MIRA INFORM REPORT

 

 

Report Date :

12.07.2013

 

IDENTIFICATION DETAILS

 

Name :

BRIGHT EDELSTEIN GEMS SHAH & CO.

 

 

Registered Office :

Mainzer Str. 43 D 55743 Idar-Oberstein

 

 

Country :

Germany

 

 

Date of Incorporation :

14.10.1977

 

 

Com. Reg. No.:

HRA 11325

 

 

Legal Form :

General Partnership

 

 

Line of Business :

Wholesaler of clocks and watches and jewelry

 

 

No. of Employees :

04

 

 

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:

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ECGC Country Risk Classification List – March 31st 2013

 

Country Name

Previous Rating

(31.12.2012)

Current Rating

(31.03.2013)

Germany

A1

A1

 

Risk Category

ECGC Classification

Insignificant

 

A1

Low

 

A2

Moderate

 

B1

High

 

B2

Very High

 

C1

Restricted

 

C2

Off-credit

 

D

 

germany ECONOMIC OVERVIEW

 

The German economy - the fifth largest economy in the world in PPP terms and Europe's largest - is a leading exporter of machinery, vehicles, chemicals, and household equipment and benefits from a highly skilled labor force. Like its Western European neighbors, Germany faces significant demographic challenges to sustained long-term growth. Low fertility rates and declining net immigration are increasing pressure on the country's social welfare system and necessitate structural reforms. Reforms launched by the government of Chancellor Gerhard SCHROEDER (1998-2005), deemed necessary to address chronically high unemployment and low average growth, contributed to strong growth in 2006 and 2007 and falling unemployment. These advances, as well as a government subsidized, reduced working hour scheme, help explain the relatively modest increase in unemployment during the 2008-09 recession - the deepest since World War II - and its decrease to 6.5% in 2012. GDP contracted 5.1% in 2009 but grew by 4.2% in 2010, and 3.0% in 2011, before dipping to 0.7% in 2012 - a reflection of low investment spending due to crisis-induced uncertainty and the decreased demand for German exports from recession-stricken periphery countries. Stimulus and stabilization efforts initiated in 2008 and 2009 and tax cuts introduced in Chancellor Angela MERKEL's second term increased Germany's total budget deficit - including federal, state, and municipal - to 4.1% in 2010, but slower spending and higher tax revenues reduced the deficit to 0.8% in 2011. In 2012 Germany reached a budget surplus of 0.1%. A constitutional amendment approved in 2009 limits the federal government to structural deficits of no more than 0.35% of GDP per annum as of 2016 though the target was already reached in 2012. By 2014, the federal government wants to balance its budget. Following the March 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster, Chancellor Angela Merkel announced in May 2011 that eight of the country's 17 nuclear reactors would be shut down immediately and the remaining plants would close by 2022. Germany hopes to replace nuclear power with renewable energy. Before the shutdown of the eight reactors, Germany relied on nuclear power for 23% of its electricity generating capacity and 46% of its base-load electricity production.

 

Source : CIA

 

Company name and address

 

Bright Edelstein Gems Shah & Co.

 

Company Status:      active

                     Mainzer Str. 43

                     D 55743 Idar-Oberstein

                     Telephone:06781/94400

                     Telefax:  06781/41840

                     E-mail:   bright@t-online.de

 

 

VAT no.         

 

DE148288192

 

Tax ID number    

 

09/201/0262/1

 

 

Registration data

 

LEGAL FORM               General Partnership

Date of foundation:         1977

Begin of business

activities:                       14.10.1977

Registered on:               14.10.1977

Register of

companies:                   Local court 55543 Bad Kreuznach

under:                                       HRA 11325

 

 

General partner

 

                     Harish Kumar Shah

                     Ezenichstr. 50

                     D 55743 Idar-Oberstein

                     born: 19.08.1952

                     Nationality: Indian

                     Marital status: married

General partner:

                     Sanjay Corp.

                     1642 Melbourne Plaza 33

                     Queens Road

                     HK - Hongkong

                     Legal form: Other legal form

 

COMPANY HISTORY

 

14.10.1977 - 01.01.1995  Bright Edelstein Gems Shah & Co.

                         Mainzer Str. 34

                         D 55743 Idar-Oberstein

                         General Partnership

 

 

BUSINESS ACTIVITIES

 

Sectors

46480   Wholesale of clocks and watches and jewelry

 

FINANCIAL INFORMATION

 

Payment experience:     within agreed terms

Negative information:      We have no negative information at hand.

 

 

REAL ESTATE

 

Type of ownership:   Tenant

Address              Mainzer Str. 34

                     D 55743 Idar-Oberstein

 

Real Estate of:      Harish Kumar Shah

Type of ownership:   proprietor

Share:                100.00 %

Address              Ezenichstr. 50

                     D 55743 Idar-Oberstein

 

Land register documents were not available.

 

 

BANKERS

 

COMMERZBANK, IDAR-OBERSTEIN

Sort. code: 56240050, BIC: COBADEFF562

FINANCIAL FIGURES

 

Financial year:      01.01. - 31.12.

Turnover:            2011               EUR          6,000,000.00

Equipment:                              EUR             26,000.00

Employees:                                                      4

 

The aforementioned business figures may partly be estimated information based on average values in the line of business.

 


DIAMOND INDUSTRY – INDIA

 

-            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.

-            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.

-            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.

-            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.

-            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.

-            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.

-            Excerpts from Times of India dated 30th October 2010 is as under –

 

-            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.

 

-            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

 

Currency

Unit

Indian Rupees

US Dollar

1

Rs.59.64

UK Pound

1

Rs.90.14

Euro

1

Rs.77.99

 

INFORMATION DETAILS

 

Report Prepared by :

MNL

 

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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