MIRA INFORM REPORT

Report Date :

21.10.2013

IDENTIFICATION DETAILS

Name :	KESAR GEMS
Registered Office :	Flat G, 6/F., Luna Court, 53-59 Kimberley Road, Tsimshatsui, Kowloon
Country :	Hong Kong
Date of Incorporation :	03.07.2012
Com. Reg. No.:	54420854-000-07
Legal Form :	Sole Proprietorship
Line of Business :	Importer, Exporter and Wholesaler of All kinds of diamonds.
No. of Employees :	Not Available

RATING & COMMENTS

MIRA’s Rating :

NB

RATING		STATUS	PROPOSED CREDIT LINE
----	NB	New Business	----

Status :	New Business
Payment Behaviour :	Unknown
Litigation :	Clear

NOTES:

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ECGC Country Risk Classification List – March, 31^st, 2013

Country Name	Previous Rating (31.12.2012)	Current Rating (31.03.2013)
Hong Kong	A2	A2

Risk Category	ECGC Classification
Insignificant	A1
Low	A2
Moderate	B1
High	B2
Very High	C1
Restricted	C2
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.

Source : CIA

Company name

KESAR GEMS

ADDRESS

Flat G, 6/F., Luna Court, 53-59 Kimberley Road, Tsimshatsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong.

PHONE: Not Available

FAX: Not Available

MANAGEMENT

Manager: Mr. Pradip Himatlal Vohera

SUMMARY

Establishment: 3rd July, 2012.

Organization: Sole Proprietorship.

Capital: Not disclosed.

Business Category: Diamond Trader.

Employees: Nil.

Main Dealing Banker: The Hongkong & Shanghai Banking Corp. Ltd., Hong Kong.

Banking Relation: Satisfactory.

Company name

KESAR GEMS

ADDRESS

Head Office:-

Flat G, 6/F., Luna Court, 53-59 Kimberley Road, Tsimshatsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong.

BUSINESS REGISTRATION NUMBER

54420854-000-07

MANAGEMENT

Manager: Mr. Pradip Himatlal Vohera

SOLE PROPRIETOR

Name: Pradip Himatlal VOHERA

Residential Address: 202, Parekhwadi, Room No 100 “B” 5/F., V.P. Road, Prathna Samaj, Mumbai-400004, India.

HISTORY

The subject was established on 3rd July, 2012 as a sole proprietorship concern owned by Mr. Pradip Himatlal Vohera under the Hong Kong Business Registration Regulations.

Apart from these, neither material change nor amendment has been ever traced and noted.

OPERATIONS

Activities: Importer, Exporter and Wholesaler.

Lines: All kinds of diamonds.

Employees: Nil.

Commodities Imported: India, etc.

Markets: Hong Kong, China, the other Asian countries, etc.

Terms/Sales: As per contracted.

Terms/Buying: Prepayment, L/C, etc.

FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Capital: Not disclosed.

Profit or Loss: Too early to offer an opinion.

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.

GENERAL

Kesar Gems is a sole proprietorship set up and owned by Mr. Pradip Himatlal Vohera who is an India merchant. He is an India passport holder and does not have the right to reside in Hong Kong permanently. He is also the manager of the subject.

The subject’s registered address is in a private building located at Flat G, 6/F., Luna Court, 53-59 Kimberley Road, Tsimshatsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong. This is supposed to be the residence of Vohera when he is in Hong Kong.

The subject’s telephone number and fax number have not registered with local telephone company nor listed on telephone directories.

According to the subject, it 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, Japan and the other Asian countries. Business is still under development.

The subject is just a one-man company. Business is chiefly handled by Vohera himself. History in Hong Kong is just over a year.

On the whole, since the history of the subject is short, consider it good for normal business engagements on L/C basis.

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 8^th Century B.C.  India, in fact, remained undisputed leader till 18^th 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 30^th 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.61.28
UK Pound	1	Rs.99.03
Euro	1	Rs.83.80

INFORMATION DETAILS

Report Prepared by :

SDA

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	----

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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