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Report Date : |
20.12.2013 |
IDENTIFICATION DETAILS
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Name : |
MILESTONE TRADING LTD. |
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Registered Office : |
Suites 1-3, 16/F., Kinwick Centre, 32 Hollywood Road, Central |
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Country : |
Hong Kong |
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Date of Incorporation : |
30.05.1995 |
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Com. Reg. No.: |
19101306 |
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Legal Form : |
Private Limited Company |
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LINE OF BUSINESS : |
TRADER
OF ALL KINDS OF PRECIOUS STONES |
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No. of Employees : |
No employees in Hong Kong It is to be noted that
the company does not have its own operating office in Hong Kong. The company
uses the address of its secretariat as its correspondence address only.
Subject operates from some other country and does not have a base in Hong
Kong. Such companies are registered in Hong Kong just to tax benefit purpose
and due to the strict privacy laws prevailing in the country. In such cases,
the companies are not required to have any employees in Hong Kong nor do have
an office there. |
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 |
NOTES:
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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.
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Source
: CIA |
MILESTONE TRADING LTD.
ADDRESS: c/o Cosmos Gems (HK) Ltd.
Unit 907, 9/F.,
Focal Building, Block A, 21 Man Lok Street, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong.
PHONE: 852-2356 1230
FAX: 852-2356 1203
Managing Director: Mr. Barry
Daniel Jacob, Nachshon
Incorporated on: 30th May, 1995.
Organization: Private
Limited Company.
Capital: Nominal: HK$100,000.00
Issued: HK$100,000.00
Business Category: Precious
Stone Trader.
Employees: Nil.
Main Dealing Banker: The
Hongkong & Shanghai Banking Corp. Ltd., Hong Kong.
Banking Relation: Satisfactory.
MILESTONE TRADING LTD.
Registered
Office:-
Suites 1-3, 16/F., Kinwick Centre, 32 Hollywood Road, Central,
Hong Kong.
Operating Office:-
Unit 907, 9/F., Focal Building, Block A, 21 Man Lok Street, Hung Hom,
Kowloon, Hong Kong.
Affiliated
Company:-
Cosmos Gems (HK) Ltd., Hong Kong.
(Same address)
19101306
0516294
Managing Director: Mr. Barry
Daniel Jacob, Nachshon
Nominal Share Capital: HK$100,000.00
(Divided into 98,500 Ordinary shares and 1,500 B- Non Voting shares of
HK$1.00 each)
Issued Share Capital: HK$100,000.00
(As per registry dated 30-05-2012)
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Name |
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No. of shares |
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Ordinary |
B-Non Voting |
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Dolores Butterworth |
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98,500 |
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HO Kit Ying, Angel |
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1,500 |
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––––– |
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Total: |
98,500 ===== |
1,500 ==== |
(As per registry dated 22-02-2013)
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Name (Nationality) |
Address |
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HO Kit Ying, Angel |
1/F., 78 Sing Woo Road, Happy Valley, Hong Kong. |
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Barry Daniel Jacob, NACHSHON |
Room 1003-1005, 10/F., Allied Kajima Building, 138 Gloucester
Road, Wanchai, Hong Kong. |
(As per registry dated 30-05-2012)
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Name |
Address |
Co. No. |
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Sovereign Secretaries (HK) Ltd. |
Suites 1-3, 16/F., Kinwick Centre, 32 Hollywood Road, Central,
Hong Kong. |
0280990 |
The subject was incorporated on 30th May, 1995 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.
Activities: Precious stone trader.
Lines: All kinds of precious stones
Employees: Nil.
Commodities Imported: India
Markets: Hong Kong, China, other Asian
countries
Terms/Sales: COD or as per contracted.
Terms/Buying: L/C, T/T
Nominal Share Capital: HK$100,000.00
(Divided into 98,500 Ordinary shares and 1,500 B- Non Voting shares of
HK$1.00 each)
Issued Share Capital: HK$100,000.00
Profit or Loss: Making a very small profit every
year.
Condition: Keeping in a fairly active
manner.
Facilities: Adequate for current
running.
Payment: Met trade commitments as required.
Commercial Morality: Satisfactory.
Banker: The Hongkong & Shanghai Banking Corp.
Ltd., Hong Kong.
Standing: Small.
Milestone Trading Ltd. is chiefly owned by Mr. Dolores Butterworth. The director of the subject is Mr. Barry
Daniel Jacob, Nachshon. He is a
Hong Kong ID Card holder and has got the right to reside in Hong Kong
permanently.
The subject is using the operating address of Cosmos Gems (HK) Ltd.
[Cosmos Gems] as its corresponding address.
Cosmos Gems is located at Unit 907, 9/F., Focal Building, Block A, 21
Man Lok Street, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong.
The subject has no employees. All
the employees in the office belong to Cosmos Gems.
The subject’s registered address is located at a different address where
is the operating address of a secretarial company Sovereign Secretaries (HK)
Ltd., a Hong Kong-registered company.
The subject and Cosmos Gems are engaged in the same lines of business,
more or less.
The subject is trading in the following commodities: semi-precious
gemstone necklace, semi-precious gemstone set, natural tanzanite, polished and
cut loose diamonds, topaz, tanzanite beads
Commodities are imported from India, Burma, Sri Lanka, South Africa. Prime
markets are Hong Kong, China, the other Asian countries. Business is fairly
active.
The subject’s business is chiefly handled by Barry Daniel Jacob, Nachshon
and Dolores Butterworth.
The subject’s business in Hong Kong is not very active. History in Hong Kong is over 18 years
and six month.
Since the subject does not have its own operating office and has no
employees in Hong Kong, consider it good for business engagements on L/C basis.
NOTE:
It is to be noted that the
company does not have its own operating office in Hong Kong. The company uses
the address of its secretariat as its correspondence address only. Subject
operates from some other country and does not have a base in Hong Kong. Such
companies are registered in Hong Kong just to tax benefit purpose and due to
the strict privacy laws prevailing in the country. In such cases, the companies
are not required to have any employees in Hong Kong nor do have an office
there.
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.62.38 |
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1 |
Rs.102.15 |
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Euro |
1 |
Rs.85.29 |
INFORMATION DETAILS
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Report Prepared
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NNA |
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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