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Report Date : |
18.11.2013 |
IDENTIFICATION DETAILS
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Name : |
PRECIOUS LOGISTICS LTD. |
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Registered Office : |
c/o Jumpstart Business Centre Room 1104, 11/F., Crawford House, 70 Queen’s Road Central, Central |
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Country : |
Hong Kong |
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Date of Incorporation : |
03.05.2012 |
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Com. Reg. No.: |
59751509 |
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Legal Form : |
Private Limited Liability Company |
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Line of Business : |
The subject is a diamond importer, exporter and wholesaler. |
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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 |
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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 |
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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
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PRECIOUS LOGISTICS
LTD.
Registered
Office:-
c/o Jumpstart Business Centre
Room 1104, 11/F., Crawford House, 70 Queen’s Road Central, Central, Hong
Kong.
59751509
1739614
3rd May, 2012.
Nominal Share Capital: HK$10,000.00 (Divided into 10,000 shares of
HK$1.00 each)
Issued Share Capital: HK$2.00
(As per registry dated 03-05-2013)
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Name |
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No. of shares |
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Vishal SHARMA |
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1 |
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Baldev Raj SHARMA |
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1 |
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Total: |
2 = |
(As per registry dated 17-10-2013)
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Name (Nationality) |
Address |
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Vishal SHARMA |
28 Vasant Vihar, C.G Road, Chembur, Mumbai 400074, India. |
(As per registry dated 03-05-2013)
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Name |
Address |
Co. No. |
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Prima Secretaries Ltd. |
Suite 605, 6/F., China Insurance Group Building, 141 Des Voeux Road
Central. Hong Kong. |
0569406 |
The subject was incorporated on 3rd May, 2012 as a Private Limited
Liability Company under the Hong Kong Companies Ordinance.
Formerly the subject’s registered address was located at Suite 701,
7/F., Beautiful Group Tower, 77 Connaught Road, Central, Hong Kong where is the
operating office of a commercial service provider APAC Business Strategic
Planning Co. Ltd. It moved to the
present address in October 2013 as it has changed its commercial service
provider since then.
Apart from these, neither material change nor amendment has been ever
traced and noted.
Having issued 2 ordinary shares of HK$1.00 each, Precious Logistics Ltd.
is equally owned by Mr. Vishal Sharma and Mr. Baldev Raj Sharma. Both are Indian merchants. Mr. Vishal Sharma is the only director of the
subject. He is an India passport holder
and does not have the right to reside in Hong Kong permanently.
The subject does not have its own operating office. Its registered office is in a business centre
located at ‘Room 1104, 11/F., Crawford House, 70 Queen’s Road Central, Hong
Kong’ known as ‘Jumpstart Business Centre’ which is handling its correspondences
and documents. The Business Centre is
operated by BMC Services Ltd. which is a Hong Kong-registered firm.
The subject has no employees in Hong Kong.
The subject is a diamond importer, exporter and wholesaler. It is trading in loose, polished and cut diamonds. Most of the commodities are imported from
India. Prime markets are Hong Kong, and
the other Asian countries. Business is
still under development.
The subject’s business in Hong Kong is not active. History in Hong Kong is just over a year.
We are not sure whether the subject has been banking with Bank of India,
Hong Kong.
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.63.06 |
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1 |
Rs.101.15 |
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Euro |
1 |
Rs.84.95 |
INFORMATION DETAILS
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Report Prepared
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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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