MIRA INFORM REPORT

 

 

Report Date :

10.01.2014

 

IDENTIFICATION DETAILS

 

Name :

COMPAŅIA GENERAL DE ACEROS SA

 

 

Registered Office :

Av. 68 No.37B-51 Sur, Bogota, Cundinamarca

 

 

Country :

Colombia

 

 

Financials (as on) :

31.12.2011

 

 

Date of Incorporation :

13.02.1979

 

 

Legal Form :

Stock Company

 

 

Line of Business :

Trade and distribution of steel

 

 

No. of Employees :

600 (approximately)

 

 

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 – September 30, 2013

 

Country Name

Previous Rating

(30.06.2013)

Current Rating

(30.09.2013)

Colombia

B1

B1

 

Risk Category

ECGC Classification

Insignificant

 

A1

Low

 

A2

Moderate

 

B1

High

 

B2

Very High

 

C1

Restricted

 

C2

Off-credit

 

D

 

 

COLOMBIA - ECONOMIC OVERVIEW

 

Colombia's consistently sound economic policies and aggressive promotion of free trade agreements in recent years have bolstered its ability to face external shocks. Real GDP has grown more than 4% per year for the past three years, continuing almost a decade of strong economic performance. All three major ratings agencies have upgraded Colombia's government debt to investment grade. Nevertheless, Colombia depends heavily on oil exports, making it vulnerable to a drop in oil prices. Economic development is stymied by inadequate infrastructure, weakened further by recent flooding. Moreover, the unemployment rate of 10.3% in 2012 is still one of Latin America's highest. The SANTOS Administration's foreign policy has focused on bolstering Colombia's commercial ties and boosting investment at home. The US-Colombia Free Trade Agreement (FTA) was ratified by the US Congress in October 2011 and implemented in 2012. Colombia has signed or is negotiating FTAs with a number of other countries, including Canada, Chile, Mexico, Switzerland, the EU, Venezuela, South Korea, Turkey, Japan, China, Costa Rica, Panama, and Israel. Foreign direct investment - notably in the oil and gas sectors - reached a record $10 billion in 2008 but dropped to $7.2 billion in 2009, before beginning to recover in 2010, and reached a record high of nearly $16 billion in 2012. Colombia is the third largest Latin American exporter of oil to the United States, and the United States' largest source of imported coal. Inequality, underemployment, and narcotrafficking remain significant challenges, and Colombia's infrastructure requires major improvements to sustain economic expansion.

Source : CIA

 

REGISTERED NAME & COMPANY SUMMARY

 

IDENTIFICATION

COMPANY NAME

COMPAŅIA GENERAL DE ACEROS SA

TRADE NAME

CGA SA

TAX ID TYPE

NIT

TAX ID NUMBER

860069182-1

CURRENT STATUS

Active

MAIN ADDRESS

Av. 68 No.37B-51 Sur

CITY/PROVINCE/STATE

Bogota, Cundinamarca

PHONE NUMBER(S)

(57-1)770.0560

FAX NUMBER

(57-1)770.0530/770.0550

E-MAIL

luz.romero@cga.com.co

WEB SITE

www.cga.com.co

PAYMENT HISTORY

WITHOUT CREDIT EXPERIENCE

COMMENTS OF IDENTIFICATION.-

The report was ordered as: CIA GENERAL DE ACEROS SA. Please be advised that the complete form of company name is as shown in caption. Also, this report was requested with address: Avenida 68 No 37B-51Sur Bogota D.C Colombia, Colombia. Please be noticed that the correct and complete form of this address is as mentioned above.

