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Report Date : |
25.09.2013 |
IDENTIFICATION DETAILS
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Name : |
REGENT DIAMONDS
LTD. |
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Registered Office : |
3A Jabotinsky Street, Diamond Exchange, Yahalom Building Ramat Gan
5252005 |
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Country : |
Israel |
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Date of Incorporation : |
1980 |
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Legal Form : |
Private Limited Company |
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LINE OF BUSINESS : |
DEALERS,
MANUFACTURERS, IMPORTERS, EXPORTERS AND MARKETERS OF DIAMONDS OF VARIOUS SIZES
AND COLORS, SPECIALIZING IN FANCY YELLOW COLOR DIAMONDS. |
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No. of Employees : |
Not Available |
RATING & COMMENTS
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MIRA’s Rating : |
B |
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RATING |
STATUS |
PROPOSED CREDIT LINE |
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26-40 |
B |
Capability to overcome financial difficulties seems comparatively
below average. |
Small |
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Status : |
Moderate |
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Payment Behaviour : |
Unknown |
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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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Israel |
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 |
ISRAEL - ECONOMIC
OVERVIEW
Israel has a technologically advanced market economy. Its
major imports include crude oil, grains, raw materials, and military equipment.
Cut diamonds, high-technology equipment, and pharmaceuticals are among the
leading exports. Israel usually posts sizable trade deficits, which are covered
by tourism and other service exports, as well as significant foreign investment
inflows. The global financial crisis of 2008-09 spurred a brief recession in
Israel, but the country entered the crisis with solid fundamentals - following
years of prudent fiscal policy and a resilient banking sector. The economy has
recovered better than most advanced, comparably sized economies. In 2010,
Israel formally acceded to the OECD. Israel's economy also has weathered the
Arab Spring because strong trade ties outside the Middle East have insulated
the economy from spillover effects. Natural gasfields discovered off Israel's
coast during the past two years have brightened Israel''s energy security
outlook. The Leviathan field was one of the world''s largest offshore natural
gas finds this past decade, and production from the Tama field is expected to
meet all of Israel''s natural gas demand beginning mid-2013. In mid-2011,
public protests arose around income inequality and rising housing and commodity
prices. The government formed committees to address some of the grievances but
has maintained that it will not engage in deficit spending to satisfy populist
demands.
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Source
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REGENT DIAMONDS
LTD.
Telephone 972
3 575 41 36
Fax 972
3 575 08 01
Email: rony@regentdiam.com
3A Jabotinsky Street
Diamond Exchange, Yahalom Building
Ramat Gan 5252005 Israel
Originally established as a non-registered business in 1980.
Converted into a private limited company and registered as such as per
file No. 51-143184-3 on the 13.12.1989.
Authorized share capital of NIS 11,600.00 divided into:-
1,600 management shares
(10 shares issued),
10,000 ordinary shares
(100 shares issued), all of NIS 1.00 each,
of which shares amounting to NIS 110.00 were issued.
1. Rony Eitani, 90%,
2. Mrs. Sarit Eitani, 10%.
1. Rony Eitani, General
Manager,
2. Mrs. Sarit Eitani, wife
of Rony.
Dealers, manufacturers, importers, exporters and marketers of diamonds
of various sizes and colors, specializing in fancy yellow color diamonds.
Operating from rented office premises, in 3A Jabotinsky Street, Diamond
Exchange, Yahalom Building (12th Floor, Suite # 1294), Ramat Gan.
Note: Yahalom Building, where subject is operating from, has also
entrance (main entrance) in 54 Bezalel Street (street name is also referred to
as 21 Tuval Street).
Number of employees not forthcoming.
Financial data not forthcoming.
There are no charges registered on the company's assets.
Sales figures not forthcoming.
Bank data not forthcoming.
Nothing unfavorable learned (please refer to NOTE below).
Subject's co-owner and director, Mrs. Sarit Eitani, refused to disclose
any detail.
Subject is a veteran business.
Export of polished diamonds from Israel fell by 23% in 2012 from 2011,
after the sector recovered in 2010 and mainly in 2011 from one of the worst
depressions in the global diamond sector due to the economic crisis in global
markets that erupted in 2008. The sector experienced almost an entire freeze
and collapse in sales of about 70% in the peak of the crisis. While the global
diamond industry experienced major declines during 2012, Israel saw a steady
improvement in its diamond trade in the third and fourth quarters of the year,
according to the Diamond Administration at the Ministry of Industry &
Trade.
