MIRA INFORM REPORT

 

 

Report Date :

07.05.2014

 

IDENTIFICATION DETAILS

 

Name :

MARUBENI-ITOCHU STEEL INC

 

 

Registered Office :

Nihombashi 1-Chome Bldg, 1-4-1 Nihombashi Chuoku Tokyo 103-8247

 

 

Country :

Japan

 

 

Financials (as on) :

31.03.2013

 

 

Date of Incorporation :

01.10.2001

 

 

Com. Reg. No.:

0100-01-075892 (Tokyo-Chuoku)

 

 

Legal Form :

Limited Company

 

 

Line of Business :

A trading firm jointly owned by Marubeni Corp & Itochu Corp, specializing in iron & steel products & related, IT-related business, including development of supply chain management (SCM) system of steel products

 

 

No. of Employees

846

 

 

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 :

Any query related to this report can be made on e-mail : infodept@mirainform.com while quoting report number, name and date.

 

ECGC Country Risk Classification List – March 31, 2014

 

Country Name

Previous Rating

(31.12.2013)

Current Rating

(31.03.2014)

Japan

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


 

japan ECONOMIC OVERVIEW

 

In the years following World War II, government-industry cooperation, a strong work ethic, mastery of high technology, and a comparatively small defense allocation (1% of GDP) helped Japan develop a technologically advanced economy. Two notable characteristics of the post-war economy were the close interlocking structures of manufacturers, suppliers, and distributors, known as keiretsu, and the guarantee of lifetime employment for a substantial portion of the urban labor force. Both features are now eroding under the dual pressures of global competition and domestic demographic change. Japan's industrial sector is heavily dependent on imported raw materials and fuels. A small agricultural sector is highly subsidized and protected, with crop yields among the highest in the world. While self-sufficient in rice production, Japan imports about 60% of its food on a caloric basis. For three decades, overall real economic growth had been spectacular - a 10% average in the 1960s, a 5% average in the 1970s, and a 4% average in the 1980s. Growth slowed markedly in the 1990s, averaging just 1.7%, largely because of the after effects of inefficient investment and an asset price bubble in the late 1980s that required a protracted period of time for firms to reduce excess debt, capital, and labor. Modest economic growth continued after 2000, but the economy has fallen into recession three times since 2008. A sharp downturn in business investment and global demand for Japan's exports in late 2008 pushed Japan into recession. Government stimulus spending helped the economy recover in late 2009 and 2010, but the economy contracted again in 2011 as the massive 9.0 magnitude earthquake and the ensuing tsunami in March disrupted manufacturing. The economy has largely recovered in the two years since the disaster, but reconstruction in the Tohoku region has been uneven. Newly-elected Prime Minister Shinzo ABE has declared the economy his government's top priority; he has pledged to reconsider his predecessor's plan to permanently close nuclear power plants and is pursuing an economic revitalization agenda of fiscal stimulus and regulatory reform and has said he will press the Bank of Japan to loosen monetary policy. Measured on a purchasing power parity (PPP) basis that adjusts for price differences, Japan in 2012 stood as the fourth-largest economy in the world after second-place China, which surpassed Japan in 2001, and third-place India, which edged out Japan in 2012. The new government will continue a longstanding debate on restructuring the economy and reining in Japan's huge government debt, which exceeds 200% of GDP. Persistent deflation, reliance on exports to drive growth, and an aging and shrinking population are other major long-term challenges for the economy.

