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Report Date : |
02.05.2014 |
IDENTIFICATION DETAILS
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Name : |
EST DIAMOND LTD. |
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Registered Office : |
c/o Leaper International Business Services Centre 8/F., Kam Lung Commercial Centre, 2 Hart Avenue, Tsimshatsui, Kowloon |
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Country : |
Hong Kong |
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Date of Incorporation : |
10.06.2013 |
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Com. Reg. No.: |
61569742 |
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Legal Form : |
Private Limited Company |
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Line of Business : |
Importer, Exporter and Wholesaler of all kinds of diamonds |
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No. of Employees : |
Not Available |
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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Moderately Low Risk |
B1 |
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Moderate Risk |
B2 |
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Moderately 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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EST DIAMOND LTD.
ADDRESS: c/o Leaper International
Business Services Centre
8/F., Kam Lung
Commercial Centre, 2 Hart Avenue, Tsimshatsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong.
PHONE: 852-3526 1121
FAX: 852-3526 1129
Managing Director: Mr. Sandhya
Kunal Bhansali
Incorporated on: 10th June, 2013.
Organization: Private Limited Company.
Capital: Nominal: HK$10,000.00
Issued: HK$10,000.00
Business Category: Diamond
Trader.
Employees: Nil.
Main Dealing Banker: The
Hongkong & Shanghai Banking Corp. Ltd., Hong Kong.
Banking Relation: Satisfactory.
EST DIAMOND
LTD.
Registered
Office:-
c/o Leaper International Business Services Centre
8/F., Kam Lung Commercial Centre, 2 Hart Avenue, Tsimshatsui, Kowloon,
Hong Kong.
61569742
1920723
Managing Director: Mr. Sandhya
Kunal Bhansali
Nominal Share Capital: HK$10,000.00 (Divided into 10,000 shares of
HK$1.00 each)
Issued Share Capital: HK$10,000.00
(As per registry dated 10-06-2013)
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Name |
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No. of shares |
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Sandhya Kunal BHANSALI |
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10,000 ===== |
(As per registry dated 10-06-2013)
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Name (Nationality) |
Address |
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Sandhya Kunal BHANSALI |
280 Sir P.M. Road, 3 Seema Building, Kaku Wadi, Ville Parle (East)
Mumbai 400057, India. |
(As per registry dated 10-06-2013)
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Name |
Address |
Co. No. |
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Lodestar Secretaries Ltd. |
13/F., Wah Kit Commercial Centre, 302 Des Voeux Road Central, Hong
Kong. |
0113023 |
The subject was incorporated on 10th June, 2013 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: Importer,
Exporter and Wholesaler.
Lines: All
kinds of diamonds
Employees: Nil.
Commodities Imported: India, other
Asian countries
Markets: Hong
Kong, China, other Asian countries
Terms/Sales: L/C, T/T
Terms/Buying: L/C, T/T, D/P
Nominal Share Capital: HK$10,000.00
(Divided into 10,000 shares of HK$1.00 each)
Issued Share Capital: HK$10,000.00
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 contracted.
Commercial Morality: Satisfactory
Banker: The Hongkong & Shanghai Banking Corp.
Ltd., Hong Kong.
Standing: Small.
Having issued 10,000 ordinary shares of HK$1.00 each, EST Diamond Ltd.
was wholly-owned by Sandhya Kunal Bhansali who is an Indian.
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 does not have its own operating office. Its registered office is in a commercial
service centre located at “8/F., Kam Lung Commercial Centre, 2 Hart Avenue,
Tsimshatsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong” known as “Leaper International Business
Services Centre” which is handling its correspondences and documents.
The subject has no employees in Hong Kong.
The subject is a diamond importer, exporter and wholesaler. It is trading in loose, polished and cut
diamonds. Its loose diamonds are
Marquise, Pears, Tappers, Baguettes and Rose Cut Diamonds usually range from
0.05 cts to 0.60 cts.
Most of the commodities are imported from India. Prime markets are Hong Kong, China,
Japan and the other Asian countries.
Business is still under development.
It is likely that the subject has got an associated company in Mumbai,
India which is also operated by Bhansali.
The India firm is also a diamond trader.
It is responsible for supplying diamonds to the subject.
The history of the subject in Hong Kong is just over ten months.
On the whole, since the subject does not have its own operating office
and has no employees in Hong Kong, consider it good for business engagements on
L/C basis.
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.60.34 |
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1 |
Rs.101.45 |
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Euro |
1 |
Rs.83.31 |
INFORMATION DETAILS
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Analysis Done by
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NNA |
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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