MIRA INFORM REPORT

 

 

Report Date :

07.05.2013

 

IDENTIFICATION DETAILS

 

Name :

AGRICULTURA NACIONAL S.A. DE C.V.

 

 

Registered Office :

Periferico Sur 3325, Piso 3, Col. San Jerónimo Lidice, Delg. Magdalena Contreras, 10200, México D.F.

 

 

Country :

Mexico

 

 

Date of Incorporation :

07.10.1935

 

 

Legal Form :

Stock Company of Variable Capital

 

 

Line of Business :

Subject is engaged in formulation, distribution and trading of agrochemicals (nutrition, insecticides, herbicides, fungicides, coadjuvant agents, stored grains, rat poison, sprinklers, products and specialties). 

 

 

No. of Employees :

400

 

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)

 Mexico

A2

A2

 

Risk Category

ECGC Classification

Insignificant

 

A1

Low

 

A2

Moderate

 

B1

High

 

B2

Very High

 

C1

Restricted

 

C2

Off-credit

 

D

 


 

MEXICO - ECONOMIC OVERVIEW

 

Mexico has a free market economy in the trillion dollar class. It contains a mixture of modern and outmoded industry and agriculture, increasingly dominated by the private sector. Recent administrations have expanded competition in seaports, railroads, telecommunications, electricity generation, natural gas distribution, and airports. Per capita income is roughly one-third that of the US; income distribution remains highly unequal. Since the implementation of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) in 1994, Mexico's share of US imports has increased from 7% to 12%, and its share of Canadian imports has doubled to 5.5%. Mexico has free trade agreements with over 50 countries including Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, the European Free Trade Area, and Japan - putting more than 90% of trade under free trade agreements. In 2012 Mexico formally joined the Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations and in July it formed the Pacific Alliance with Peru, Colombia and Chile. In 2007, during its first year in office, the Felipe CALDERON administration was able to garner support from the opposition to successfully pass pension and fiscal reforms. The administration passed an energy reform measure in 2008 and another fiscal reform in 2009. Mexico's GDP plunged 6.2% in 2009 as world demand for exports dropped, asset prices tumbled, and remittances and investment declined. GDP posted positive growth of 5.6% in 2010 with exports - particularly to the United States - leading the way. Growth slowed to 3.9% in 2011 and slightly recovered to 4% in 2012. In November 2012, Mexico's legislature passed a comprehensive labor reform which was signed into law by former President Felipe CALDERON. Mexico's new PRI government, led by President Enrique PENA NIETO, has said it will prioritize structural economic reforms and competitiveness. The new president signed the Pact for Mexico, an agreement that lists 95 priority commitments, along with the leaders of the country's three main political parties: the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), the National Action Party (PAN) and the Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD).

 

Source : CIA

 

 


 

 

IDENTIFICATION

CORRECT COMPANY NAME

AGRICULTURA NACIONAL S.A. DE C.V.

TRADE NAME

DRAGÓN

TAXPAYER REGISTRATION

RFC ANA811125V12

MAIN ADDRESS

Periferico Sur 3325, Piso 3, Col. San Jerónimo Lidice, Delg. Magdalena Contreras

POSTAL CODE

10200

DEPT/PROV/REGION/STATE

México D.F.

COUNTRY

MEXICO

TELEPHONE

(5255) 50891500

E-MAIL

ventas@dragon.com.mx

WEB

www.dragon.com.mx

COMMENTS

 

Toll Free Phone: 01 800 021 1568
 
Additional E-mail: gbarrera@dragon.com.mx
 

 

SUMMARY

Date of foundation

1981

Capital stock

Ps$9,086,000.= Pesos

permanent employees

400

Chief Executive

QUIJANO GARMENDIA, LUIS XAVIER

Disposition

D: Declined. For security reasons and/or competition.

Payments policy

Usually to terms/good

Credit (**)

NN : UNDETERMINED RISK.(Insufficient or Non existent information).

