MIRA INFORM REPORT

 

 

Report Date :

30.05.2014              

 

IDENTIFICATION DETAILS

 

Name :

BRIGHT EDELSTEIN GEMS SHAH & CO

 

 

Registered Office :

Mainzer Str. 43, D 55743 Idar-Oberstein

 

 

Country :

Germany

 

 

Date of Incorporation :

14.10.1977

 

 

Com. Reg. No.:

HRA 11325

 

 

Legal Form :

General Partnership

 

 

Line of Business :

Wholesale of clocks and watches and jewelry

 

 

No. of Employees :

Not Available

 

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 :

Unknown

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)

Germany

A1

A1

 

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

 

 

GERMANY - ECONOMIC OVERVIEW

 

The German economy - the fifth largest economy in the world in PPP terms and Europe's largest - is a leading exporter of machinery, vehicles, chemicals, and household equipment and benefits from a highly skilled labor force. Like its Western European neighbors, Germany faces significant demographic challenges to sustained long-term growth. Low fertility rates and declining net immigration are increasing pressure on the country's social welfare system and necessitate structural reforms. Reforms launched by the government of Chancellor Gerhard SCHROEDER (1998-2005), deemed necessary to address chronically high unemployment and low average growth, has contributed to strong growth and falling unemployment. These advances, as well as a government subsidized, reduced working hour scheme, help explain the relatively modest increase in unemployment during the 2008-09 recession - the deepest since World War II - and its decrease to 5.3% in 2013. The new German government introduced a minimum wage of $11 per hour to take effect in 2015. Stimulus and stabilization efforts initiated in 2008 and 2009 and tax cuts introduced in Chancellor Angela MERKEL's second term increased Germany's total budget deficit - including federal, state, and municipal - to 4.1% in 2010, but slower spending and higher tax revenues reduced the deficit to 0.8% in 2011 and in 2012 Germany reached a budget surplus of 0.1%. A constitutional amendment approved in 2009 limits the federal government to structural deficits of no more than 0.35% of GDP per annum as of 2016 though the target was already reached in 2012. Following the March 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster, Chancellor Angela MERKEL announced in May 2011 that eight of the country's 17 nuclear reactors would be shut down immediately and the remaining plants would close by 2022. Germany hopes to replace nuclear power with renewable energy. Before the shutdown of the eight reactors, Germany relied on nuclear power for 23% of its electricity generating capacity and 46% of its base-load electricity production

Source : CIA

 

 

 


Company name and address

 

BRIGHT EDELSTEIN GEMS Shah & Co

 

Mainzer Str. 43

D 55743 Idar-Oberstein

Telephone:06781/94400

Telefax:  06781/41840

E-mail:   bright@t-online.de

 

 

VAT no           

 

DE148288192

 

 

Tax ID number      

 

09/201/0262/1

 

 

 CONCLUSION

 

 Business relations are permissible.

 

 

Company details

 

 LEGAL FORM                          General Partnership

 Date of foundation:                    1977

 Begin of business activities:          14.10.1977

 Registered on:                          14.10.1977

 Register of companies:           Local court 55543 Bad Kreuznach

 under:                                      HRA 11325

 

 

 General partner

 

                      Harish Kumar Shah

                      Ezenichstr. 50

                      D 55743 Idar-Oberstein

                      born: 19.08.1952

                      Nationality: Indian

                      Marital status: married

 General partner:

                      Sanjay Corp.

                      1642 Melbourne Plaza 33

                      Queens Road

                      HK - Hongkong

                      Legal form: Other legal form

 

 

 COMPANY HISTORY

 

 14.10.1977 - 01.01.1995  Bright Edelstein Gems Shah & Co.

                          Mainzer Str. 34

                          D 55743 Idar-Oberstein

                          General Partnership

 

 

 BUSINESS ACTIVITIES

 

 Main industrial sector

 46480   Wholesale of clocks and watches and jewelry

 

 

 FINANCIAL INFORMATION

 

Payment experience:  within agreed terms

 

 Negative information:We have no negative information at hand.

 

 

 REAL ESTATE

 

 Type of ownership:   Tenant

 Address              Mainzer Str. 43

                      D 55743 Idar-Oberstein

 

 Real Estate of:      Harish Kumar Shah

 Type of ownership:   proprietor

 Share:                100.00 %

 Address              Ezenichstr. 50

                      D 55743 Idar-Oberstein

 

 Land register documents were not available.

 

 

BANKERS

 

 Principal bank

 COMMERZBANK, 55701 IDAR-OBERSTEIN

 Sort. code: 56240050

 BIC: COBADEFF562

 

 

 FINANCIAL FIGURES

 

 Financial year:      01.01. - 31.12.

 Equipment:                              EUR             26,000.00

 Employees:                                                      4


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.58.84

UK Pound

1

Rs.98.40

Euro

1

Rs.80.03

 

INFORMATION DETAILS

 

Analysis Done by :

RAS

 

 

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

 

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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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