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Report Date : |
16.04.2014 |
IDENTIFICATION DETAILS
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Name : |
BRIGHT FORWARD TRADING LTD. |
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Registered Office : |
c/o Akin Professionals Ltd. 20/F., Champion Building, 287-291 Des Voeux Road Central, Sheung Wan |
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Country : |
Hong Kong |
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Date of Incorporation : |
14.02.2012 |
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Com. Reg. No.: |
59408940 |
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Legal Form : |
Private Limited Liability Company |
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Line of Business : |
Subject is a diamond trader |
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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 |
NOTES :
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ECGC Country Risk Classification List – March 31, 2014
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Country Name |
Previous Rating (31.12.2013) |
Current Rating (31.03.2014) |
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Hong Kong |
A1 |
A1 |
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Risk Category |
ECGC
Classification |
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Insignificant |
A1 |
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Low Risk |
A2 |
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Moderately Low Risk |
B1 |
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Moderate Risk |
B2 |
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Moderately High Risk |
C1 |
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High Risk |
C2 |
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Very High Risk |
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 has no tariffs on imported goods, and it levies excise
duties on only four commodities, whether imported or produced locally: 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, its continued reliance
on foreign trade and investment leaves it vulnerable to renewed global
financial market volatility or a slowdown in the global economy. 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 12% of
total system deposits in Hong Kong by the end of 2013. 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 total
trade 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. Credit expansion and tight
housing supply conditions have caused Hong Kong property prices to rise
rapidly; consumer prices increased by more than 4% in 2013. 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. In 2013, Hong Kong and China
signed new agreements under the Closer Economic Partnership Agreement, adopted
in 2003 to forge closer ties between Hong Kong and the mainland. The new measures,
effective from January 2014, cover services and trade facilitation, and will
improve access to the mainland's service sector for Hong Kong-based companies.
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Source
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BRIGHT FORWARD
TRADING LTD.
Registered
Office:-
c/o Akin Professionals Ltd.
20/F., Champion Building, 287-291 Des Voeux
Road Central, Sheung Wan, Hong Kong.
59408940
1705493
14th February, 2012.
Nominal Share Capital: HK$10,000.00 (Divided into 10,000.00 shares of
HK$1.00 each)
Issued Share Capital: HK$1.00
(As per registry dated 14-02-2012)
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Name |
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No. of share |
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Company Kit Secretarial Services Ltd., Hong Kong. |
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1 = |
(As per registry dated 28-02-2012)
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Name (Nationality) |
Address |
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Mohammed Shadab Hasan
Azad ANSARI |
25/14 Chatriwala Chawl,
2/F., Maulana Azad Road,
Mumbai - 400 008, India. |
SECRETARY: (As per registry dated
28-02-2012)
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Name |
Address |
Co. No. |
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Akin Professional Ltd. |
20/F., Champion Building, 287-291 Des Voeux
Road, Central, Sheung Wan, Hong Kong. |
1273165 |
The subject was incorporated on 14th February, 2012 as a private limited
liability company under the Hong Kong Companies Ordinance.
Last time, the registered address of the subject was located at Unit A,
3/F., Cheong Sun Tower, 116-118 Wing Lok Street, Sheung Wan, Hong Kong
where was the operating address of Company Kit Secretarial Service Ltd.
[Company Kit].
The subject’s registered address changed to the present one as it has
changed its commercial service provider in March 2012 since then.
Apart from these, neither material change nor amendment has been ever
traced and noted.
Bright Forward Trading Ltd. was incorporated in February, 2012 as a
private limited liability company.
The subject does not have its own operating office. Its registered office is in a commercial
service firm located at “20/F., Champion Building, 287‑291 Des Voeux Road, Central, Sheung Wan,
Hong Kong” known as “Akin Professional Ltd.” [Akin] which is handling its
correspondences and documents. This firm
is also the corporate secretary of the subject.
The subject has no employees in Hong Kong.
According to the Companies Registry of Hong Kong, the subject has issued
just one ordinary share of HK$1.00 which is owned by Company Kit. The only director of the subject Mr. Mohammed
Shadab Hasan Azad Ansari is an Indian. He is an India passport holder and does not
have the right to reside in Hong Kong permanently.
We consider Mohammed Shadab Hasan Azad Ansari
is the real owner of the subject.
The subject’s lines of business are unknown since the secretarial firm
knows nothing about its business.
Ansari cannot be reached as he is in Mumbai,
India.
The subject seems to be a diamond trader. It has got an associated company in Mumbai,
India which is also operated by Ansari.
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 India firm also exports
commodities to foreign markets under the name of the subject and its registered
address in Hong Kong.
The subject’s business in Hong Kong is not active. History in Hong Kong is just over two years.
On the whole, 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.60.26 |
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1 |
Rs.100.71 |
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Euro |
1 |
Rs.83.27 |
INFORMATION DETAILS
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Analysis Done by
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Report Prepared
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NNA |
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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