Israel’s net polished diamond exports stood at US$5.6 billion in 2012,
compared a decline of 23% from 2011. Net rough diamond exports totaled US$2.8
billion in
Net imports of polished diamonds dropped 25% from 2011, totaling US$4.27
billion, while net rough imports stood at US$3.8 billion, 13 % less than in
2011.
The diamond sector has been keeping a steady trend in the first half of
2013.
Net polished diamond exports in 2013 1st half witnessed a
slight decrease (2%) comparing to 2012 1stH, reaching US$ 3.233 billion, while
export of rough diamonds saw a 8.1% rise. Net imports of rough diamonds in the
1st half of 2013 reached US$ 2.037 billion, 2.8% increase compared
with the parallel period in 2012, whereas import of polished diamonds fell by
5.3% to US$ 2.084 billion.
Expectations in the local diamond sector for 2013 2nd half is
for further recovery.
The United States continued to be Israel’s major market for polished
diamonds, accounting for 44% of the market in 2013 1st half (36% in
2012). Hong Kong is the next largest market with 29.7% of exports (28% in
2012), with Switzerland accounting for 7.8%, Belgium 6.7%, and Thailand with
1.1%.
According to the President of the Israeli Diamonds Association, in 2010
the trade in the local diamond sector rolled annual turnover of US$ 25 billion
while total debt to the banks stands on US$ 1.5 billion, down from US$ 2.4
billion in the eve of the crisis. The Ministry for Industry & Trade also
assisted the local diamond exporters by providing bank guarantees in total
scope of NIS 1 billion.
Local diamond sector employs some 20,000 persons.
In February 2009, Israel was ranked as the world’s largest exporter of
cut diamonds, followed by India, Belgium and South Africa.
An affair of an underground bank shocked the local diamond branch, after
in late January 2012 Police raided the Diamond Exchange (after a long
undercover operation), arrested several individuals for investigation, caught
diamonds and various assets worth NIS millions, and blocked several bank
accounts. It is suspected that a group of people, including diamond dealers,
run an illegal bank in the Diamond Exchange compound for loans, money transfer
abroad based on fictitious transactions and exchange in volume of NIS 1 billion
for several years.
The affair has already led to several of reported bankruptcies of local
diamond firms, a decrease of up to 70% in transactions in 2012, frozen bank
accounts, and for a while to paralysis (especially in purchase of raw diamonds)
due to uncertainty among local and foreign dealers.
In March 2012 the Police decided to lower the profile of the
investigation for a while a result of the big pressure from the diamond branch
(to stop the continuing damage inflicted) and the Government (who is losing US$
hundred millions from decrease in tax collection). In November 2012 the Police
and Tax Authorities recommended on indictments against the 25 suspects in the
affair, among them diamond dealers, for the said suspicions and obstruction of
the investigation.
In June 2013 it was reported that the Police resumed its raids on the
diamonds branch, and although names of suspects were not released, sources say
that it is also related to the above underground bank affair. In parallel, it
is also reported that the Tax Authorities and diamonds dealers' representatives
are trying to reach an arrangement for past debts.
Considering the refusal to disclose any data,
dealings are recommended on a secure basis.
Note:
According to the Registrar of Companies
subject has a "Warning Before Registration as a Law Violating
Company" Status.
Registration as a "Law Violating Company" is done due certain
violation of the subject company for not meeting the Registrar of Companies
regulations promptly, such as not paying Registrar fees, and not submitting
annual reports on time. It should be noted that this is not necessarily connected
to the company's business activities and financial standing. Although in many
cases there is a connection to the bad financial condition of the company, we
do not know how it is in subject's case (it may also be a
technical/administrative procedure, though we are unable to determine that).
Once the company is declared as a "Law Violating Company", it may
lead to severe penalties against it, including penalties (could be fines up to
NIS 250,000), not allowing the company to register new charges or to make changes
in the Registrar, and more.
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.62.66 |
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1 |
Rs.100.46 |
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Euro |
1 |
Rs.84.59 |
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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