MIRA INFORM REPORT

 

 

Report Date :

18.08.2014

 

IDENTIFICATION DETAILS

 

Name :

ERTH DIAMONDS, INC.

 

 

Formerly Known As :

VENUS DIAMONDS, INC.

 

 

Registered Office :

590 5th Avenue, 9th floor, New York, NY 10036 - USA

 

 

Country :

United States of America

 

 

Date of Incorporation :

13.04.1993

 

 

Legal Form :

Corporation – Profit  

 

 

Line of Business :

Importer, manufacturer and wholesaler fine jewelry.

 

 

No of Employees :

5

 

RATING & COMMENTS

 

MIRA’s Rating :

Ba

 

RATING

STATUS

PROPOSED CREDIT LINE

41-55

Ba

Overall operation is considered normal. Capable to meet normal commitments.

Satisfactory

 

Status :

Satisfactory

 

 

Payment Behaviour :

No Complaints

 

 

Litigation :

Clear

 

NOTES :

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ECGC Country Risk Classification List – June 01, 2014

 

Country Name

Previous Rating

(31.03.2014)

Current Rating

(01.06.2014)

United States of America

A1

A1

 

Risk Category

ECGC Classification

Insignificant

 

A1

Low Risk

 

A2

Moderate Low Risk

 

B1

Moderate Risk

 

B2

Moderate High Risk

 

C1

High Risk

 

C2

Very High Risk

 

D

 


United States of america - ECONOMIC OVERVIEW

 

The US has the largest and most technologically powerful economy in the world, with a per capita GDP of $49,800. In this market-oriented economy, private individuals and business firms make most of the decisions, and the federal and state governments buy needed goods and services predominantly in the private marketplace. US business firms enjoy greater flexibility than their counterparts in Western Europe and Japan in decisions to expand capital plant, to lay off surplus workers, and to develop new products. At the same time, they face higher barriers to enter their rivals' home markets than foreign firms face entering US markets. US firms are at or near the forefront in technological advances, especially in computers and in medical, aerospace, and military equipment; their advantage has narrowed since the end of World War II. The onrush of technology largely explains the gradual development of a "two-tier labor market" in which those at the bottom lack the education and the professional/technical skills of those at the top and, more and more, fail to get comparable pay raises, health insurance coverage, and other benefits. Since 1975, practically all the gains in household income have gone to the top 20% of households. Since 1996, dividends and capital gains have grown faster than wages or any other category of after-tax income. Imported oil accounts for nearly 55% of US consumption. Crude oil prices doubled between 2001 and 2006, the year home prices peaked; higher gasoline prices ate into consumers' budgets and many individuals fell behind in their mortgage payments. Oil prices climbed another 50% between 2006 and 2008, and bank foreclosures more than doubled in the same period. Besides dampening the housing market, soaring oil prices caused a drop in the value of the dollar and a deterioration in the US merchandise trade deficit, which peaked at $840 billion in 2008. The sub-prime mortgage crisis, falling home prices, investment bank failures, tight credit, and the global economic downturn pushed the United States into a recession by mid-2008. GDP contracted until the third quarter of 2009, making this the deepest and longest downturn since the Great Depression. To help stabilize financial markets, in October 2008 the US Congress established a $700 billion Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP). The government used some of these funds to purchase equity in US banks and industrial corporations, much of which had been returned to the government by early 2011. In January 2009 the US Congress passed and President Barack OBAMA signed a bill providing an additional $787 billion fiscal stimulus to be used over 10 years - two-thirds on additional spending and one-third on tax cuts - to create jobs and to help the economy recover. In 2010 and 2011, the federal budget deficit reached nearly 9% of GDP. In 2012 the federal government reduced the growth of spending and the deficit shrank to 7.6% of GDP. Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan required major shifts in national resources from civilian to military purposes and contributed to the growth of the budget deficit and public debt. Through 2011, the direct costs of the wars totaled nearly $900 billion, according to US government figures. US revenues from taxes and other sources are lower, as a percentage of GDP, than those of most other countries. In March 2010, President OBAMA signed into law the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, a health insurance reform that was designed to extend coverage to an additional 32 million American citizens by 2016, through private health insurance for the general population and Medicaid for the impoverished. Total spending on health care - public plus private - rose from 9.0% of GDP in 1980 to 17.9% in 2010. In July 2010, the president signed the DODD-FRANK Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, a law designed to promote financial stability by protecting consumers from financial abuses, ending taxpayer bailouts of financial firms, dealing with troubled banks that are "too big to fail," and improving accountability and transparency in the financial system - in particular, by requiring certain financial derivatives to be traded in markets that are subject to government regulation and oversight. In December 2012, the Federal Reserve Board (Fed) announced plans to purchase $85 billion per month of mortgage-backed and Treasury securities in an effort to hold down long-term interest rates, and to keep short term rates near zero until unemployment drops below 6.5% or inflation rises above 2.5%. In late 2013, the Fed announced that it would begin scaling back long-term bond purchases to $75 billion per month in January 2014 and reduce them further as conditions warranted; the Fed, however, would keep short-term rates near zero so long as unemployment and inflation had not crossed the previously stated thresholds. Long-term problems include stagnation of wages for lower-income families, inadequate investment in deteriorating infrastructure, rapidly rising medical and pension costs of an aging population, energy shortages, and sizable current account and budget deficits.

