MIRA INFORM REPORT

 

 

Report Date :

04.07.2014

 

IDENTIFICATION DETAILS

 

Name :

TERACAST PTY LTD

 

 

Formerly Known As :

AGARWALLA INTERNATIONAL PTY LTD

 

 

Registered Office :

C/o CARTHILLS
Level 1, 2072 Logan Road, Upper Mount Gravatt, Queensland, 4122

 

 

Country :

Australia

 

 

Date of Incorporation :

08.11.1996

 

 

Com. Reg. No.:

076313374

 

 

Legal Form :

Australian Proprietary Company, Limited by Shares

 

 

Line of Business :

The Subject is a dormant company. The Subject was previously engaged as diamond merchants.

 

 

No. of Employees :

Not Available

 

RATING & COMMENTS

 

MIRA’s Rating :

C

 

RATING

STATUS

PROPOSED CREDIT LINE

<10

C

Absolute credit risk exists. Caution needed to be exercised

Credit not recommended

 

Status :

Dormant

Payment Behaviour :

--

Litigation :

--

 

NOTES :

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ECGC Country Risk Classification List – March 31, 2014

 

Country Name

Previous Rating

(31.12.2013)

Current Rating

(31.03.2014)

Australia

A1

A1

 

Risk Category

ECGC Classification

Insignificant

 

A1

Low Risk

 

A2

Moderately Low Risk

 

B1

Moderate Risk

 

B2

Moderately High Risk

 

C1

High Risk

 

C2

Very High Risk

 

D

 


 

AUSTRALIA - ECONOMIC OVERVIEW

 

The Australian economy has experienced continuous growth and features low unemployment, contained inflation, very low public debt, and a strong and stable financial system. By 2012, Australia had experienced more than 20 years of continued economic growth, averaging 3.5% a year. Demand for resources and energy from Asia and especially China has grown rapidly, creating a channel for resources investments and growth in commodity exports. The high Australian dollar has hurt the manufacturing sector, while the services sector is the largest part of the Australian economy, accounting for about 70% of GDP and 75% of jobs. Australia was comparatively unaffected by the global financial crisis as the banking system has remained strong and inflation is under control. Australia has benefited from a dramatic surge in its terms of trade in recent years, stemming from rising global commodity prices. Australia is a significant exporter of natural resources, energy, and food. Australia's abundant and diverse natural resources attract high levels of foreign investment and include extensive reserves of coal, iron, copper, gold, natural gas, uranium, and renewable energy sources. A series of major investments, such as the US$40 billion Gorgon Liquid Natural Gas project, will significantly expand the resources sector. Australia is an open market with minimal restrictions on imports of goods and services. The process of opening up has increased productivity, stimulated growth, and made the economy more flexible and dynamic. Australia plays an active role in the World Trade Organization, APEC, the G20, and other trade forums. Australia has bilateral free trade agreements (FTAs) with Chile, Malaysia, New Zealand, Singapore, Thailand, and the US, has a regional FTA with ASEAN and New Zealand, is negotiating agreements with China, India, Indonesia, Japan, and the Republic of Korea, as well as with its Pacific neighbors and the Gulf Cooperation Council countries, and is also working on the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement with Brunei Darussalam, Canada, Chile, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, the US, and Vietnam.

 

Source : CIA

 

 

 

 


CORPORATE DETAILS

 

Verified Address

 

Subject name
TERACAST PTY LTD
Business name / Other

ADORA DIAMONDS / AMITY IMPORTS / STARFIRE DIAMONDS / UNIQUE CREATIONS
Business address

Suite 3, Level 7, T & G Building
141 Queen Street
Town

Brisbane
Province

Queensland
Zip / Postal code

4000
Country

Australia
Telephone

+61 7 30031788 / 416162505 (Mobile No.)
Fax

+61 7 30031799
Website

www.teracast.com.au
Remarks

The representative contacted Mr. Manish Prem Agarwal at +61 416162505 advised that the business of the Subject has been taken over by ADORA DIAMONDS PTY LTD under Australian Company Number: 155802378 and Australian Business Number: 67155802378 since 1 July 2014. The Subject is now a dormant company. The change was implemented due to the divorce of Mr. Manish Prem Agarwal and his wife Shweta Sharmila.

