MIRA INFORM REPORT

 

 

Report Date :

20.12.2014

 

IDENTIFICATION DETAILS

 

Correct Name :

UT FREIGHT FORWARDERS (HONG KONG) LIMITED

 

 

Formerly Known as : 

Union Freight Forwarders (Hong Kong) Co., Limited

 

 

Registered Office :

Unit 16-18, 22nd Floor, Tower A, Regent Centre, No. 63 Wo Yi Hop Road, Kwai Chung, New Territories

 

 

Country :

Hong Kong

 

 

Date of Incorporation :

30.03.1998

 

 

Com. Reg. No.:

640597

 

 

Legal Form :

Private Limited Liability Company

 

 

Line of Business :

·         engaged in Providing Ocean Freight Forwarding Service.

Subject Services Cover Port to Port Transportation, Door to Door Transportation, Groupage, Import and Export Handlings, Warehousing, Break Bulk and Deconsolidate

 

 

No of Employees :

About 10 Employees

 

 

RATING & COMMENTS

 

MIRA’s Rating :

B

 

RATING

STATUS

PROPOSED CREDIT LINE

26-40

B

Capability to overcome financial difficulties seems comparatively below average.

Small

 

Status :

Moderate

Payment Behaviour :

Unknown

Litigation :

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NOTES :

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ECGC Country Risk Classification List – September 30, 2014

 

Country Name

Previous Rating

(30.06.2014)

Current Rating

(30.09.2014)

Hong Kong

a1

a1

 

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 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.

 

 

Source : CIA

 


Contact Points

 

Company Name (in Chinese):

世盟通運(香港)股份有限公司 

Company Name (in English):

UT Freight Forwarders (Hong Kong) Limited

Supplied Name:

UT Freight Forwarders LTD

Trading Address:

Unit 16-18, 22nd Floor, Tower A, Regent Centre, No. 63 Wo Yi Hop Road, Kwai Chung, New Territories, Hong Kong

Supplied Address:

2216/2218 Regent Cenre Toer A 63 Wo Yihop Road Kwai Chung NT

Note: The complete name and address are as above.

 

 

Credit Summary

 

Credit Opinion:

Business connections are permissible.

 

 

Special Note

 

We tried to contact subject through the phone +852-2773-0281, Mr. Sun answered it and introduced subject’s operation information and trading address as we supplied.

 

We will update on-site visit photos as soon as possible.

 

 

Company Identification Details

 

Registered Name:

UT Freight Forwarders (Hong Kong) Limited

Registered Address:

Unit 16-18, 22nd Floor, Tower A, Regent Centre, No. 63 Wo Yi Hop Road, Kwai Chung, New Territories, Hong Kong

Telephone Number:

+852-2773-0281

Fax Number:

+852-2766-0750

Email:

uthkg@utfreight.com

Date of Registration:

1998-3-30

Registered Number:

640597

Business Registration No.:

21616935

Paid-up Capital:

HKD 100 (USD 12.9) = 100 Shares@ HKD 1

(As of 2014.12, 1 HKD = 0.129 USD)

Legal Form:

Private Limited Liability Company

Principal Activities:

engaged in Providing Ocean Freight Forwarding Service.

Staff:

About 10 Employees

Listed at Stock Exchange:

No

Date of Last Annual Return:

2014-3-30

 

 

History

 

Subject was incorporated on 1998-3-30 with the registered number 640597 as Private Limited Liability Company in Hong Kong.

 

Change of Name:

Date

Change

1998-5-13

UT Freight Forwarders (Hong Kong) Limited

1998-3-30

Union Freight Forwarders (Hong Kong) Co., Limited

 

 

Corporate Structure

 

Major Related Companies:

1.         UT Freight Service Ltd. (Taiwan)

2.         UT Freight Forwarders Co. Ltd. (Taiwan)

3.         UT Logistic Service Ltd. (Taiwan)

4.         UT Freight Forwarders (Shanghai) Co. Ltd. (China)

5.         UT Freight Service (Hong Kong) Ltd.

6.         UT Freight Service (USA) Ltd.

 


Shareholders

 

Name

Subscription Shares

Proportion of Investment (%)

Hwang Yung Tsun

1

1%

UT Freight Service Limited

99

99%

Total

100

100%

 

Major Shareholder Information:

1

Name:

Hwang Yung Tsun

Address:

2/F., No. 778 Pa-Teh Road, Sec. 4, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.

2

Name:

UT Freight Service Limited

Address:

2/F., No. 778 Pa-Teh Road, Sec. 4, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.

 

Management Information

 

Core Management

Detailed Information of Directors:

1

Name:

Hwang Yung Tsun

Address:

2/F., No. 778 Pa-Teh Road, Sec. 4, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.