 

 

 

LEGAL BACKGROUNDS

LEGAL STATUS

Stock Company of Variable Capital

 

 

DATE OF INCORPORATION

07OCT1935

 

 

PLACE OF REGISTRY

Mexico DF

 

 

CURRENT PAID-IN CAPITAL

Ps$9,086,000.= Pesos

LAST CAPITAL INCREASE

1993 (last reported)

CLASS OF SHARES

Registered

LISTED AT STOCK EXCHANGE

No

CURRENT EXCHANGE RATE (US$)

Ps$12.15 per US$1.= Dollar

 

 

 

DIRECTORS - EXECUTIVES - SHAREHOLDERS

FULL NAMES / COMPANY NAME

TITLE

%PART.

SINCE

QUIJANO GARMENDIA, LUIS XAVIER

General Director

 

 

SEGURA BARRERA, GERARDO

Finance Director

 

 

FUEYO MCDONALD, MARTIN

Production Manager

 

 

QUIJANO GARMENDIA, ALFONSO

Commercial Director

 

 

QUIJANO GARMENDIA, EDUARDO

Traffic&LogisticsDirector

 

 

 

 

WHO IS WHO?

QUIJANO GARMENDIA, LUIS XAVIER

TITLE

General Director

NATIONALITY

Mexican

PROFESSION

Graduate

 

ASSOCIATED AS PER OUR DATABASE TO

COMPANY

TITLE

TAX REG

COUNTRY

EMPAQUES ECOLOGICOS S.A. DE C.V.

General Director

EEC9804021K1

MEXICO

PARTICIPATED IN

COMPANY

TITLE

COUNTRY

YEAR / REF

AGRICULTURA NACIONAL S.A. DE C.V.

Corporate Director

MEXICO

2012

SEGURA BARRERA, GERARDO

TITLE

Finance Director

NATIONALITY

Mexican

PROFESSION

Graduate

FUEYO MCDONALD, MARTIN

TITLE

Production Manager

NATIONALITY

Mexican

PROFESSION

Engineer

 

BUSINESS HISTORY

Based on the idea of meeting an unsatisfied need in the Mexican field, the Dragon Group was incorporated in 1935 because of the increasing demand for products for the field when Mexico went through a time of big changes with Lazaro Cardenas in the power.
 
Years later and due to the increasing demand in the Mexican field, in 1985, the company diversified itself by opening the powder maquila plant in Izucar de Matamoros, Puebla; developing its own solid inert products, both light and heavy absorbers. In 1996, the plant grew and a liquid production plant was opened.
 
It  concentrates agrochemical production in the plants located in Izucar de Matamoros.
 
It also provides maquila services to multinational companies, such as Bayer, BASF, Arysta, Chemtura, Cheminova, Dow agroscience, FMC, and Novartis Animal Health, offering total quality in formulation of environmentally friendly agrochemicals.
 
As aware of the market needs, it provides as a complementary service the sale of technical product.
 
Subject is part of the Dragon Group.
Currently, the Dragon Group has a large line of agrochemicals that are excellently formulated by using the highest quality raw material to provide farmers with a proudly national product that is at the same level or exceeds the best products in the world.
The Dragon Group are comprised of the following companies, among others.

 

 

RELATED COMPANIES TO SUBJECT COMPANY OR TO MAJORITY SHAREHOLDER

COMPANY NAME

COUNTRY

TAX REG.

RELATION %

DRAGON CONSULTORES SC

MEXICO

 

Related

EMPAQUES ECOLOGICOS S.A. DE C.V.

MEXICO

(AC) EEC9804021K1

Related

EMPRESAS DRAGON S.A. DE C.V.

MEXICO

 

Related

ENLACES LOGÍSTICOS PITAXA S.A. DE C.V.

MEXICO

 

Related

GOOLF ALIVE S.A. DE C.V.

MEXICO

 

Related

MAQUILADORA ALTAMENTE PRODUCTIVA SA DE CV

MEXICO

 

Related

MAQUILADORA DE POLVOS S.A. DE C.V.

MEXICO

 

Related

PODER HUMANO S.A. DE C.V.

MEXICO

 

Related

SERVICIOS ECOLOGICOS PITAXA S.A. DE C.V.

MEXICO

 

Related

 

 

BUSINESS

SICClassification
2 8 - CHEMICALS, PHARMACEUTICALS INDUSTRY AND ALLIED PRODUCTS. (Manuf.Pigments, Resins, Plastics
, Serums, Perfums, Paints, Fertilizers, Explosives. Medicines.)