Registered address
C/o CARTHILLS
Level 1, 2072 Logan Road
Town

Upper Mount Gravatt
Province

Queensland
Zip / Postal code

4122
Country

Australia

 

 

 

SUMMARY DETAILS

 

Report Summary

 

Date registered
08/11/1996
Legal form

Australian Proprietary Company, Limited by Shares
Key personnel

Manish Prem Agarwal
Line of business

The Subject is a dormant company. The Subject was previously engaged as diamond merchants.
Staff employed

Nil

Paid-up capital
AUD2.00

 

 

 

STATUTORY DETAILS

 

Registry Information

 

Date registered
08/11/1996
Legal form

Australian Proprietary Company, Limited by Shares
Registration number

Australian Company Number: 076313374
Registered authority

Australian Securities and Investments Commission
Tax / VAT number

Australian Business Number: 61076313374

 

Statutory status
Dormant
Previous name

The Subject was previously known as AGARWALLA INTERNATIONAL PTY LTD and changed to its current style on 03-08-2000.
Change of legal form

None reported.
Other registration

ADORA DIAMONDS is a business name owned by the Subject registered on 26/09/2006 bearing registration number BN20040465. AMITY IMPORTS is a business name owned by the Subject registered on 26/09/2006 bearing registration number BN20040428. STARFIRE DIAMONDS is a business name owned by the Subject registered on 01/12/2008 bearing registration number BN21000074. UNIQUE CREATIONS is a business name owned by the Subject registered on 26/09/2006 bearing registration number BN20040441.

 

 

BOARD OF MANAGEMENT

 

Key Personnel

 

Name
Manish Prem Agarwal
Designation

Managing Director

 

 

 


BOARD OF DIRECTORS

 

Appointments

 

Name
Manish Prem Agarwal
Title

Director and Company Secretary
Appointment date

08/11/96
Address

76 Abbotsleigh Street
Holland Park, QLD 4121
Australia
Biography

Born on 14/07/1972 in India.

Staff employed
Nil

 

 

SHARE CAPITAL

 

Composition

 

Authorized capital
AUD2.00
Number / Type of shares

2 Ordinary Shares
Share par value

AUD1.00
Issued capital

AUD2.00

Paid-up capital
AUD2.00

 

 

 

OWNERSHIP / SHAREHOLDERS

 

Composition

 

How listed
Full list
Shareholder name

Manish Prem Agarwal
Address

76 Abbotsleigh Street
Holland Park, QLD 4121
Australia
Number / Type of shares

2 Ordinary Shares
Percentage (%) of shares

100%

 

CORPORATE AFFILIATIONS AND RELATED COMPANIES

 

Structure

 

Company name
ADORA DIAMONDS PTY LTD
Affiliation type

Associate
Country of business

Australia

Remarks on corporate affiliations and related companies
None reported.

 

 

BANK AND MORTGAGES

 

Bank Details

 

Name of bank
Suncorp Bank
Address

Australia

 

Comments
It is generally not the policy of local banks to provide credit status information to non related parties, however interested parties would be advised to consult first with the Subject if banker's references are required.

 

Mortgages

 

None reported.

 

 

Legal Filings

 

Bankruptcy filings
None reported.
Court judgements

None reported.

Tax liens
None reported.
Others

None reported.

 

 

FINANCIAL STATISTICS

 

Remarks

 

The Subject is a dormant company hence financial information is not available with the Australian Securities & Investments Commission.

The Subject is classified as a small proprietary company by the Australian Securities & Investments Commission hence is not required to disclose their financial statement

 

A proprietary company is defined as small for a financial year if it satisfies at least two of the following:

- The consolidated revenue for the financial year of the company and any entities it controls is less than $25 million;

-The value of the consolidated gross assets at the end of the financial year of the company and any entities it controls is less than $12.5 million, and
-The company and any entities it controls have fewer than 50 employees at the end of the financial year.

 

 

BUSINESS DETAILS

 

Operational Details

 

Main activities

The Subject is a dormant company. The Subject was previously engaged as diamond merchants.

 

Purchases

 

Local
None reported.

International
None reported.

 

Sales

 

Local
None reported.

International
None reported.

 

Business Facilities and Assets

 

Premises
The Subject operates from the verified heading address consisting of an administrative office.

 

Branches
None reported.