Position:

Director

Passport Number:

302126505

Issuing Country:

Republic of China

2

Name:

Hwang Chi Cheng

Address:

2/F., No. 778 Pa-Teh Road, Sec. 4, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.

Position:

Director

Passport Number:

306243036

Issuing Country:

Republic of China

3

Name:

Hwang Chi Hui

Address:

2/F., No. 778 Pa-Teh Road, Sec. 4, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.

Position:

Director

Passport Number:

308557793

Issuing Country:

Republic of China

4

Name:

Boardroom Corporate Secretaries (HK) Limited

Address:

31/F., 148 Electric Road, North Point, Hong Kong

Position:

Corporate Secretary

Registered Number:

1189239

 

Personnel Structure

Total Employees

About 10 Employees

 

 

Operation Information

 

 

Office

Address:

Room 2216-2218, Regent Cenre, Tower A, No. 63 Wo Yi Hop Road, Kwai Chung, New Territories, Hong Kong

 

Operation Information

l         Subject is engaged in providing of ocean freight forwarding service.

l         It is introduced that subject has the certification of NVOCC.

l         It is introduced that subject’s major services cover port to port transportation, door to door transportation, groupage, import and export handlings, warehousing, warehousing, break bulk and deconsolidate.

l         Subject’s mainly routes in advantaged are Japanese basic line, South East Asia, Europe and the Mediterranean, etc.

l         Subject’s group has service offices in Shanghai City, Beijing City, Qingdao City, Dalian City, Los Angeles and New York, etc.

l         Subject’s service regions cover almost all over the world.

 

Settlements

 

It is introduced that the details of settlements are to be negotiated.

Financial Information

 

The subject has no obligation to supply its financial statement to the third party according to the relevant policy in Hong Kong and the only source from which we can obtain the information is the subject itself.

 

Subject’s relevant staff rejected to disclose the financial information; from other sources we could not obtain such information, either.

 

 

Bankers

 

Name:

Hua Nan Commercial Bank Limited

Account Number:

PHKFD800329

 

 

Public

 

Civil Litigation

1

Date:

2013-5-14

Court Name:

Small Claim Tribunal

Court No.:

011128/13

Claimant:

United Arab Shipping Agency Company (Hong Kong) Ltd 
(SCTC011128/13)

Defendant:

UT Freight Forwarders (Hong Kong) Ltd

Reason:

Service Charge

2

Date:

2010-1-25

Court Name:

District Court Distrant

Court No.:

268

Claimant:

Peng Siu Kin

t/a

Siu Fung Co

c/o

Room 1218, Ping Wong House, Ping Tin Estate, Lam Tin, Kwun Tong, Kln

c/o

Tsang, Chan & Woo

(a firm)

Defendant:

UT Freight Forwarders (H.K.) Ltd (D1) 
UT Freight Forwarders Co Ltd (D2) 
c/o 
Units 16-18, 22/F, Tower A, Regent Centre, No.63 Wo Yi Hop Road, Kwai Chung, NT (D1) 
c/o 
2/F, No.778 Pa-tech Road, Section, Taipei, Taiwan (D2)

Reason:

Commercial

Amount (HKD):

919,510.00

 

Mortgage Record

Company Name:

UT Freight Forwarders (Hong Kong) Limited

Instrument of Creating Mortgage:

Security Over Deposits

Date of Creating Mortgage:

1998-7-22

Amount Secured:

To secure banking facilities granted to UT Freight Forwarders (Hong Kong) Limited

Name of Mortgagee:

Hua Nan Commercial Bank Limited (Hong Kong Branch)

Addresses of Mortgagee:

Suite 5601-5603, 56/F., Central Plaza, 18 Harbour Road, Wanchai, Hong Kong.

Description of Property Mortgaged:

Fixed Times Deposit of HKD 300,000 or its equivalent in other foreign currencies plus subsequent accrued interest maintained with Hua Nan Commercial Bank, Limited together with further moneys in any deposit account with Hua Nan Commercial Bank, Limited any or its offices.

Deposit No. PHKFD800329 in name of UT Freight Forwarders (Hong Kong) Limited

 


Special Note

 

Interview Details

Name

Mr. Sun

Department:

Sales Department

 


 

FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES

 

Currency

Unit

Indian Rupees

US Dollar

1

Rs.63.07

UK Pound

1

Rs.98.73

Euro

1

Rs.77.46

 

INFORMATION DETAILS

 

Analysis Done by :

DIV

 

 

Report Prepared by :

MNL

 

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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Financial condition (40%)            Ownership background (20%)                 Payment record (10%)

Credit history (10%)                    Market trend (10%)                                Operational size (10%)

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