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Report Date : |
28.05.2014 |
IDENTIFICATION DETAILS
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Name : |
NIRU DIAMONDS
(H.K.) LTD. |
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Registered Office : |
Unit E & F, 16/F., 8 Hart Avenue, Tsimshatsui, Kowloon |
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Country : |
Hong Kong |
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Date of Incorporation : |
07.02.2001 |
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Com. Reg. No.: |
31651260 |
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Legal Form : |
Private Limited Company. |
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Line of Business : |
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Importer, Exporter and Wholesaler
of all kinds of loose and polished diamonds subject is chiefly trading in polished diamonds
which are manufactured by the Group |
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No of Employees : |
08 |
RATING & COMMENTS
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MIRA’s Rating : |
Ba |
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RATING |
STATUS |
PROPOSED CREDIT LINE |
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41-55 |
Ba |
Overall operation is considered normal. Capable to meet normal
commitments. |
Satisfactory |
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Status : |
Satisfactory |
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Payment Behaviour : |
No Complaints |
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Litigation : |
Clear |
NOTES :
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while quoting report number, name and date.
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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Moderate Low Risk |
B1 |
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Moderate Risk |
B2 |
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Moderate 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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NIRU DIAMONDS (H.K.) LTD.
Unit E & F, 16/F., 8 Hart Avenue, Tsimshatsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong.
PHONE: 852-2368
2475,
2368 9937
FAX: 852-2368 2459
E-MAIL: kalpesh@niru.co.il
Managing Director: Mr. Kalpesh Mahendra Shah
Incorporated on: 7th February, 2001.
Organization: Private Limited Company.
Capital: Nominal: HK$26,505,010.00
Issued: HK$26,505,010.00
Business Category: Diamond Trader.
Employees: 8.
Main Dealing Banker: The Royal Bank of Scotland N.V., Hong Kong Branch.
Banking Relation: Satisfactory.
Registered Head
Office:-
Unit E & F, 16/F., 8 Hart Avenue, Tsimshatsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong.
Holding Company:-
New Century Marketing Ltd.
3/F., Jonsim Place, 228 Queen’s Road, East, Wanchai, Hong Kong.
Associated
Companies:-
Niru Group of Companies
Amore Jewels Pvt. Ltd., India.
Azores Trade & Investments Ltd., Israel.
Niru (New York) Ltd., USA.
Niru (Swiss) S.A., Switzerland.
Niru Diamonds (M.E.) LLC, UAE.
Niru Diamonds Israel (1987) Ltd., Israel.
Niru Diamonds Ltd., Israel.
Niru Diamonds Ltd., Thailand.
Sim Diam Pvt. Ltd., India.
etc.
31651260
0746330
Managing Director: Mr. Kalpesh Mahendra Shah (Mobile: 852-9247 7916)
Nominal Share Capital: HK$26,505,010.00 (Divided into 2,650,501 shares of HK$10.00 each)
Issued Share Capital: HK$26,505,010.00
(As per registry
dated 30-12-2013)
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Name |
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No.
of shares |
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New
Century Marketing Ltd., Hong Kong. |
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2,650,500 |
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Kalpesh Mahendra SHAH |
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1 |
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–––––––– |
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Total: |
2,650,501 ======= |
(As per registry
dated 07-02-2013)
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Name (Nationality) |
Address |
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Kalpesh
Mahendra SHAH |
Flat L, 4/F., Block 2, Royal
Peninsula, 8 Hung Lai Road, Hunghom, Kowloon, Hong Kong. |
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Bhavini
Kalpesh SHAH |
Flat L, 4/F., Block 2, Royal
Peninsula, 8 Hung Lai Road, Hunghom, Kowloon, Hong Kong. |
(As per registry
dated 07-02-2013)
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Name |
Address |
Co.
No. |
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Dhun’s Management Services Ltd. |
7/F., Man On Commercial Building, |
0027006 |
The subject was incorporated on 7th February, 2001 as a private limited liability company under the Hong Kong Companies Ordinance.
The subject increased its issued share capital substantially in 2013.
Apart from these, neither material change nor amendment has been ever traced and noted.
Activities: Importer, Exporter and Wholesaler.
Lines: All kinds of loose and polished diamonds.
Employees: 8.
Commodities Imported: Israel, India, other Asian countries, etc.
Markets: Hong Kong, China, other Asian countries, Europe, etc.
Terms/Sales: L/C, T/T, etc.
Terms/Buying: L/C, T/T, D/P, etc.
Nominal Share Capital: HK$26,505,010.00 (Divided into 2,650,501 shares of HK$10.00 each)
Issued Share Capital: HK$26,505,010.00
Mortgage or
Charge:-
Date of Debenture: 23-09-2008
Amount: General banking facilities
Property: All the Company’s undertaking and property and assets whatsoever and wheresoever
both present and future including all book and other debts revenues and claims
Mortgagee: ABN AMRO Bank N.V., Hong Kong Branch.
[Now known as The Royal Bank of Scotland N.V.]
Profit or Loss: Making a small profit every year.
Condition: Business is active.
Facilities: Making active use of general banking facilities.
Payment: Met trade commitments as contracted.
Commercial Morality: Satisfactory.
Banker: The Royal Bank of Scotland N.V., Hong Kong Branch.
Standing: Good.
Niru Diamonds (H.K.) Ltd. is a wholly owned subsidiary of New Century Marketing Ltd. which is a Hong Kong-based firm. This company is located at a different address.
The subject in fact is a member of Niru Group of Companies [Niru] which were founded in 1979 in Israel. The main Israel firm is known as Niru Diamonds Israel (1978) Ltd. [Niru Israel]. Niru Israel is a global leader engaged in manufacturing and selling Baguette, Princess and Square Cut diamonds. Its head office is located at Maccabi, 1 Jabotinsky, Suite 2242, Ramat Gan, Israel 52520.
The subject is chiefly trading in polished diamonds which are manufactured by the Group.
Established in 1979 by Ranjeet Barmecha, Niru is a global leader in manufacturing and marketing long and square diamonds. It also provides Swiss watch market with precision cutting and setting services. The production facilities of Niru are in China, Sri Lanka and Israel. The technologies of these factories came from Israel chiefly as well as from China.
According to the subject, the annual exports of Niru in polished diamonds amounted to US$110 to 121 million. Business is good and active.
Niru now has set up associated companies in Switzerland, New York of the United States, Dubai of the United Arab Emirates, Bangkok of Thailand, Mumbai of India besides the subject and the one in Tel Aviv of Israel.
Niru’s associated
companies in India are the following two firms:-
· Sim Diam Pvt. Ltd.
Amore
Jewels Pvt. Ltd.
Both firms are in Mumbai, India.
In recent years, the Group has set up a new firm in Israel known as Azores Trade & Investments Ltd.
In Hong Kong, the subject re-exports the polished diamonds to Asian countries, the United Arab Emirates, Europe, etc. Its business is chiefly handled by Mr. Kalpesh Mahendra Shah who is an Indian. He is a Hong Kong ID Card holder and has got the right to reside in Hong Kong permanently.
K. M Shah is also a minor shareholder of the subject.
The subject is fully supported by its associated companies in India and Israel.
As the history of the subject is about thirteen years in Hong Kong, on the whole, consider it good for normal business engagements.
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.59.06 |
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1 |
Rs.99.61 |
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Euro |
1 |
Rs.88.60 |
INFORMATION DETAILS
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Analysis Done by
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DIV |
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Report Prepared
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MNL |
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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