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Report Date : |
27.11.2013 |
IDENTIFICATION DETAILS
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Name : |
RICHMEN INTERNATIONAL LTD. |
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Registered Office : |
c/o Buttar.HK Ltd. Unit R, 1/F., Mau Lam Commercial Building, 16-18 Mau Lam Street,
Jordan, Kowloon |
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Country : |
Hong Kong |
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Date of Incorporation : |
06.01.2010 |
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Com. Reg. No.: |
51691331 |
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Legal Form : |
Private Limited Company |
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Line of Business : |
Importer, Exporter and Wholesaler of All kinds of diamonds. |
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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 |
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
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RICHMEN
INTERNATIONAL LTD.
c/o Buttar.HK Ltd.
Unit R, 1/F., Mau Lam Commercial Building, 16-18 Mau Lam Street, Jordan,
Kowloon, Hong Kong.
PHONE: 852-2312 0148
FAX: 852-2375 6513
Managing Director: Mr. Deven Nagindas Jhaveri
Incorporated on: 6th January, 2010.
Organization: Private Limited Company.
Capital: Nominal: HK$10,000.00
Issued: HK$10,000.00
Business Category: Diamond
Trader.
Employees: Nil.
Main Dealing Banker: The
Hongkong & Shanghai Banking Corp. Ltd., Hong Kong.
Banking Relation: Satisfactory.
RICHMEN
INTERNATIONAL LTD.
Registered
Office:-
c/o Buttar.HK Ltd.
Unit R, 1/F., Mau Lam Commercial Building, 16-18 Mau Lam Street, Jordan,
Kowloon, Hong Kong.
Associated
Companies: (Same address)
Al Sidra Jewellery Ltd., Hong Kong.
Sun World Inc. Ltd., Hong Kong.
51691331
1408711
Managing Director: Mr. Deven
Nagindas Jhaveri
Nominal Share Capital: HK$10,000.00 (Divided into 10,000 shares of
HK$1.00 each)
Issued Share Capital: HK$10,000.00
(As per registry dated 06-01-2012)
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Name |
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No. of shares |
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Deven Nagindas JHAVERI |
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10,000 ===== |
(As per registry dated 06-01-2012)
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Name (Nationality) |
Address |
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Devan Nagindas JHAVERI |
Flat 22, Sailor Apartments, 24 Ridge Road, Malbar Hill, Mumbai 6,
India. |
(As per registry dated 06-01-2012)
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Name |
Address |
Co. No. |
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Buttar.HK Ltd. |
1/F., Mau Lam Commercial Building, 16-18 Mau Lam Street, Jordan,
Kowloon, Hong Kong. |
0975326 |
The subject was incorporated on 6th January, 2010 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: Importer,
Exporter and Wholesaler.
Lines: All
kinds of diamonds.
Employees: Nil.
Commodities Imported: India, etc.
Markets: Hong
Kong, other Asian countries, etc.
Terms/Sales: L/C, T/T, etc.
Terms/Buying: L/C, T/T, etc.
Nominal Share Capital: HK$10,000.00
(Divided into 10,000 shares of HK$1.00 each)
Issued Share Capital: HK$10,000.00
Profit or Loss: Keeping
a balance account in Hong Kong.
Condition: Business
is under development.
Facilities: Making
fairly active use of general banking facilities.
Payment: Met trade commitments as required.
Commercial Morality: Satisfactory.
Banker: The Hongkong & Shanghai Banking Corp.
Ltd., Hong Kong.
Standing: Small.
Having issued 10,000 ordinary shares of HK$1.00 each, Richmen
International Ltd. is wholly-owned by Mr. Deven Nagindas Jhaveri who is an
Indian. He is an India passport holder
and does not have the right to reside in Hong Kong permanently. Jhaveri is also the only director of the
subject.
Business commenced in January 2010, the subject does not have its own
operating office. Its registered office
is in a commercial service firm located at 1/F., Mau Lam Commercial Building,
16-18 Mau Lam Street, Jordan, Kowloon, Hong Kong known as Buttar.HK Ltd. which
is handling its correspondences and documents.
Buttar.HK Ltd. is also the corporate secretary of the subject.
It makes no difference as the subject is located at “Room A” or “Room R”
since the whole floor is occupied by Buttar.HK Ltd. The room number is meaningless.
The subject has no employees in Hong Kong. It is a diamond importer, exporter and
wholesaler. It is engaged in
manufacturing loose diamonds like marquise, pears, tappers, buggets and rose
cut diamonds. Commodities are chiefly
imported from Mumbai, India.
Most of the time, Jhaveri is not in Hong Kong. It is likely that the subject has got an associated
company in Mumbai, India which is also operated by Jhaveri. The India firm deals with foreign parties
under the name of the subject and let foreign firms correspond with the
subject’s registered address in Hong Kong.
The subject has got two associated companies known as Al Sidra Jewellery
Ltd. and Sun World Inc. Ltd. located at the same registered address. Incorporated on 23rd January, 2010 in
Hong Kong, Al Sidra Jewellery Ltd. is also owned and operated by Jhaveri.
Having issued 10,000 ordinary shares of HK$1.00 each and incorporated on
11th January, 2010, Sun World Inc. Ltd. is also wholly-owned by Jhaveri.
The two associated firms are also diamond traders.
The subject’s business in Hong Kong is not active, so do the associates.
Since the subject does not have its own operating office and has no
employees in Hong Kong, on the whole, 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.62.45 |
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1 |
Rs.100.86 |
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Euro |
1 |
Rs.84.50 |
INFORMATION DETAILS
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Report Prepared
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NIS |
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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