 

LEGAL ASPECTS

LEGAL STATUS

Stock Company

INCORPORATION DATE

13/02/1979

REGISTERED IN

Bogota

DURATION

30/06/2048

REGISTRATION

Certificate No.119316, File No.24091

PAID-UP CAPITAL

Ps$5,334,320,000.00 Colombian Pesos

LAST CAPITAL INCREASE

June 2010 (last known)

NET WORTH

Ps$60,111,989,000.00 Colombian Pesos (as of 31/12/2011)

LISTED AT STOCK EXCHANGE

NO

RATE OF EXCHANGE

US$1.00 = Ps$1,932.80 (as of report date)

COMMENTS ON LEGAL ASPECTS .-

The Subject is subscribed to the Unique Business Registration (RUE) since 1979. On 13/02/1979, the subject was registered at the Superintendency of Companies of Bogota, under Certificate No.119316, File No.24091. On 30/05/1979, the subject was affiliated to the Bogota Chamber of Commerce. On 29/06/2011, the subject was registered at the Bogota Proponent Chamber of Commerce, under Proponent Registry No.11201. The firms that sign contracts with national entities are registered in this Chamber.

 


DIRECTORS/MANAGEMENT

 

BOARD OF DIRECTORS-EXECUTIVES-SHAREHOLDERS

NAME

JOB TITLE

% STAKE

MARTINEZ AVILA, ELMERS

President

 

VILLAREAL, RICARDO

General Manager

 

MARTINEZ AVILA, EDILBERTO

Director

 

MARTINEZ AVILA, JUAN DAVID

Director

 

MARTINEZ AVILA, WILLIAM LESTER

Director

 

MARTINEZ AREVALO, JUAN PASCUAL

Director

 

FERNANDEZ MORA SANCHEZ, DIEGO

Capital Director

 

LEON, LUIS FERNANDO

Commercial Manager

 

ROMERO, LILIANA

Finance Manager

 

ROMERO JARA, LUZ ESPERANZA

General Accountant

 

GUTIERREZ MURILLO, NARDA ELVIRA

Tax Inspector

 

ORTEGA SANCHEZ, GUSTAVO

Substitute Tax Inspector

 

 

 

NEGATIVE INFORMATION

 

No negative information found.

 

 

SHARE & SHARE CAPITAL INFORMATION

 

PAID-UP CAPITAL

Ps$5,334,320,000.00 Colombian Pesos

LAST CAPITAL INCREASE

June 2010 (last known)

NET WORTH

Ps$60,111,989,000.00 Colombian Pesos (as of 31/12/2011)

LISTED AT STOCK EXCHANGE

NO

 

PAYMENT INFORMATION

 

IMPORTS

YEAR

2013

AMOUNT

US$ 9,579,971.63

COUNTRIES

Korea, USA, Ukraine, Taiwan, China, Finland, Sweden, Germany, South Africa, Brazil

 

YEAR

2012

AMOUNT

US$ 14,223,258.88

COUNTRIES

China, The Netherlands, Taiwan, South Africa, Italy, USA, Belgium, Ukraine, Brazil, Japan, Peru

 

YEAR

2011

AMOUNT

US$ 17,435,239.73

COUNTRIES

China, South Africa, Italy, Brazil, Belgium, Sweeden, Taiwan, Germany, Ukraine

 

YEAR

2010

AMOUNT

US$ 13,331,645.74

COUNTRIES

Sweden, The Netherlands, USA, Brazil, Spain, Taiwan

 

EXPORTS

YEAR

2013

AMOUNT

US$ 745,703.82

COUNTRIES

Ecuador, Venezuela, Dominican Republic

 

YEAR

2012

AMOUNT

US$ 1,083,477.44

COUNTRIES

Ecuador, Costa Rica, Spain, Panama, Venezuela

 

YEAR

2011

AMOUNT

US$ 239,704.84

COUNTRIES

Ecuador, The Dominican Republic

 

YEAR

2010

AMOUNT

US$ 212,416.12

COUNTRIES

Ecuador, Guatemala

 

LOCAL SUPPLIERS

Name

Contact

Telephone

FERRASAS SAS

Diana Gutierrez

(57-1)401.2525

ACERIAS PAZ DEL RIO SA

 

(57-1)651.7300

 

FOREIGN SUPPLIERS

Name

Contact

Telephone/fax

Country

LODEC METTAL - HADEL GMBH

 

 

GERMANY

CALIBRADOS PRADERA SA

 

 

SPAIN

ALERINOX SA

 

 

SPAIN

EDELSTAHLWERQE WITTE-KREFFERA AG.

