sits on the committee of the School-Company-Parent Program initiated by the Young Entrepreneurs Development Council in 2003 in Hong Kong.

Chui holds an MBA with distinction from the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, completed the Private Equity and Venture Capital Executive Training by Harvard Business School and is a fellow member of the Hong Kong Institute of Directors.

The business of the subject is active.  It made good profits in the some of the past years.

As the history of the subject is over twelve years in Hong Kong, on the whole, consider it good for normal business engagements.

 

 


MORTGAGE OR CHARGE

(Since August 2010)

 

Date

Particulars

Amount

30-07-2010

Instrument:        First Party Charge Over Cash Deposits

Property:

All amounts deposited and all other moneys from time to time standing to credit of or earned on any current, deposit or other account held by the company with the Raiffeisen Zentralbank Oessterreich AG in Beijing or elsewhere, including, without limitation, all moneys in the accounts together with all amounts of interest accruing or accrued thereon

Mortgagee:        RZB Austria Finance (Hong Kong) Ltd.  [Now known as RB International Finance (Hong Kong) Ltd.]

All moneys & liabilities whatsoever which now are or at any time hereafter may be due, owing or payable, in any currency, to the RZB Austria Finance (Hong Kong) Ltd. by the company

08-11-2010

Instrument:        Letter of Pledge

Property:

A pledge upon all negotiable instruments and upon all produce and goods and all bills of lading, warrants, delivery orders, wharfingers or other warehouse keepers certificates or receipts and upon all documents of title whatsoever and the produce and goods to which the same relate

Mortgagee:        ING Bank N.V., Hong Kong Branch.

All monies

01-12-2011

Instrument:        Deed of Charge and Assignment of Receivables

Property:

The Assignor executes and delivers this Deed in favour of the Assignees as security for the payment of the Secured Amounts and the performance and discharge of all undertakings, covenants, terms and conditions on the part of the Assignor under or in connection with the Facilities or this Deed

Mortgagee:        ING Bank N.V., Hong Kong Branch.

All monies

 


 

FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES

 

Currency

Unit

Indian Rupees

US Dollar

1

Rs.61.82

UK Pound

1

Rs.96.57

Euro

1

Rs.82.45

 

 

INFORMATION DETAILS

 

Report Prepared by :

PRL

 

 

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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