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Report Date : |
04.02.2013 |
IDENTIFICATION DETAILS
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Name : |
A.K. GEMS |
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Registered Office : |
Room C, 10/F., Cheerful Commercial Building, 116-118 Ma Tau Wai Road,
Hunghom, Kowloon |
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Country : |
Hong Kong |
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Date of Incorporation : |
06.05.2009 |
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Com. Reg. No.: |
50638122-000-05 |
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Legal Form : |
Partnership |
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Line of Business : |
Importer, Exporter and Wholesaler of All kinds of diamonds and jewellery
products, precious stones, etc. |
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No. of Employees : |
1 |
RATING & COMMENTS
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MIRA’s Rating : |
Ba |
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RATING |
STATUS |
PROPOSED CREDIT LINE |
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41-55 |
Ba |
Overall operation is considered normal. Capable to meet normal
commitments. |
Satisfactory |
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Status : |
Satisfactory |
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Payment Behaviour : |
No Complaints |
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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 (31.03.2012) |
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'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 7.8% of total system deposits in Hong Kong by the end of 2011, an increase of over 59% since the beginning of the 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 28 million in 2011, 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 2011 mainland Chinese companies constituted about 43% of the firms listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange and accounted for about 56% 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. Credit expansion and tight housing supply conditions caused Hong Kong property prices to rise rapidly in 2010 and inflation to rise 5.3% in 2011. 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
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A.K. GEMS
Room C, 10/F., Cheerful Commercial Building, 116-118 Ma Tau Wai Road,
Hunghom, Kowloon, Hong Kong.
PHONE: Not available
FAX: Not available
Manager: Mr. Chetan Ramanlal
Shah (Mobile: 9077 2514)
Establishment: 6th May, 2009.
Organization: Partnership.
Capital: Not disclosed.
Business Category: Diamond
Trader.
Employees: 1.
Main Dealing Banker: The
Hongkong & Shanghai Banking Corp. Ltd., Hong Kong.
Banking Relation: Satisfactory.
A.K. GEMS
Head Office:-
Room C, 10/F., Cheerful Commercial Building, 116-118 Ma Tau Wai Road,
Hunghom, Kowloon, Hong Kong.
50638122-000-05
Manager: Mr. Chetan Ramanlal Shah
Name:
Mr. Chetan Ramanlal SHAH
Residential Address: Flat A, 5/F., Golden Glory Mansion, 16 Carnarvon Road,
Tsimshatsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong.
Name:
Mr. Kanubhai Valchand PAREKH
Residential Address: 702 Megh-Mayur Apartment 2, Opp Louds Conwent School, Athwa
Line Dis., Surat 395007, India.
Name:
Mr. Binita Chetan SHAN
Residential Address: Block 37,
4/F., Ocean View Court, 35-37 Mody Road, Tsimshatsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong.
The subject was established on 6th May, 2009 as a sole proprietorship
concern owned by Mr. Chetan Ramanlal Shah under the Hong Kong Business
Registration Regulations. It became a
partnership as Mr. Kanubhai Valchand Parekh joined in as a partner on 1st
April, 2010. Its thrid partner Binita
Chetan Shan joined in on 1st January, 2011.
Initially the subject was located at Flat A, 5/F., Golden Glory Mansion,
16 Carnarvon Road, Tsimshatsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong, moved to 4/F., Ocean
View Court, 37 Mody Road, Tsimshatsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong in August 2009;
to Room 1206, 12/F., Guardforce Centre, 3 Hok Yuen Street East, Hunghom,
Kowloon, Hong Kong in July 2010; and moved back to 4/F., Ocean View Court, 37
Mody Road, Tsimshatsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong in January 2011. In June 2011, the subject moved to the
present address.
Apart from these, neither material change nor amendment has been ever
traced and noted.
Activities: Importer,
Exporter and Wholesaler.
Lines: All
kinds of diamonds and jewellery products, precious stones, etc.
Employees: 1.
Commodities Imported: India,
other Asian countries, Europe, 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 2011 & 2012.
Condition: Business
is improving.
Facilities: Is
making use of general banking facilities.
Payment: Met trade commitments on time.
Commercial Morality: Satisfactory.
Banker: The Hongkong & Shanghai Banking Corp.
Ltd., Hong Kong.
Standing: Small.
A.K. Gems was a sole proprietorship set up and owned by Mr. Chetan
Ramanlal Shah who is an Indian. He is a
Hong Kong ID Card holder and has got the right to reside in Hong Kong
permanently. The subject became a
partnership as Mr. Kanubhai Valchand Parekh joined in as a partner on
1st April, 2010. Parekh is an India
passport holder and does not have the right to reside in Hong Kong permanently. The third partner Binita Chetan Shan joined
in on 1st January, 2011. Shan is also a
Hong Kong ID Card holder and has got the right to reside in Hong Kong
permanently.
The subject moved to the present address in June 2011 where is a
commercial building in Hunghom, Kowloon, Hong Kong.
The subject’s telephone number and fax number have not registered with
local telephone company nor listed on telephone directories. However, Shah can be reached at his mobile
phone number 9077 2514. Now, he is residing
in Hong Kong.
Business commenced on 6th May, 2009, the subject is a diamond
trader. It is carrying loose diamonds,
polished and cut diamonds. Most of the
commodities are imported from India, other Asian countries and Europe. Prime markets are Hong Kong, Japan and
the other Asian countries.
The subject’s business is chiefly handled by Shah himself. Business is improving.
The subject’s products are chiefly imported from Surat, India where
Kanubhai Valchand Parekh has had a number of affiliated suppliers.
The business of the subject is handled by Shan and Shah chiefly.
On the whole, since the history of the subject is over three years and
eight months, consider it good for normal business engagements in small credit
amounts.
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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The diamond jewellery industry in India today may be more than Rs 60000
mil and is rated amongst the fastest growing in the world. Indi ranks
third in the world in domestic diamond consumption.
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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 –
DIAMOND SAGA –
DIRTY DOZEN STUCK WITH 2K CR DEBT
This could be the biggest credibility crisis
the Indian diamond industry has ever faced. Fifteen banks run the risk of
losing Rs 2000 crore lent to a dozen diamond firms in Surat. Until about two
months ago, they had not repaid these dues. Bankers believe many
diamantaires borrowed money during the economic downturn two years ago and
diverted funds to businesses like real estate and capital markets. Many of
themselves made money from these businesses but their diamond companies have
gone sick and declared insolvency.
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Most of the money borrowed from the banks in the name of their diamond
business has been diverted in real estate and the share market. The banks are
not in a position to seize their properties because in many cases, these were
purchased in the name of their relatives and friends.
FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES
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Currency |
Unit
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Indian Rupees |
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US Dollar |
1 |
Rs.53.32 |
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1 |
Rs.84.60 |
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Euro |
1 |
Rs.72.63 |
INFORMATION DETAILS
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SDA |
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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