Main activity

Subject is engaged in formulation, distribution and trading of agrochemicals (nutrition, insecticides, herbicides, fungicides, coadjuvant agents, stored grains, rat poison, sprinklers, products and specialties). 
 
Sold brands: Nutrex-Fe, Nutrex-Mn, Nutrex-Zn, Phosyn-B, Phosyn-Ca, Phosyn-Mg, Phosyn-ZnP, Powerhumic, Quicelum, Seniphos, Sprinter-K, Spudbuilder, Stopit, Sugartransf, Zincflow700, Akaris 100 CE, Avalanch, Avepol, Canero 60% SL, Combat 20, Combat P, Compas 480, Confol 350 SC, Diazinon 25 E, Diazinon Dragon 600, Rogor Dragón, Safe 25 Ce, Sidelt, Urban 20, Antorcha, Canex 80 DF, Canex Flow 800, Centurio, Diurpax, Dragocombi, Dragocson, Dragoester 47, Dragón 101, Dragopax 375, Dragoprim 90, Dynamina, Euroquat, Fitoamina 40, Fitoamina 72, Ganamina 72, Garraquat 25 Súper, Glifopaak, Lafam, Lafam SG, etc. (own brands).
 

Import

Yes

Country

USA, Chile, Spain, Poland, UK, Israel, Denmark, India, Taiwan, Japan, China; by direct credit at 45, 60, 120-day terms

Export

Yes

COUNTRY

Honduras, El Salvador, and Guatemala; by direct credit at 30-day terms

% CASH SALES / METHOD

75%

% Credit SALES / Terms

25% (30-day terms)

% Ventas exterior (Paises)

15%

% DOMESTIC PURCHASES

60%

% FOREIGN PURCHASES

40%

SELLING TerritorY

85% (Domestic market)

EMPLOYEES

400

LOCATION

PREMISES

Own Settled

FLOORS

2

AREA

200 M2

OTHER PREMISES

Subject's corporate offices and tax residency are located on the above-mentioned address.
 
Former address: Blvd. Adolfo Ruiz Cortinez No. 7, Col. Lomas de Atizapán, Atizapán de Zaragoza, Estado de México.
 
Branches:
- Carretera Transismica Km. 1 Salida Acayucan-Sayula, Col. Barrio Nuevo. Acayucan, Veracruz, C.P. 96070 
- Carretera Cancún-Chetumal Km. 328+800 Plaza Construpak Local 118 del lado del mar. Cancún.
- Francisco I. Madero s/n Esq. Blvd Miguel Alemán, Col. Centro, Cosamaloapan, Veracruz, C.P. 95400.
- Prolongación López Mateos Sur No. 18000, Privada de las Flores, Bodega 3 Entre lluvia de oro y Av. Santa Cruz, Condominio Industrial Santa Cruz de las Flores, Tlajomulco de Zúñiga, Jalisco, C.P. 45640.
- Calle Circuito Ingenieros Mecánicos bodega 101, Conjunto Industrial Chachapa, Población Chachapa, Puebla, C.P. 72990.
- Filadelfia No. 3 - A, Barrio San Juan Cuahuixtla, Izucar de Matamoros, Puebla, C.P. 74480.
- Km. 5 Carretera Las Bocas, Izucar de Matamoros, Puebla, C.P. 74400.
- Km 52.5 Carretera México-Toluca, Fraccionamiento Industrial Lerma, Lerma, Estado de México, C.P. 52000
- among others.

Comments

 

Subject serves about 1,000 customers in Mexico through its main distributors:
- Agroveterinaria Betanzos de Abel Betanzos Rascón (Uxpanapa, Veracruz)
- Agroveterinaria La Becerra de Patricio Rodríguez López (Las Choapas, Veracruz)
- Agrovisa S.A. de C.V.
- Impulsora Agropecuaria La Isla S.A. de C.V.
- Veterinaria El Estribo Del Dr. Pavón
- Jardines Y Semillas (Guadalajara, Jalisco)
- Agricentro (Acatizingo, Puebla)
- Agroveterinaria Abastos S.A. de C.V. (Oaxaca, Oaxaca)
- Impulsora Agrícola de Rio Grande (Rio Grande, Oaxaca)
- La Milpita (Atlixco, Puebla)
- Química Agrícola (Puebla, Puebla)
- Veterinaria El Potro (Zacatepec, Oaxaca)
among others.
 