 

Source : CIA

 

 


Company name

 

MARUBENI-ITOCHU STEEL INC

 

 

REGD NAME

 

Itochu Marubeni Tekko KK

 

MAIN OFFICE

 

Nihombashi 1-Chome Bldg, 1-4-1 Nihombashi Chuoku Tokyo 103-8247 JAPAN

Tel: 03-5204-3300     Fax: 03-5204-3810

 

URL:                 Error! Hyperlink reference not valid.-Mail address:       

E-mail address:            (thru the URL to each Division)

 

 

ACTIVITIES  

 

Trading house specializing in iron & steel materials & products

 

 

BRANCHES

 

Osaka, Nagoya, Sapporo, Hiroshima, Fukuoka, other (Total 59)

 

 

OVERSEAS

 

China (5), India (3), Australia, USA (9), Canada (2), Europe/CIS, other (27)

 

 

SUBSIDIARIES

 

(Domestic) 58; (Overseas) 79

 


OFFICER(S)

 

YASUO MATSUURA, PRES                   Yasuhiko Koike, ch

Takeshi Mitomi, mgn dir                         Shuichi Okazaki, mgn dir

Tomohito Kaneda, mgn dir                                 Tatsuhiko Toshita, mgn dir90

 

Yen Amount:     In million Yen, unless otherwise stated

 

 

SUMMARY

 

FINANCES        FAIR                             A/SALES          Yen 985,054 M

PAYMENTSNo Complaints    CAPITAL           Yen 30,000 M

TREND SLOW                           WORTH            Yen 98,753 M

STARTED         2001                             EMPLOYES      846

 

COMMENT

           

TRADING HOUSE SPECIALIZING IN STEEL & IRON PRODUCTS, JOINTLY OWNED BY MARUBENI CORP &

ITOCHU CORP. 

 

FINANCIAL SITUATION CONSIDERED FAIR AND GOOD FOR ORDINARY BUSINESS ENGAGEMENTS.

 

 

HIGHLIGHTS

 

The subject company was created on the basis of spin-offs and integration of two steel products divisions at Marubeni Corp and Itochu Corp to form a separate entity.  This is a trading house inheriting successful & traditional business rights of each firm in the line of steel & iron raw materials & products markets.  The firm has four core divisions: Iron & Steel Div (1), Iron & Steel Div (2), Iron & Steel Div (3), and Tubular Products Div (for handling items see OPERATION).  Osaka branch office handles these products in lumpsum.  Top-ranked in the specific business items.  Clients include major car makers, heavy machinery mfrs, and electric appliances mfrs, nationwide. 

           

 

FINANCIAL INFORMATION

 

The sales volume for Mar/2013 fiscal term amounted to Yen 985,054 million, a 12% down from Yen 1,113,377 million in the previous term.  The recurring profit was posted at Yen 17,156 million and the net profit at Yen 13,198 million, respectively, compared with Yen 17,487 million recurring profit and Yen 14,242 million net profit, respectively a year ago. 

 

For the current term ending Mar 2014 the recurring profit is projected at Yen 18,000 million and the net profit at 13,500 million, on a 5% rise in turnover, to Yen 1,075,000 million.

 

The financial situation is considered FAIR and good for ORDINARY business engagements. 

           

 

REGISTRATION

 

Date Registered: 01 Oct 2001

Regd No.:       0100-01-075892 (Tokyo-Chuoku)

Legal Status:    Limited Company (Kabushiki Kaisha)

Authorized:      2,400 shares

Issued:             600 shares

Sum:                 Yen 30,000 million

 

Major shareholders (%): Marubeni Corp* (50), Itochu Corp** (50)

No. of shareholders: 2

 

*.. One of big 5 general trading houses, Tokyo, founded 1949, listed Tokyo, Nagoya, Frankfurt, Düsseldorf S/E’s, capital Yen 262,686 million, turnover Yen 10,509,088 million, operating profit Yen 122,932 million, recurring profit Yen 247,543 million, net profit Yen 205,696 million, total assets Yen 6,648,019 million, net worth Yen 1,280,425 million, employees 38,662, pres Fumiya Kokubu.

 

**.. Equally one of big 5 general trading houses, Osaka, founded 1949, listed Tokyo S/E, capital Yen 202,241 million, turnover Yen 12,551,557 million, operating profit Yen 244,219 million, recurring profit Yen 311,112 million, net profit Yen 280,297 million, total assets Yen 7,584,546 million, net worth Yen 1,949,670 million, employees 104,543, pres Masahiro Okafuji.

