MIRA INFORM REPORT

 

 

Report Date :

12.06.2014

 

IDENTIFICATION DETAILS

 

Name :

ISKCON GEMSISKCON GEMS

 

 

Registered Office :

Unit 1223, 12/F., Block B, Focal Industrial Center, 21 Man Lok Street, Hunghom, Kowloon

 

 

Country :

Hong Kong

 

 

Date of Incorporation :

20.01.1988

 

 

Com. Reg. No.:

11546617-000-01

 

 

Legal Form :

Sole Proprietorship

 

 

LINE OF BUSINESS :

TRADER OF PRECIOUS STONE AND DIAMOND

 

 

No. of Employees :

5.  (Including affiliates)

 

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 – March 31, 2014

 

Country Name

Previous Rating

(31.12.2013)

Current Rating

(31.03.2014)

Hong Kong

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

 


 

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

 

 

 

 


Company name and address

 

ISKCON GEMSISKCON GEMS

 

ADDRESS:       Unit 1223, 12/F., Block B, Focal Industrial Center, 21 Man Lok Street, Hunghom, Kowloon, Hong Kong.

 

PHONE:            852-2366 4499,  2366 9040,  2367 6541,  2366 5599

 

FAX:                 852-2366 5599

 

E-MAIL:            iskongem@netvigator.com

                        mail@iskcongems.com

 

 

MANAGEMENT

 

Manager:  Mr. Agarwal Rajesh

 

 

SUMMARY

 

Establishment:               20th January, 1988.

 

Organization:                 Sole Proprietorship.

 

Capital:                         Not disclosed.

 

Business Category:       Precious Stone and Diamond Trader.

 

Employees:                   5.  (Including affiliates)

 

Main Dealing Banker:     The Hongkong & Shanghai Banking Corp. Ltd., Hong Kong.

 

Banking Relation:          Satisfactory.


Company name

 

ISKCON  GEMSISKCON  GEMS

 

 

ADDRESS

 

Head Office:-

Unit 1223, 12/F., Block B, Focal Industrial Center, 21 Man Lok Street, Hunghom, Kowloon, Hong Kong.

 

Affiliated Companies:-

IGM Exports Pvt. Ltd., India.

IG Exports, Hong Kong.  (Same address)

Navaratna Exports Ltd., Thailand.

 

 

BUSINESS REGISTRATION NUMBER

 

 11546617-000-01

 

 

MANAGEMENT

 

Manager:  Mr. Agarwal Rajesh

 

 

SOLE PROPRIETOR

 

Name:                           Mr. Agarwal RAJESH

Residential Address:     Alak-Nanda, C’scheme, Jaipur, India.

 

 

HISTORY

 

The subject was established on 20th January, 1988 as a sole proprietorship concern owned by Mr. Agarwal Rajesh under the Hong Kong Business Registration Regulations.

Long time ago the subject was located at Room A-3, 9/F., Carnarvon Mansion, 10 Carnarvon Road, Tsimshatsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong, moved to Room B, 7/F., Block B, Champagne Court, 16-20 Kimberley Road, Tsimshatsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong in February 1997; to Room A & B, 13/F., Chase Gold Tower, 100 Ma Tau Wai Road, Hunghom, Kowloon, Hong Kong in August 2004, and further moved to the present address in July 2005.

Apart from these, neither material change nor amendment has been ever traced and noted.

 


OPERATIONS

 

Activities:                      Precious Stone and Diamond Trader. Precious Stone and Diamond Trader.

 

Lines:                           Sapphire, ruby, emerald, gemstone, diamond, etc.

 

Employees:                  5.  (Including affiliates)

 

Commodities Imported: India, Africa, Burma, Brazil, etc.

 

Markets:                        Asia, North America, South America, Europe, etc.

 

Terms/Sales:                 L/C or as per contracted.

 

Terms/Buying:               L/C, T/T, D/P, etc.

 

 

FINANCIAL INFORMATION

 

Capital:                         Not disclosed.

 

Profit or Loss:               Making a small profit every year.

 

Condition:                     Business is normal.

 

Facilities:                      Making rather active use of general banking facilities.

 

Payment:                      Met as contracted.

 

Commercial Morality:     Satisfactory.

 

Banker:                          The Hongkong & Shanghai Banking Corp. Ltd., Hong Kong.