Subject and Guarany Ind. Com. Ltda. (Brazil) have an alliance for distribution a complete line of agricultural equipment.

 

FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Disposition

D: Declined. For security reasons and/or competition.

Interviewee(s)

Third-party sources

Information provided

This report was completely developed with information that was collected from third-party sources, official record, and our files because subject's staff refused to provide any kind of information under confidentiality policies.
 
In consulted sources, it was not possible to obtain any financial statements or reference figures.
 

 

 

SALES

US$ 0.00 ()

FINANCIAL SITUATION

NN: UNDETERMINED
Subject's Financial Position is considered UNDETERMINED since there is no financial figures to allow a financial analysis of the results in its last fiscal year. The lack of figures prevent from evaluating its relation debts /shareholders' equity. Final operating results are unknown. Absence or lack of credit experience does not show its real current creditworthiness. Few trade references or not trade references at all do not allow to determine its payments behavior. There is no further information about owners' solvency.
Reluctance from principal executives to give information under confidentiality make not possible to find other sources. Public and private sources do not report further details. Not very transparent company, so caution is recommended.

Property of company comments

 

Subject's main assets include:
- Storage areas
- Rotating drier
- Hammer mill with milling capacity of 9 tons per shift
- Hammer mill with capacity of 22 tons per shift
- Hot room to decrystalize technical material before being used in the process
- Three formulators with capacity of 27 tons
- Four lines of finished product
- Two semiautomatic product fillers
- One automatic packaging machine
- Semiautomatic equipment lines with response capacity of 4.5 tons per shift
- Medical services (doctor's office)
- Personal security facilities and equipment (eye bath, showers, fire systems)
- Storage tanks
- Compressors
- Cooling tower
- Water softener
- Water treatment plant
- Spill collectors
Etc.

 

 

 

 

 

INSURANCE

COMPANY

GRUPO NACIONAL PROVINCIAL S.A. DE C.V.

 

TRADE REFERENCES, CREDIT BUREAU, LAWSUITS, BANKS
(Confidential Information)

TRADE REFERENCES

Supplier: MONSANTO COMERCIAL S.A. DE C.V.

Tel.: (5255) 52459600

Country: MEXICO

Goods/Services? : Products for agriculture

 

 

Highest credit? : Not specified

 

 

Client since? : Sv.years

Terms? : 30 days

Performance? : Prompt

Comments : Monthly purchase: Ps$230,000.=. Good customer.

Supplier: DOW AGROSCIENCES S.A. DE C.V.

Tel.: (5233) 36782400

Country: MEXICO

Goods/Services? : Products for weed control

 

 

Highest credit? : Not specified

 

 

Client since? : Sv.years

Terms? : 30 days

Performance? : Prompt

Comments : Monthly purchase: Ps$200,000.=. Good customer

Supplier: TARIMAS Y EMPAQUES CRAVIOTO S.A. DE C.V.

Tel.: (52797) 9711993

Country: MEXICO

Goods/Services? : Platforms

 

 

Highest credit? : Not specified

 

 

Client since? : Sv.years

Terms? : 30 days

Performance? : Prompt

Comments : Good customer

 

Note : Other suppliers did not provide information or could not be consulted

 

Supplier

Country

GUARANY IND. COM. LTDA.

BRAZIL

ARVENSIS AGRO S.A.

SPAIN

HAND ASSOCIATES LTD.

UNITED KINGDOM

 

 

Comments :

BANCO NACIONAL DE MEXICO S.A. HSBC MEXICO S.A. BBVA BANCOMER S.A. Subject is a client of the above-mentioned banks, which did not provide any information under bank secrecy.

 

 

GENERAL INFORMATION

REPUTATION

 

JUDICIAL COMPLAINT FILED AGAINST COMPANY

 

 

 

 

 

 

FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES

 

Currency

Unit

Indian Rupees

US Dollar

1

Rs.53.94

UK Pound

1

Rs.84.03

Euro

1

Rs.70.72

 

INFORMATION DETAILS

 

Report Prepared by :

NLM

 

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

--

NB

New Business

 

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Financial condition (40%)            Ownership background (20%)                  Payment record (10%)

Credit history (10%)                   Market trend (10%)                                Operational size (10%)

 

 

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