MIRA INFORM REPORT

 

 

Report Date :

19.05.2014

 

IDENTIFICATION DETAILS

 

Name :

NOORI AL QATAN GENERAL TRADING & CONTRACTING COMPANY WLL

 

 

Registered Office :

Al Mazini Sons Building, Plot No. 6, Al Sharq Area, Mirqab, P O Box 27933, Safat 13080

 

 

Country :

Kuwait

 

 

Date of Incorporation :

26.05.1990

 

 

Com. Reg. No.:

88095

 

 

Legal Form :

With Limited Liability

 

 

Line of Business :

importer and distributor of gold and silver jewellery.

 

 

No. of Employees :

05

 

RATING & COMMENTS

 

MIRA’s Rating :

B

 

RATING

STATUS

PROPOSED CREDIT LINE

26-40

B

Capability to overcome financial difficulties seems comparatively below average.

Small

 

Status :

Moderate

 

 

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)

Kuwait

A2

A2

 

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

 

 

Kuwait ECONOMIC OVERVIEW

 

Kuwait has a geographically small, but wealthy, relatively open economy with crude oil reserves of about 102 billion barrels - more than 6% of world reserves. Petroleum accounts for nearly half of GDP, 95% of export revenues, and 95% of government income. Kuwaiti officials have committed to increasing oil production to 4 million barrels per day by 2020. Budget surpluses have stayed around 30% of GDP, which has led to higher budget expenditures, particularly wage hikes for many public sector employees, as well as increased allotments to Kuwait’s Future Generations Fund. Kuwait has done little to diversify its economy, in part, because of this positive fiscal situation, and, in part, due to the poor business climate and the historically acrimonious relationship between the National Assembly and the executive branch, which has stymied most movement on economic reforms. In 2010, Kuwait passed an economic development plan that pledges to spend up to $130 billion over five years to diversify the economy away from oil, attract more investment, and boost private sector participation in the economy, though much of these funds have yet to be allocated.

 

Source : CIA

 

SUMMARY

 

Company Name                                     : NOORI AL QATAN GENERAL TRADING & CONTRACTING

COMPANY WLL

Country of Origin                                    : Kuwait

Legal Form                                            : With Limited Liability - WLL

Registration Date                                   : 26th May 1990

Commercial Registration Number            : 88095

Chamber Membership Number                : 76895

Issued Capital                                        : KD 50,000

Paid up Capital                                      : KD 50,000

Total Workforce                                     : 5

Activities                                               : Distributors of gold and silver jewellery

Financial Condition                                 : Undetermined

Payments                                             : Nothing detrimental uncovered

 

 

 

COMPANY NAME

 

NOORI AL QATAN GENERAL TRADING & CONTRACTING COMPANY WLL

 

 

company ADDRESS

 

Registered & Physical Address

Building             : Al Mazini Sons Building, Plot No. 6

Area                 : Al Sharq Area, Mirqab

PO Box             : 27933

Town                 : Safat 13080

Country             : Kuwait

Telephone         : (965) 22515526 / 22454166

Mobile               : (965) 99744884

 

Premises

Subject operates from a small suite of offices that are rented and located in the Central Business Area of Safat.

 

 

KEY PRINCIPALS

 

     Name                                                                                              Position

·       Noori Jassim Mohamed Al Qatan                                                        Managing Director

·       Mohamed Noori Jassim Mohamed Al Qatan                                        Director

·       Anwar Noori Jassim Mohamed Al Qatan                                              Director

·       Ghadeer Noori Jassim Mohamed Al Qatan                                          Director

·       Nazimah Noori Jassim Mohamed Al Qatan                                          Director

 

 

LEGAL FORM & OWNERS

 

Date of Establishment  : 26th May 1990

 

Legal Form                  : With Limited Liability - WLL

 

Commercial Reg. No.  : 88095

 

Chamber Member No. : 76895

 

Issued Capital              : KD 50,000

 

Paid up Capital            : KD 50,000

 

Name of Shareholder (s)

 

·       Noori Jassim Mohamed Al Qatan                                                       

·       Mohamed Noori Jassim Mohamed Al Qatan                                       

·       Anwar Noori Jassim Mohamed Al Qatan                                             

·       Ghadeer Noori Jassim Mohamed Al Qatan                                         

·       Nazimah Noori Jassim Mohamed Al Qatan

 

 

OPERATIONS

 

Activities: Engaged in the import and distribution of gold and silver jewellery.

 

Import Countries: Europe and the Far East

 

Subject has a workforce of 5 employees.

 

 

FINANCIAL DATA

 

Companies registered in Kuwait are not legally required to make their accounts public and no financial information was released by the company or submitted by outside sources.

 

 

BANKERS

 

·       Kuwait Finance House (KFH)

Safat Square

Abdullah Al Mubarak Street

PO Box: 24989

Safat 13110

Tel: (965) 22445050

Fax: (965) 22455135

 

 

PAYMENT HISTORY

 

No complaints regarding subject’s payments have been reported.

 

 

GENERAL COMMENTS

 

Please note that we were unable to contact the subject directly during our investigation.

 

During the course of this investigation nothing detrimental was uncovered regarding subject’s operating history or the manner in which payments are fulfilled. As such the company is considered to be a fair trade risk.

 

 

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.58.86

UK Pound

1

Rs.98.82

Euro

1

Rs.80.72

 

 

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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