 

Nothing detrimental is known as to the commercial morality of executives.

 

 

OPERATION

 

Activities: A trading firm jointly owned by Marubeni Corp & Itochu Corp, specializing in iron & steel products & related, IT-related business, including development of supply chain management (SCM) system of steel products, having the following 4 core divisions (--100%):

 

Iron & Steel Div (1): handles a full range of steel products for automakers and auto parts makers, including carbon steel, specialty steel, stainless steel, electrical steel sheets, magnequench powder, etc;

 

Iron & Steel Div (2): handles steel sheet products for domestic users in the appliance, furniture, container and office automation equipment, etc, including foreign business of slabs, billets, blooms & other semi-finished products, bars, shapes, plates, hot rolled and cold rolled steel, coated steel sheets, tin mill products, clad steel plates, copper alloy tubes;

 

Iron & Steel Div (3); handles plates & shapes, specialty steel, wire products & stainless steel.  The division newly started Noble Metals Dept to handle noble items, such as Titanium, Cupro-Nickel tubes,, offering package of noble metals required for construction of Desalination Plants;

 

Tubular Products Div: handles various types of tubular products and equipment & materials for plant projects.  Also exports pipes for oil fields and major pipeline projects overseas. (Detailed breakdown of each Division is not available.)

 

Exports (60%).

 

Clients: [Automakers, steel mfrs, wholesalers] Mazda Motor Corp, Fuji Heavy Ind, Nissan Motors, Isuzu Motor, NTN, Matsushita Electric Ind, Kawasaki Heavy Ind, Hitachi Ltd, Exxon Mobil, IHI Marine United, other

Exports to Hyundai (Korea), Thai Controlled Steel Sheet, BNG Steel, other.

            No. of accounts: 2,000

            Domestic areas of activities: Nationwide

 

Suppliers: [Steel mfrs, wholesalers] Nippon Steel, JFE Steel, Nisshin Steel, Kobe Steel, Sanyo Special Steel, Sumitomo Metal Ind, Nippon Steel & Sumikin Stainless Steel Corp, other.

 

Payment record: No Complaints 

 

Location: Business area in Tokyo.  Office premises at the caption address are leased and maintained satisfactorily.

 

Bank References:

Mizuho Corporate Bank (H/O)

SMBC (H/O)

Relations: Satisfactory

 

 


FINANCES

(In Million Yen)

 

       Terms Ending:

31/03/2014

31/03/2013

31/03/2012

31/03/2011

Annual Sales

 

1,035,000

985,054

1,113,377

1,072,466

Recur. Profit

 

18,000

17,156

17,487

 

Net Profit

 

13,500

13,198

14,242

8,472

Total Assets

 

 

365,212

428,224

391,277

Current Assets

 

 

255,242

122,043

 

Current Liabs

 

 

187,923

242,427

 

Net Worth

 

 

98,753

97,334

90,376

Capital, Paid-Up

 

 

30,000

30,000

30,000

Div.P.Share(¥)

 

 

0.00

0.00

0.00

<Analytical Data>

(%)

(%)

(%)

(%)

    S.Growth Rate

5.07

-11.53

3.81

..

    Current Ratio

..

135.82

50.34

..

    N.Worth Ratio

..

27.04

22.73

23.10

    R.Profit/Sales

1.74

1.74

1.57

..

    N.Profit/Sales

1.30

1.34

1.28

0.79

    Return On Equity

..

13.36

14.63

9.37

 

Notes: Forecast (or estimated) figures for the 31/03/2014 fiscal term.

 


 

FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES

 

Currency

Unit

Indian Rupees

US Dollar

1

        Rs.60.20

UK Pound

1

Rs.101.67

Euro

1

Rs.83.55

 

INFORMATION DETAILS

 

Report Prepared by :

PDT

 

 

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

--

 

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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