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Report Date : |
04.07.2014 |
IDENTIFICATION DETAILS
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Name : |
AUTHENTIC IMPORTS (HK) LTD. |
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Registered Office : |
Room C, 14/F., Tin Man Court, 2A Kimberley Street, Tsimshatsui,
Kowloon |
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Country : |
Hong Kong |
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Date of Incorporation : |
17.01.2014 |
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Com. Reg. No.: |
62652091 |
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Legal Form : |
Private Limited Company |
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Line of Business : |
Trader. Importer and Exporter of All kinds of diamonds |
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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 : |
NB |
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RATING |
STATUS |
PROPOSED CREDIT LINE |
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NB |
New Business |
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Status : |
New Company |
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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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Moderate Low Risk |
B1 |
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Moderate Risk |
B2 |
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Moderate 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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AUTHENTIC IMPORTS
(HK) LTD.
ADDRESS: Room C, 14/F., Tin Man
Court, 2A Kimberley Street, Tsimshatsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong.
PHONE: 852-6545 6281
FAX: Not available.
Managing Director: Mr. Naitik
Kaushikkumar Shah
Incorporated on: 17th January, 2014.
Organization: Private Limited
Company.
Capital: Nominal: HK$10,000.00
Issued: HK$1.00
Business Category: Diamond
Trader.
Employees: Nil.
Main Dealing Banker: The
Hongkong & Shanghai Banking Corp. Ltd., Hong Kong.
Banking Relation: Satisfactory.
AUTHENTIC IMPORTS
(HK) LTD.
Registered Head
Office:-
Room C, 14/F., Tin Man Court, 2A Kimberley Street, Tsimshatsui, Kowloon,
Hong Kong.
Affiliated
Company:-
RPV Diamonds Ltd., Hong Kong.
(Same address)
[Tel: 852-6545 6281]
62652091
2027966
Managing Director: Mr. Naitik
Kaushikkumar Shah
Nominal Share Capital: HK$10,000.00 (Divided into 10,000 shares of
HK$1.00 each)
Issued Share Capital: HK$1.00
SHAREHOLDER: (As
per registry dated 17-01-2014)
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Name |
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No. of share |
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Naitik Kaushikkumar SHAH |
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1 = |
DIRECTOR: (As per
registry dated 17-01-2014)
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Name (Nationality) |
Address |
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Naitik Kaushikkumar SHAH |
Room C, 14/F., Tin Man Court, 2A Kimberley Street, Tsimshatsui,
Kowloon, Hong Kong. |
SECRETARY: (As per
registry dated 17-01-2014)
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Name |
Address |
Co. No. |
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Champion Corporate Ltd. |
Unit 907, 9/F., Silvercord Tower 2, 30 Canton Road, Tsimshatsui,
Kowloon, Hong Kong. |
0657221 |
The subject was incorporated on 17th January, 2014 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: Diamond
Trader.Importer and Exporter.
Lines: All
kinds of diamonds, etc.
Employees: Nil.
Commodities Imported: India,
etc.
Markets: Hong
Kong, other Asian countries, etc.
Terms/Sales: COD or as per
contracted.
Terms/Buying: L/C or as per contracted.
Nominal Share Capital: HK$10,000.00
(Divided into 10,000 shares of HK$1.00 each)
Issued Share Capital: HK$1.00
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 just one ordinary share of HK$1.00, Authentic Imports (HK)
Ltd. is wholly owned by Mr. Naitik Kaushikkumar Shah who is an India
merchant. 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 Room C, 14/F., Tin Man
Court, 2A Kimberley Street, Tsimshatsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong where is a private
building. This is also the residence of
N K Shah. N K Shah can be reached at his
Hong Kong mobile phone number 852-6545 6281.
The subject is a diamond trader.
It is trading in loose diamonds like marquise, pears, tappers, baguettes
and rose cut, round brilliant, single cut and fancy cut, heart cut, emerald
cut, etc. Products are chiefly imported
from India. Prime markets are Hong Kong,
other Asian countries, etc. Business is
at the initial stage.
The subject’s business is chiefly handled by N K Shah himself. History in Hong Kong is just over five
months.
The subject has had an affiliated company RPV Diamonds Ltd. [RPV]
located at the same address. Having
issued just one ordinary share of HK$1.00, RPV is wholly owned by Mr.
Priteshkumar Rameshlal Doshi who is an India merchant. The only director of RPV is also N K
Shah. RPV was incorporated on 16th
March, 2011.
On the whole, since the history of the subject is short, consider it
good for normal 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. 59.72 |
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1 |
Rs. 102.45 |
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Euro |
1 |
Rs. 81.54 |
INFORMATION DETAILS
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Analysis Done by
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Report Prepared
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DPT |
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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