 

 

GERMANY

 

 

GROUP STRUCTURE & AFFILIATED COMPANIES

 

N/a

 

 

FINANCIAL INFORMATION

 

FINANCIAL INFORMATION

CONTENT.-

All the information comprised herein has been obtained through outside sources since the main executives of the subject declined to collaborate with our inquiry. We have send them a written request, however, no answer was received up to date. As interest data, we obtained the subject's Balance Sheets as of 31/12/2011(12 months) (last known), expressed in Colombian Pesos, as follows:

 

GENERAL BALANCE SHEET

Balance Date

31/12/2011

 

 

Currency

Colombian Peso

 

 

Exchange Rate

1,941.50

 

 

.Current Total

53,465,944,000.00

 

 

.Net Fixed

42,567,660,000.00

 

 

.Total Assets

96,033,604,000.00

 

 

.Total Current Liabilities

30,414,915,000.00

 

 

.Long Term Accounts

5,506,700,000.00

 

 

Total Liabilities

35,921,615,000.00

 

 

Total Equity

60,111,989,000.00

 

 

Total Liabilities and Equity

96,033,604,000.00

 

 

 

PROFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNT

Balance Date

31/12/2011

 

 

Currency

Colombian Peso

 

 

Exchange Rate

1,941.50

 

 

Net Sales

90,680,939,000.00

 

 

Profit(loss)

10,752,492,000.00

 

 

 

RATIOS FINANCIAL

PERIOD

2,011.00

 

 

.NET WORKING CAPITAL

23,051,029,000.00

 

 

.CREDIT RATING

1.76

 

 

.CONTENTS OF THE ACID TEST

0.00

 

 

.INDEBTEDNESS

2.67

 

 

.LIABILITIES, CAPITAL

0.00

 

 

.TOTAL ASSET TURNOVER

0.94

 

 

.RETURN ON EQUITY

0.00

 

 

.NET RETURN ON SALES

0.00

 

 

 

FINANCIAL COMMENTS.-

 

The Subject is a company incorporated in 1979 which displays a normal tendency in its operations. COUNTRY CONTEXT - COLOMBIA: The below Country comments were obtained from a highly regarded public source that issues economic comments on all of World's countries. Taxes: · Colombian income tax: 38.5% on the net profit-business:. · Tax agreements with the Andean Community and Spain which allow residents in this countries to have a special tax treatment. · Alphabetic currency code for every country, established by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 4217: Colombian Peso (COP) Main economic indicators: · External debt: US $73.41 billion (31 December 2012 est.) · International reserves: US$34.74 billion (31 December 2012 est.) · Inflation rate forecasted: 3.2% (2012 est.) · GDP growth rate: 4.3% (2012 est.) · Annual GDP per capita: US$10,700 (2012 est.) · GDP - composition by sector: agriculture: 6.8% industry: 38.1% services: 55.1% (2012 est.) · Labour force of 23.08 million people divided by: agriculture: 18% industry: 13% services: 68% · Unemployment rate: 10.3% (2012 est.) Productive sectors: Agriculture - products: coffee, cut flowers, bananas, rice, tobacco, corn, sugarcane, cocoa beans, oilseed, vegetables; shrimp; forest products · Industrial - products: textiles, food processing, oil, clothing and footwear, beverages, chemicals, cement; gold, coal, emeralds Foreign trade: Exports: US$59.96 billion (2012 est.) country comparison to the world: 55 Exports - commodities: petroleum, coal, emeralds, coffee, nickel, cut flowers, bananas, apparel Exports - partners: US 42%, Netherlands 4.7%, China 4.2% (2011) Imports: US$55.49 billion (2012 est.) country comparison to the world: 54 Imports - commodities: industrial equipment, transportation equipment, consumer goods, chemicals, paper products, fuels, electricity Imports - partners: US 29.2%, China 11.9%, Mexico 11.5%, Brazil 5.3% (2011) Final brief: Commercial Country Risk: MEDIUM Political Country Risk: LOW

