MIRA INFORM REPORT

 

 

Report Date :

22.11.2014

 

IDENTIFICATION DETAILS

 

Name :

PUNJABI TRADING ASIA LTD.

 

 

Registered Office :

Unit 1703-1706, 17/F., Multifield Plaza, 3-7A Prat Avenue, Tsimshatsui, Kowloon

 

 

Country :

Hong Kong

 

 

Date of Incorporation :

28.12.1993

 

 

Com. Reg. No.:

17740611

 

 

Legal Form :

Private Limited Company

 

 

Line of Business :

Importer, Exporter and Wholesaler  of Tea, snacks, other foodstuffs, cookware

 

 

No. of Employees :

10

 

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 :

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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.

Source : CIA


Company name and address

 

PUNJABI TRADING ASIA LTD.

 

(Business names:

ENDURANCE TRADE SERVICES COMPANY

GRAND OCEAN COMPANY

HEALTH BEVERAGES COMPANY

PTAL FOODS COMPANY

SUPREME TRUST FOODS COMPANY

SYMPA TRADING COMPANY)

 

ADDRESS:       Unit 1703-1706, 17/F., Multifield Plaza, 3-7A Prat Avenue, Tsimshatsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong.

 

PHONE:            852-2723 2221,  2722 0615,  2723 2220

 

FAX:                 852-2723 6151

 

E-MAIL:            info@punjabihk.com

punjabi@punjabihk.com

punjabi@netvigator.com

 

 

MANAGEMENT

 

Managing Director:        Mr. Suresh Hemandas Punjabi

 

 

SUMMARY

 

Incorporated on:            28th December, 1993.

 

Organization:                 Private Limited Company.

 

Capital: Nominal:           HK$5,000,000.00

Issued: HK$5,000,000.00

 

Business Category:       Foodstuff Trader.

 

Annual Turnover:           US$25~30 million.

 

Employees:                  10.

 

Main Dealing Banker:     The Hongkong & Shanghai Banking Corp. Ltd., Hong Kong.

 

Banking Relation:          Satisfactory.


Company name and address

 

PUNJABI TRADING ASIA LTD.

 

ADDRESS:

 

Registered Head Office:-

Unit 1703-1706, 17/F., Multifield Plaza, 3-7A Prat Avenue, Tsimshatsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong.

 

Business Names:-

Endurance Trade Services Company, Hong Kong.

Grand Ocean Company, Hong Kong.

Health Beverages Company, Hong Kong.

PTAL Foods Company, Hong Kong.

Supreme Trust Foods Company, Hong Kong.

Sympa Trading Company, Hong Kong.

 

 

BUSINESS REGISTRATION NUMBER

 

17740611

 

 

COMPANY FILE NUMBER

 

0458815

 

 

MANAGEMENT

 

Managing Director:        Mr. Suresh Hemandas Punjabi

 

 

CAPITAL

 

Nominal Share Capital: HK$5,000,000.00 (Divided into 5,000,000 shares of HK$1.00 each)

 

Issued Share Capital:     HK$5,000,000.00

 

 

SHAREHOLDERS

 

(As per registry dated 28-12-2013)

Name

 

No. of shares

Suresh Hemandas PUNJABI

 

3,250,000

Kiran Suresh PUNJABI

 

1,500,000

Yoshwin Suresh PUNJABI

 

125,000

Yogesh Suresh PUNJABI

 

125,000

 

 

––––––––

 

Total:

5,000,000

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DIRECTORS  

 

(As per registry dated 28-12-2013)

Name

(Nationality)

 

Address

Kiran Suresh PUNJABI

[Also alternate director to Suresh Hemandas PUNJABI, Yoshwin Suresh PUNJABI and Yogesh Suresh PUNJABI]

 

Flat 18A, Tower 17, Laguna Verde, 8 Laguna Verde Avenue, Hunghom, Kowloon, Hong Kong.

 

Suresh Hemandas PUNJABI

[Also alternate director to Kiran Suresh PUNJABI, Yoshwin Suresh PUNJABI and Yogesh Suresh PUNJABI]

 

Flat 18A, Tower 17, Laguna Verde, 8 Laguna Verde Avenue, Hunghom, Kowloon, Hong Kong.

 

Yoshwin Suresh PUNJABI

[Also alternate director to Suresh Hemandas PUNJABI, Kiran Suresh PUNJABI and Yogesh Suresh PUNJABI]

 

Flat 18A, Tower 17, Laguna Verde, 8 Laguna Verde Avenue, Hunghom, Kowloon, Hong Kong.

 

Beena Heman PUNJABI

[Alternate director to Suresh Hemandas PUNJABI, Kiran Suresh PUNJABI, Yoshwin Suresh PUNJABI and Yogesh Suresh PUNJABI]

 

Flat 18A, Tower 17, Laguna Verde, 8 Laguna Verde Avenue, Hunghom, Kowloon, Hong Kong.

