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Report Date : |
01.10.2013 |
IDENTIFICATION DETAILS
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Name : |
STEELFORCE |
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Registered Office : |
Lange Klarenstraat 16 20, Antwerpen, 2000 |
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Country : |
Belgium |
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Financials (as on) : |
30.09.2012 |
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Date of Incorporation : |
1950 |
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Com. Reg. No.: |
402950965 |
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Legal Form : |
Private Subsidiary |
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Line of Business : |
Buying and selling of steel in South and Central America
and in the Caribbean |
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No. of Employees : |
60 |
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 : |
Slow but Correct |
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Litigation : |
Clear |
NOTES:
Any query related to this report can be made
on e-mail: infodept@mirainform.com
while quoting report number, name and date.
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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Belgium |
A1 |
A1 |
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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 |
BELGIUM - ECONOMIC OVERVIEW
This modern, open, and private-enterprise-based economy has
capitalized on its central geographic location, highly developed transport
network, and diversified industrial and commercial base. Industry is
concentrated mainly in the more heavily-populated region of Flanders in the
north. With few natural resources, Belgium imports substantial quantities of
raw materials and exports a large volume of manufactures, making its economy
vulnerable to volatility in world markets. Roughly three-quarters of Belgium's
trade is with other EU countries, and Belgium has benefited most from its
proximity to Germany. In 2011 Belgian GDP grew by 1.8%, the unemployment rate
decreased slightly to 7.2% from 8.3% the previous year, and the government
reduced the budget deficit from a peak of 6% of GDP in 2009 to 4.2% in 2011 and
3.3% in 2012. Fourth quarter GDP growth in 2012 was at -0.1%, the third
consecutive quarter of negative growth. This brought economic growth for the
whole of 2012 to negative 0.2%. It also left Belgium on the brink of a possible
recession at the end of 2012. However, at year's end, the government appeared
close to meeting its 2012 budget deficit goal of 3% of GDP. Despite the
relative improvement in Belgium's budget deficit, public debt hovers around
100% of GDP, a factor that has contributed to investor perceptions that the
country is increasingly vulnerable to spillover from the euro-zone crisis.
Belgian banks were severely affected by the international financial crisis in
2008 with three major banks receiving capital injections from the government,
and the nationalization of the Belgian retail arm of a Franco-Belgian bank.
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Source
: CIA |