 

DETAILS OF FIXED ASSETS.-

- Horizontal and vertical band-saws - knife sharpeners - Lathes - Punches - Cutting shears - Bending machines - Cold/Hot cutting equipment - Compressors - 1 fleet of vehicles among vans and trunks - Office equipment and furniture among others

INSURANCE.-

The Subject holds an insurance policy with MAPFRE SEGUROS GENERALES DE COLOMBIA SA and ACE SEGUROS SA, through its broker COLAMSEG LTDA. Coverage amounts and maturity dates were not provided.

CREDIT FILES

One of the consulted suppliers only recognized the subject as a client well rated, while the other did not provide further information on their clients due to confidentiality policies.

 

 

FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES

 

RATE OF EXCHANGE

US$1.00 = Ps$1,932.80

 


ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

 

OPERATIONS

SECTOR

2.-TRADE (WHOLESALE)

ACTIVITY

METALS

ISIC CATEGORY

G-WHOLESALE AND/OR RETAIL SALE

ISIC CLASS

5190-Wholesale and Retail Sale of Diverse Industrial Products (Not specified)

MAIN ACTIVITY

Trade and distribution of steel. It has two divisions: - Commercial division - Industrial division House brands: - "MAX DUR" (wear-resistant line) - "INOXTECT" (stainless line)

% CASH SALES/PAYMENT METHOD

80%

% CREDIT SALES/TERMS

20% (terms at 30 days)

TERRITORY OF SALES

90% (Domestic market)

% FOREIGN SALES

10%

% LOCAL PURCHASING

60%

% FOREIGN PURCHASING

40%

N. OF EMPLOYEES

600 (approximately)

 

LOCATION

ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES and STORAGE: Located at captioned address, in industrial zone of the city. BRANCHES: - Cali: Carrera 31 A No.15-59 Acopi, Yumbo. Phone: (57-2)691.8585, Fax: (57-2)665.8593 - Medellin: Calle 32 No.41-139 Itagui. Phone: (57-4)372.4500, Fax: (57-4)277.6088 - Barranquilla: Via 40 No.51-444. Phone: (57-5)371.7600, Fax: (57-5)372.0220/344.3328 - Bucaramanga: Carrera 14 No.23-02. Phone: (57-6)633.7708/633.8323, Fax (57-6)663.2779 - Cartagena: Diagonal 30 No. 54 - 206, C.C. Mamonal plaza Local 19, Tel: (57-5) 667.3940 - Inoxtec: Diagonal 5H No. 47-01, Bogota, Colombia. Phone (57-1420.6800, Fax: (57-1))420.7153.

 

COMMENTS OF OPERATIONS.-

The subject was granted the certification ISO 9001:2000 in February 2000. It is exclusive representative of the German firm Edelstahlwerke Witte-Kreffeld A.G. The Subject performs operations throughout Colombia, being its main sectors of sale: - Plastics - Papers - Tool manufacture for automotive industry use. - Sugar - Metal- mechanical, Mining, among others. Main products - Mould-carrier bases. - Die-carrier bases. - Industrial knives. - Accessories for dies. - Metallic components, among others. The Subject has more than 100 foreign suppliers and a portfolio with over 6,000 active clients.

 

BANKERS / REFERENCE

Bank Name

Account Number

Account Officer

Telephone

Country

BANCOLOMBIA SA

 

 

 

COLOMBIA

BANCO DE OCCIDENTE SA

 

 

 

COLOMBIA

BBVA COLOMBIA SA

 

 

 

COLOMBIA

BANK COMENTS

Banks consulted did not provide information about clients on the grounds of confidentiality.

NOTES & COMMENTS

 

N/a

 


 

FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES

 

Currency

Unit

Indian Rupees

US Dollar

1

Rs.62.18

UK Pound

1

Rs.102.31

Euro

1

Rs.84.50

 

 

INFORMATION DETAILS

 

Report Prepared by :

NNA

 

 

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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