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Report Date : |
29.08.2013 |
IDENTIFICATION DETAILS
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Name : |
AKI ENTERPRISES |
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Registered Office : |
C/o T.N.K. Gems Room 1215, 12/F., Fu Hang Industrial Building, 1 Hok Yuen Street East, Hunghom, Kowloon |
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Country : |
Hong Kong |
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Date of Incorporation : |
17.09.2010. |
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Com. Reg. No.: |
52966965-000-09 |
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Legal Form : |
Sole Proprietorship. |
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Line of Business : |
Importer, Exporter and Wholesaler of all kinds of jewellery and diamonds. |
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No. of Employees : |
3. (Including affiliates) |
RATING & COMMENTS
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MIRA’s Rating : |
B |
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RATING |
STATUS |
PROPOSED CREDIT LINE |
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26-40 |
B |
Capability to overcome financial difficulties seems comparatively
below average. |
Small |
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Status : |
Small Company |
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Payment Behaviour : |
Slow but correct |
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Litigation : |
Clear |
NOTES :
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while quoting report number, name and date.
ECGC Country Risk Classification List – March 31st, 2013
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Country Name |
Previous Rating (31.12.2012) |
Current Rating (31.03.2013) |
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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.
Source
: CIA
AKI ENTERPRISES
ADDRESS: c/o T.N.K. Gems
Room 1215, 12/F., Fu Hang Industrial Building,
1 Hok Yuen Street East, Hunghom, Kowloon, Hong Kong.
PHONE: 852-2314 7585
FAX: 852-2723 7585
E-MAIL: tnkgems@netvigator.com
Manager: Mr. Mahavir Chetanmal
Shah
Establishment: 17th
September, 2010.
Organization: Sole Proprietorship.
Capital:
Not
disclosed.
Business Category: Jewellery Trader.
Employees:
3. (Including affiliates)
Main Dealing Banker: The Hongkong & Shanghai Banking Corp. Ltd., Hong Kong.
Banking Relation: Satisfactory.
Registered Office:-
c/o T.N.K. Gems
Room 1215, 12/F., Fu Hang Industrial Building, 1 Hok Yuen Street East,
Hunghom, Kowloon, Hong Kong.
Associated/Affiliated Companies:-
Kokusai Shinju Co. Ltd., Japan.
Oasis Jewellery Ltd., Hong Kong.
(Dissolved/Same address)
Profit Crown Enterprises Ltd., Hong Kong.
[Trading as T.N.K. Gems and Moksh] (Same
address)
Tanvirkuma Diamonds Ltd., India.
52966965-000-09
Manager: Mr. Mahavir Chetanmal
Shah
Name: Mr. Mahavir Chetanmal SHAH
Residential Address: 210C,
Vasvdeo Terrace, 34 Kastur Park, Borivali West, Mumbai 400092, India.
The subject was established on 17th September, 2010 as a sole
proprietorship concern owned by Mr. Mahavir Chetanmal Shah under the Hong Kong
Business Registration Regulations.
Initially the subject was located at Room 375, 3/F., Conic Investment
Building, 13 Hok Yuen Street East, Hunghom, Kowloon, Hong Kong, moved to the
present address in November 2010.
Apart from these, neither material change nor amendment has been ever
traced and noted.
Activities: Importer,
Exporter and Wholesaler.
Lines: All
kinds of jewellery and diamonds.
Employees: 3. (Including affiliates)
Commodities Imported: India, Belgium, other European countries, etc.
Markets: Hong
Kong, Japan, other Asian countries, etc.
Terms/Sales: L/C, T/T, etc.
Terms/Buying: L/C,
T/T, D/P, etc.
Capital: Not
disclosed.
Profit or Loss: Made a small profit in 2012.
Condition: Business
is improving.
Facilities: Making
rather active use of general banking facilities.
Payment:
Met trade
commitments as contracted.
Commercial Morality: Satisfactory.
Banker: The Hongkong & Shanghai Banking Corp.
Ltd., Hong Kong.
Standing: Small.
AKI Enterprises is a sole proprietorship set up and owned by Mr. Mahavir
Chetanmal Shah who is an Indian. He is a
Hong Kong ID holder and has got the right to reside in Hong Kong permanently. However, his registered address is still in
Mumbai, India.
The subject commenced business in September 2010. It is sharing the office with the following
three firms: T.N.K. Gems, Moksh, and Profit Crown Enterprises Ltd. [Profit
Crown]. All these firms are
Hong Kong registered firms. T.N.K.
Gems and Moksh is the business name of Profit Crown. Including the subject, the above-mentioned
firms are owned and operated by the Shah family.
Having issued 5 million ordinary shares of HK$1.00 each, Profit Crown
was equally owned by Mr. Bhaven Jhaveri and Mr. Hitesh R. Jhaveri. Both of whom are Indian. The latter is also the director of Profit
Crown.
There was another firm Oasis Jewellery Ltd. [Oasis] located at the same
operating address. However, Oasis has been
dissolved by deregistration.
The subject is a polished, loose diamond, gem and cut diamond
trader. It also trades in jewellery
diamonds. Products are exported to
Southeast Asia, Europe, etc.
Oasis was the agent of Eternity Jewels which is an India-based
firm. To our knowledge, Eternity
Jewels has got other liaison centres such as in the United States, Japan,
Thailand and associated offices throughout the world.
Oasis also had an affiliated factory Tanvirkuma Diamonds Ltd. [TDL]
which is an India-based firm.
TDL is the main India supplier of the subject.
The subject’s products are marketed in Hong Kong and exported to Japan,
China, South Korea, other Asian countries, Europe, North America, etc.
The subject’s business is mainly handled by Mr. Mahavir Chetanmal Shah
himself. Profit Crown is one of its
partners.
The subject is fully supported by the Shah family which is originated in
India.
The history of the subject in Hong Kong is just over two years. Business keeps on improving.
On the whole, consider the subject good for normal business engagements
on L/C basis or in very small credit amounts for the time being.
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.68.36 |
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1 |
Rs.106.03 |
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Euro |
1 |
Rs.91.47 |
INFORMATION DETAILS
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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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