 

Heman Jeramdas PUNJABI

[Alternate director to Suresh Hemandas PUNJABI, Kiran Suresh PUNJABI, Yoshwin Suresh PUNJABI and Yogesh Suresh PUNJABI]

 

Flat 18A, Tower 17, Laguna Verde, 8 Laguna Verde Avenue, Hunghom, Kowloon, Hong Kong.

 

Yogesh Suresh PUNJABI

[Alternate director to Suresh Hemandas PUNJABI, Kiran Suresh PUNJABI and Yoshwin Suresh PUNJABI]

Flat 18A, Tower 17, Laguna Verde, 8 Laguna Verde Avenue, Hunghom, Kowloon, Hong Kong.

 

 

SECRETARY

 

(As per registry dated 28-12-2013)

Name

Address

Co. No.

K. H. Ng & Partners Ltd.

Unit A, 22/F., Full Win Commercial Centre,
573 Nathan Road, Kowloon, Hong Kong.

1583148

 

 

HISTORY

 

The subject was incorporated on 28th December, 1993 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.

 

 

OPERATIONS

 

Activities:                      Importer, Exporter and Wholesaler.

 

Lines:                           Tea, snacks, other foodstuffs, cookware.

 

Employees:                  10.

 

Commodities Imported: India, China, other Asian countries, etc.

 

Markets:                        Hong Kong, Southeast Asia, China, Japan, Europe, etc.

 

Annual Turnover:           US$25~30 million.

 

Terms/Sales:                 As per contracted.

 

Terms/Buying:               L/C, T/T, D/P, etc.

 

 

MEMBERSHIP

 

The Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce, Hong Kong.
[Membership No. HKP0461]

 

 

FINANCIAL INFORMATION

 

Nominal Share Capital: HK$5,000,000.00 (Divided into 5,000,000 shares of HK$1.00 each)

 

Issued Share Capital:     HK$5,000,000.00

 

Indebtedness:                HK$9,945,805.00  (Total amount outstanding on all mortgages and charges as per last Annual Return dated 28-12-2013)

 

Mortgage or Charge:-

Date of Charge Over Account:  30-01-2008

Amount:            All present and future obligations and liabilities

Property:          The Chargor as sole beneficial owner and as security for the payment of all Secured Liabilities charges the Credit Balance to the Bank

Mortgagee:       China Construction Bank (Asia) Corporation Ltd., Hong Kong.

 

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.

 

Bankers:-

The Hongkong & Shanghai Banking Corp. Ltd., Hong Kong.

Indian Overseas Bank, Hong Kong Branch.

China Construction Bank (Asia) Corporation Ltd., Hong Kong.

 

Standing:                      Very good.

 

 

GENERAL

 

Having issued 5 million ordinary shares of HK$1.00 each, Punjabi Trading Asia Ltd. is wholly owned by the Punjabi family.  The largest shareholder is Mr. Suresh Hemandas Punjabi who is holding 55% interests.  The other shareholders are Mr. Kiran Suresh Punjabi, holding 30%; Mr. Yoshwin Suresh Punjabi, 5%; and Mr. Yogesh Suresh Punjabi, also 5%.  Most of the family members are Hong Kong ID Card holders and have got the right to reside in Hong Kong permanently.  Punjabi is an Indian family.

 

The business names of the subject are the following six and located at the same address:-

Endurance Trade Services Company

Grand Ocean Company

Health Beverages Company

PTAL Foods Company

Supreme Trust Foods Company

SYMPA Trading Company

 

According to the subject, the subject is trading in the following commodities:-

Confectionery;

Cookware;

Household Products – Metal (Enamelware, Enamelware);

Kitchen Utensils – Metal;

Kitchen Utensils – Miscellaneous;

Milk;

Health Beverages;

Other Beverages;

Rice;

Snack (Including Potato and Shrimp Chip) (From Australia and New Zealand);

Spaghetti;

Tea and Teabag; &

Vacuum Flasks, etc.

 

The above-mentioned products are traded under the subject’s different business names.  Commodities are sourced from India, China, the other Asian countries, Australia, New Zealand and acquired from local suppliers.  Prime markets are Hong Kong, China, Japan, the other Asian countries, Europe, North America, Africa, Australia, etc.  Overall business is active.

The Punjabi family set up their firm in India in 1933.  Commodities carried can be shipped to worldwide customers via the shipping company Maersk Line.

The annual sales turnover of the subject ranges from US$25 to 30 million.  Business is rather active.  Regular suppliers and customers have been maintained.

Mr. Suresh Hemandas Punjabi, representing Senegal, is also a member of The Association of Honorary Consuls in Hong Kong and Macau SAR, China.

The subject has had its own staff quarters in Hong Kong.

The subject’s total amount outstanding registered with the Companies Registry as at late December 2013 amounted to HK$9.9 million (2012: HK$11.5 million).

The history of the subject in Hong Kong is about twenty-one years.

On the whole, consider it good for normal business engagements.

 


 

FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES

 

Currency

Unit

Indian Rupees

US Dollar

1

Rs.61.85

UK Pound

1

Rs.97.01

Euro

1

Rs.77.62

 

INFORMATION DETAILS

 

Analysis Done by :

SUM

 

 

Report Prepared by :

SDA

 

               

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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