 

Standing:                      Small.

 

 

GENERAL

 

Iskcon Gems is a sole proprietorship set up on 20th January, 1988 and owned by Mr. Agarwal Rajesh who is an India businessman.  He is a Hong Kong ID Card holder and has got the right to reside in Hong Kong permanently.  He is manager of the subject.

The subject has another company IG Exports located at the same address.  IG Export is a sole proprietorship set up on 29th May, 2007 and owned by Ms. Sunita Agarwal who is an India businesswoman.  She seems to be a family member of Agarwal Rajesh.

The subject is trading in the following commodities:


 

Product/Service

Product/Service Remarks

Fine Jewellery Gemstones and Jade

 

Semi-Precious Stone

Citrine, Peridot, Garnet, Aquamarine, Iolite, Tourmuline, Tahzanite and Tsavorite (Importer)

Citrine, Peridot, Garnet, Aquamarine, Iolite, Tourmuline, Tahzanite and Tsavorite (Exporter)

Sapphire

From Thailand, Australia, Ceylon (Importer)

From Thailand, Australia, Ceylon (Exporter)

Ruby

From Thailand, Burma, Africa (Importer)

From Thailand, Burma, Africa (Exporter)

Emerald

From Brazil, Zambia, Columbia (Importer)

From Brazil, Zambia, Columbia (Exporter)

 

The above-mentioned products include the following specifications:

Precious Stone:-

Diamonds, Ruby, Sapphire, Emerald, Pink Sapphire, Yellow Sapphire, White Sapphire, and all other colour sapphires;

Semi Precious Stone:

Alexandrite, Amethyst, Apatite, Aquamarine, Ametrine, Blue Topaz (Swiss Blue, London Blue, Sky Blue), Chalcedony, Citrine, Crome‑diopside, Garnet, Green Amethyst, Iolite, Kunzite, Moonstones in all colour, Peridot, Quartz in all kind (Lemon, Olive, Champagne, Pink), Rodholite, Rubilite, Spessartite, Sunstone, Tanzanite, Topaz, Tourmaline (Pink, Green, Multi colour), Tsavorite;

Shapes:

Round, Oval, Pear, Marquise, Heart, Baguette, Octagon, Square, Trillion, Cushion, Cabochons in all shapes, Checkerboard in all shapes, Radiant and Concave cutting in  all shapes, Princess cut Square, Diamond cut Round, Drops/ Briolette( Round and Flat), and many more Fancy cut stones;

 

Sizes:

All calibrated and specially requested sizes are available; &

Rough Stone:

Amethyst, Blue Topaz, Citrine, Lemon Quartz, Olive Quartz, Green Amethyst, Garnet, Pink Amethyst, Peridot, Rose Quartz, White topaz etc.

The subject’s associated factories are in Thailand, China and India.

Most of the commodities are import from Thailand, Burma, Africa, India, etc.  Business is rather active.  Finished products are exported to Asian countries, North America, South America, Europe, etc.

Besides, the subject has got an affiliated company Navaratna Exports Ltd. [Navaratna] which is a Thailand-based firm.  Navaratna is in Bangkok, Thailand.

Another affiliated firm in India is known as IGM Exports.  This firm is in Jaipur, India.  IGM Exports is trading in sapphire, ruby, emerald, and other kinds of semi-precious stones.  Overall business is good.

In order to penetrate the international market further, the subject has taken part in fairs and exhibitions held in Hong Kong and other foreign large cities.  The history of the subject is over twenty-seven years in India.

In order to penetrate the international market further, the subject has taken part in fairs and exhibitions held in Hong Kong and other foreign large cities.  For instance, it is going to take part in “HKTDC Hong Kong International Jewellery Show 2015” which will be held in Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, Wanchai, Hong Kong during the period of 4th to 8th March, 2015.  Its booth No. is AWE 5-H01.

The subject is fully supported by its affiliated firms both in Hong Kong and overseas.  Business is normal.  History of the subject in Hong Kong is over twenty-six years.

On the whole, consider it good for normal business engagements.

 

FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES

 

Currency

Unit

Indian Rupees

US Dollar

1

Rs.59.33

UK Pound

1

Rs.99.42

Euro

1

Rs.80.32

 

INFORMATION DETAILS

 

Analysis Done by :

SUM

 

 

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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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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