MIRA INFORM REPORT

 

 

Report Date :

29.07.2014

 

IDENTIFICATION DETAILS

 

Name :

LARVEL

 

 

Registered Office :

23-1, Jangteo 4-gil, Yangsan-si, Gyeongsangnam-do, Zip Code 626-050

 

 

Country :

South Korea

 

 

Date of Incorporation :

26.07.2005

 

 

Legal Form :

Sole Proprietorship

 

 

Line of Business :

Wholesaler of Diamond Gemstones, Watches and Jewelry such as Rings, Fine Jewelry Necklaces & Earrings

 

 

No of Employees :

Not Available 

 

RATING & COMMENTS

 

MIRA’s Rating :

Ca

 

RATING

STATUS

PROPOSED CREDIT LINE

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

 

Status :

Moderate

 

 

Payment Behaviour :

Unknown 

 

 

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)

South Korea

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

 

South Korea ECONOMIC OVERVIEW

 

South Korea over the past four decades has demonstrated incredible growth and global integration to become a high-tech industrialized economy. In the 1960s, GDP per capita was comparable with levels in the poorer countries of Africa and Asia. In 2004, South Korea joined the trillion-dollar club of world economies, and is currently the world's 12th largest economy. Initially, a system of close government and business ties, including directed credit and import restrictions, made this success possible. The government promoted the import of raw materials and technology at the expense of consumer goods, and encouraged savings and investment over consumption. The Asian financial crisis of 1997-98 exposed longstanding weaknesses in South Korea's development model including high debt/equity ratios and massive short-term foreign borrowing. GDP plunged by 6.9% in 1998, and then recovered by 9% in 1999-2000. South Korea adopted numerous economic reforms following the crisis, including greater openness to foreign investment and imports. Growth moderated to about 4% annually between 2003 and 2007. South Korea's export focused economy was hit hard by the 2008 global economic downturn, but quickly rebounded in subsequent years, reaching 6.3% growth in 2010. The US-Korea Free Trade Agreement was ratified by both governments in 2011 and went into effect in March 2012. Throughout 2012 and 2013 the economy experienced sluggish growth because of market slowdowns in the United States, China, and the Eurozone. The administration in 2014 is likely to face the challenge of balancing heavy reliance on exports with developing domestic-oriented sectors, such as services. The South Korean economy's long term challenges include a rapidly aging population, inflexible labor market, dominance of large conglomerates (chaebols), and heavy reliance on exports, which comprise about half of GDP.

 

Source : CIA

Basic

 

Concern Name

LARVEL

(Korean Concern Name : “라르벨”)

Registered Address

23-1, Jangteo 4-gil, Yangsan-si, Gyeongsangnam-do, Korea

(Old Address System : 403-3, Jungbu-dong, Yangsan-si, Gyeongsangnam-do, Korea)

Zip Code

626-050

Tel

+82-55-387-2665

E-mail

recruit@larvel.co.kr

Website

www.larvel.co.kr

Trading Address

118, Jong-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul, Korea

Tel

+82-2-2271-1230

Fax

+82-2-741-5759

Type

Export/Import

  Main Business

Wholesaler of Diamond Gemstones, Watches and Jewelry such as Rings, Fine Jewelry Necklaces & Earrings

Established (mm/dd/yyyy)

07/26/2005

 

 

Detailed Products

 

Activity

Detailed Products (UNSPSC)

Sell

Diamond gemstones(54121501)

Sell

Fine jewelry necklaces(54101502)

 

 

CEO’s

 

Name

Kim Myung-Sun

Date of Birth

05/11/1960

Title

Owner

Sex

Female

Nationality

Korean

 

 

Profiles

 

Capital (KRW)

Not Applicable to the Sole Proprietorship

Employees

N/A

Formation

Sole Proprietorship

Bank Details

N/A

Corporate Registered No.

Not Applicable to the Sole Proprietorship

Business Registered No.

123-11-83*** (The full numbers are kept by the National Tax Service confidentially.)

Because the subject’s full Business Registered No., for checking through the National Tax Service whether the subject is still existing or not, is not available, so we cannot confirm if the subject exist or not legally.)

Permit & Licenses

N/A

Shareholder Position

The owner has 100% shares.

Concern History

09/02/2004 Established as the present name

 

 

Management

 

Job Description

Title

Name

Sex

Nationality

Inauguration Date

Owner

M/S.

Kim Myung-Sun

Female

Korean

07/26/2005

 

 

Financials

 

The financials are not available, and the Subject Concern does not have any obligations to release its financials to the public.

 

 

Financial Description

 

Authorized Capital(KRW)

Not Applicable to the Sole Proprietorship

Paid-Up Capital(KRW)

Not Applicable to the Sole Proprietorship

Total Issued Shares

Not Applicable to the Sole Proprietorship

 

 

Products, Technologies, Services Description

 

Main Products & Services

·         Diamond Gemstones

Watches

Jewelry such as Rings, Fine Jewelry Necklaces & Earrings

 

 

Trade Partners & Competitors

 

Competitors

GOLDENDEW CO., LTD.(110111-0319445)

1ST FL., HWADONG BLDG., 1466-14, SEOCHO 3-DONG, SEOCHO-GU, SEOUL, KOREA

TEL:+82-2-3415-5700  FAX:+82-2-3471-1455

 

GEMOPIA JEWELRY CO., LTD.

E-201, BUNDANG TECHNO PARK, 151, YATAP-DONG, BUNDANG-GU, SEONGNAM-SI, GYEONGGI-DO, KOREA

TEL:+82-31-708-2005  FAX:+82-31-707-7534

 

JEWELLEY POOREUM

27, MYO-DONG, JONGNO-GU, SEOUL, KOREA

TEL:+82-2-745-7134~5  FAX:+82-2-745-7136

 

 

 

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-concern 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.60.10

UK Pound

1

Rs.102.04

Euro

1

Rs.80.74

 

 

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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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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