 

 

 

SUMMARIZED COUNTRY RISK

 

Gross Domestic Products (GDP) and Economic Overview

 

Central bank
Reserve Bank of Australia
Reserve of foreign exchange and gold

US$ 46.714 billion
Gross domestic product (GDP)

US$ 1.586 trillion
Purchasing power parity (GPP)

954.296 billion of International dollars
GDP per capita (current prices)

US$ 68,916
GDP composition by sector

agriculture: 4%
industry: 25.6%
services: 70.4%
Inflation

2010: 2.8%
2011: 3.4%
2012: 2.7%
Unemployment rate

2010: 5.2%
2011: 5.1%
2012: 5.2%

Public debt (general Government gross debt as percentage (%) of GDP)
2010: 20.4%
2011: 22.9%
2012: 24%
Government bond ratings

Standard & Poors: AAA
Moodys rating: Aaa
Moodys outlook: STA
Market value of publicly traded shares

US$1.198 trillion
Largest companies

Qantas Airways (Airline),Coca-Cola Amatil (Beverages), CSL (Biotechs), Brambles (Business & Personal Services),Crown Ltd (Casinos & Gaming), Amcor (Containers & Packaging),Suncorp-Metway (Diversified Insurance), BHP Billiton (Diversified Metals & Mining),Newcrest Mining (Diversified Metals & Mining), Orica (Diversified Metals & Mining), Iluka Resources (Diversified Metals & Mining), Origin Energy (Electric Utilities), AGL Energy (Electric Utilities), Wesfarmers (Food Retail), Woolworths (Food Retail), Metcash (Food Retail), Macquarie Group (Investment services), AMP (Investment services), Challenger Ltd (Investment services), Fortescue Metals Group (Iron & Steel), Bluescope Steel (Iron & Steel), Commonwealth Bank (Major Banks), Westpac Banking Group (Major Banks), National Australia Bank (Major Banks), ANZ (Major Banks), Woodside Petroleum (Oil & Gas Operations), Santos (Oil & Gas Operations), Caltex Australia (Oil & Gas Operations), WorleyParsons (Oil Services & Equipment), Toll Holdings (Other Transportation), Transurban Group (Other Transportation), QBE Insurance Group (Property & Casualty Insurance), Insurance Australia Group (Property & Casualty Insurance), QR National (Railroads), Westfield Group (Real Estate), Stockland Australia (Real Estate), Westfield Retail Trust (Real Estate), Lend Lease (Real Estate), CFS Retail Property Trust (Real Estate), Goodman Group (Real Estate), Bendigo & Adelaide Bank (Regional Banks), Bank of Queensland (Regional Banks), Incitec Pivot (Specialized Chemicals), Telstra (Telecommunications Services)

 

 

Trade and Competitiveness Overview

 

Total exports
US$263.9 billion
Export commodities

Coal, iron ore, gold, meat, wool, alumina, wheat, machinery and transport equipment
Total imports

US$239.7 billion
Import commodities

Machinery and transport equipment, computers and office machines, telecommunication equipment and parts; crude oil and petroleum products
Best countries for doing business

10 out of 185 countries
Global competitiveness ranking

20 (ranking by country on a basis of 144, the first is the best)

Major export partners
China 27.4%, Japan 19.2%, South Korea 8.9%, India 5.8%
Major import partners

China 18.5%, US 11.4%, Japan 7.9%, Singapore 6.3%, Germany 4.7%
FDI inflows

2009: US$26,554 million
2010: US$35,556 million
2011: US$41,317 million
FDI outflows

2009: US$16,693 million
2010: US$12,791 million
2011: US$19,999 million

 

Country and Population Overview

 

Total population
22.68 million
Total area

7,692,024 km2
Capital

Canberra

Currency
Australian dollars (AUD)
Internet users as percentage (%) of total population

79%

 

 

PAYMENT OUTLOOK

 

Purchases Term

 

Local
None

International
None

 

Sales Term

 

Local
None

International
None

 

Trade Reference / Payment Behaviour

 

Comments
As local and international trade references were not supplied, the Subject's payment track record history cannot be appropriately determined.

 

 

 

Investigation Note

 

Sources
Interviews and material provided by the Subject

Other official and local business sources

 


 

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.59.72

UK Pound

1

Rs.102.45

Euro

1

Rs.81.54

 

INFORMATION DETAILS

 

Analysis Done by :

KAR

 

 

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

--

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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