Source : CIA

 

Company name & ADDRESS

 

ERTH DIAMONDS, INC.

 

Address:         590 5th Avenue, 9th floor, New York, NY 10036 - USA

 

Telephone:    +1 212-888-9393

 

Fax:                +1 212-888-0055

 

Website:           -

 

 

COMPANY SUMMARY

 

Corporate ID#:               1718164

 

State:                           New York State

 

Judicial form:                             Corporation – Profit  

 

Date incorporated:          04-13-1993

 

Stock:                           200 shares common

 

Value:                           No par value

 

Name of manager:          Natwar SHAH

 

 

ACTIVITIES & OPERATIONS

 

History:

 

Name changed from VENUS DIAMONDS, INC. on 05-31-2005.

 

IST

 

Business:

 

Importer, manufacturer and wholesaler fine jewelry.

 

Office of the Foreign Assets Control (OFAC):

 

The company is not listed on the OFAC list.

The Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) List is a publication of OFAC which lists individuals and organizations with whom United States citizens and permanent residents are prohibited from doing business.

 

Imports from Israel, India and China.

 

EIN:                  -

 

Staff:     5

 

Operations & branches:

 

At the headquarters, we find the corporate office, small workshop and showroom, on lease.

 

Enlarged view of image

 

 

SHAREHOLDERS & MANAGERS

 

Shareholders:

 

This is a private Company.

 

Management:

 

Natwar SHAH is the President, Director and CEO.

 

As far as we know, he is involved in other local corporations, including:

 

SHAH DIAMONDS, INC.

30 West 47th Street, New York, NY 10036

Incorporated in New York State on 01-09-1975

ID# 359739

 

SHAH & KLEIN HOLDINGS, INC.

590 5th Avenue, 9th floor, New York, NY 10036

Incorporated in New York State on 04-14-2008

ID# 3657852

 

 

FINANCIALS

 

In United States, privately held corporations are not required to publish any financials.

 

On a direct call, a financial assistant controlled the present report.

 

Sales declared for year 2013 is in the range of USD 700,000= (same as 2012)

 

The business is said to be profitable.

 

Banks:  Bank Leumi

579 5th Ave # 200, New York, NY 10017

 Ph: +1 212-407-1321

 

 

LEGAL FILINGS

 

Legal filings & complaints:

 

As of today date, there is no legal filing pending with the Courts.

 

Secured debts summary (UCC):  

 

1.

Debtor Names:

VENUS DIAMONDS, INC.

589 FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK, NY 10017-0000, USA

 

 

ERTH DIAMONDS, INC.

590 FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK, NY 10036, USA

 

Secured Party Names:

BANK LEUMI TRUST COMPANY OF NEW YORK

139 CENTRE ST., ATTN: UCC DESK LOAN DEPT., NEW YORK, NY 10017-0000, USA

 

 

 

 

 

File no.

File Date

Lapse Date

Filing Type

 

 

211155

10/19/1995

10/19/2000

Financing Statement

 

 

132080

07/06/2000

10/19/2005

Continuation

 

 

200505115416417

05/11/2005

10/19/2010

Continuation

 

 

200509235842033

09/23/2005

10/19/2010

Financing Statement Amendment

 

 

201009165903279

09/16/2010

10/19/2015

Continuation

 

 

 

 

COMPANY CREDIT HISTORY

 

Trade references:

 

Date reported:    July 2014

High credit:        USD 8,000+

Now owing:                    0

Past due:                      0

Last purchase:   June 2014

Line of business:            Payroll

Paying status:   As agreed

 

Date reported:    November 2013

High credit:        USD 300

Now owing:                    0

Past due:                      0

Last purchase:   June 2014

Line of business:            Telecommunications

Paying status:   On terms

 

Domestic credit history:

 

National Credit Bureaus gave a satisfying credit rating.

 

International credit history:

 

Payments of imports are currently made on terms.

 

Other comments:

 

The Company maintains a regular business.

 

The Company is in good standing.

This means that all local and federal taxes were paid on due date.

 

The risk is low.

 

Our opinion:

 

A business connection may be conducted.

 

 


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 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.

-            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 30th 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.61.06

UK Pound

1

Rs.101.84

Euro

1

Rs.81.56

 

 

INFORMATION DETAILS

 

Analysis Done by :

KAR

 

 

Report Prepared by :

SMN

 

 

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

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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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