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Report Date : |
06.08.2014 |
IDENTIFICATION DETAILS
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Name : |
AASTHA (HK) LTD. |
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Registered Office : |
Unit D, 26/F., |
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Country : |
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Date of Incorporation : |
20.03.2012 |
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Com. Reg. No.: |
59541659 |
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Legal Form : |
Private Limited Company |
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LINE OF BUSINESS : |
IMPORTER, EXPORTER AND WHOLESALER OF DIAMOND
& JEWELLERY. |
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No. of Employees |
1 |
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 : |
Small Company |
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Payment Behaviour : |
No complaints |
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Litigation : |
Clear |
NOTES :
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ECGC Country Risk Classification List – June 1, 2014
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Country Name |
Previous Rating (31.03.2014) |
Current Rating (01.06.2014) |
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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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AASTHA
(HK) LTD.
ADDRESS: Unit D, 26/F., 8 Hart Avenue,
Tsimshatsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong.
PHONE: 852-5600 0430
FAX: 852-5600 4730
MANAGEMENT:
Managing Director:
Mr. Puneet Kumbhat
Incorporated on: 20th March, 2012.
Organization: Private Limited Company.
Capital: Nominal: HK$10,000.00
Issued: HK$10,000.00
Business Category: Jewellery and Diamond Trader.
Employee: 1.
Main Dealing Banker: The Hongkong & Shanghai Banking Corp. Ltd., Hong Kong.
Banking Relation: Satisfactory.
AASTHA
(HK) LTD.
ADDRESS:
Registered
Head Office:-
Unit D, 26/F., 8 Hart
Avenue, Tsimshatsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong.
59541659
1718712
Managing
Director: Mr. Puneet Kumbhat
Contact
Person: Mr. Singh Sharanjit
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 20-03-2014)
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Name |
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No.
of share |
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Puneet KUMBHAT |
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10,000 ===== |
(As
per registry dated 20-03-2014)
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Name (Nationality) |
Address |
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Puneet KUMBHAT |
A-264, Shastri Nagar, Jodhpur. |
(As
per registry dated 20-03-2014)
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Name |
Address |
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Surachna |
Flat 15B, Albert House, 26 Chengtu Road, Aberdeen, Hong Kong. |
The
subject was incorporated on 20th March, 2012 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: Diamond & Jewellery.
Employee: 1.
Commodities Imported: India, etc.
Markets: Hong Kong, other Asian countries, etc.
Terms/Sales: As per contracted.
Terms/Buying: Prepayment, L/C, 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: 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.
Having
issued 10,000 ordinary shares of HK$1.00 each, Aastha (HK) Ltd. is wholly owned
by Mr. Puneet Kumbhat who is an Indian.
He is an India passport holder and does not have the right to reside in
Hong Kong permanently. He is also the
only director of the subject.
The
subject’s registered address is located at Unit D, 26/F., 8 Hart Avenue,
Tsimshatsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong where was the old operating address of a
Hong Kong registered firm known as Embassy International (HK) Ltd.
[Embassy]. Now, Embassy has moved out.
Embassy
is a diamond trader. It is trading in
loose diamonds with “VVS to Pique” quality.
The contact person of Embassy is Mr. Dipen Gandhi who is also an Indian. Now, the subject has nothing to do with
Embassy.
Besides
Embassy, another firm known as Ciro Diamond Ltd. [Ciro] was also located at the
same address. Incorporated on 11th
March, 2009, Ciro now has been dissolved.
It was a solitaire diamond wholesaler and trader. It was specialized in those diamonds size
from 0.30 to 10 carats. Mr. Dipen Gandhi
was the director of Ciro. Now, the subject
also has nothing to do with Ciro.
The
subject is also 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, China and the other Asian countries.
Business is improving.
We
can reach the subject at the phone number 852-5600 0430 and its fax has been
confirmed as 852-5600 4730.
The
contact person of the subject Mr. Singh Sharanjit is also an Indian.
The
history of the subject in Hong Kong is just over two years.
Since
the subject’s history is short in Hong Kong, on the whole, consider it good for
business engagements on L/C basis for the time being.
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.60.87 |
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1 |
Rs.102.67 |
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Euro |
1 |
Rs.81.70 |
INFORMATION DETAILS
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Analysis Done by
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DIV |
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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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