MIRA INFORM REPORT

Report Date :

27.11.2014

IDENTIFICATION DETAILS

Name :	KPJ DIAM
Registered Office :	Room 1701, 17/F., Star Mansion, 3-5 Minden Row, Tsimshatsui, Kowloon
Country :	Hong Kong
Date of Incorporation :	18.05.2011
Com. Reg. No.:	53977664-000-05
Legal Form :	Sole Proprietorship
Line of Business :	Importer, Exporter & Wholesaler of All Kinds of Diamonds.
No of Employees :	01 [Including Affiliate]

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 :

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 – June 1, 2014

Country Name	Previous Rating (31.03.2014)	Current Rating (01.06.2014)
Hong Kong	A1	A1

Risk Category	ECGC Classification
Insignificant	A1
Low	A2
Moderate	B1
High	B2
Very High	C1
Restricted	C2
Off-credit	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.

Source : CIA

Company Name & address

KPJ DIAM

ADDRESS: Room 1701, 17/F., Star Mansion, 3-5 Minden Row, Tsimshatsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong.

PHONE: 852-5410 4446

FAX: Not available

MANAGEMENT

Manager: Mr. Mayank Motilal Rathod

SUMMARY

Establishment: 18th May, 2011.

Organization: Sole Proprietorship.

Capital: Not disclosed.

Business Category: Diamond Trader.

Employee: 1. (Including affiliate)

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

Banking Relation: Satisfactory.

Name

KPJ DIAM

ADDRESS

Head Office:-

Room 1701, 17/F., Star Mansion, 3-5 Minden Row, Tsimshatsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong.

Associated Company:-

Matrix Gems (HK), Hong Kong. (Same address and same owner)

BUSINESS REGISTRATION NUMBER

53977664-000-05

MANAGEMENT

Manager: Mr. Mayank Motilal Rathod

SOLE PROPRIETOR

Name: Mr. Mayank Motilal RATHOD

Residential Address: B/206, Girnar Apartment, Devchand Nagar,
60 Feet Road, Bhayandar (W), India.

HISTORY

The subject was established on 18th May, 2011 as a sole proprietorship concern owned by Mr. Mayank Motilal Rathod under the Hong Kong Business Registration Regulations.

Apart from these, neither material change nor amendment has been ever traced and noted.

OPERATIONS

Activities: Importer, Exporter and Wholesaler.

Lines: All kinds of diamonds

Employee: 1. (Including affiliate)

Commodities Imported: India, other Asian countries

Markets: Hong Kong, Japan, other Asian countries

Terms/Sales: L/C, T/T

Terms/Buying: L/C, T/T

FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Capital: Not disclosed.

Profit or Loss: Kept a balance account in 2013.

Condition: Business keeps on improving.

Facilities: Making fairly active use of general banking facilities.

Payment: Met trade commitments as required.

Commercial Morality: Satisfactory.

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

Standing: Small.

GENERAL

KPJ Diam is a sole proprietorship set up and owned by Mr. Mayank Motilal Rathod who is an India merchant. He is an India passport holder and does not have the right to reside in Hong Kong permanently. Rathod is the Manager of the subject.

The subject’s registered address is in a private building located at Room 1701, 17/F., Star Mansion, 3-5 Minden Row, Tsimshatsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong. This is the residence of another Indian known as Mr. Rupesh Medhekar. The residential building is not trespassed by outsiders. Medhekar is also a diamond trader. He is operating a diamond trading company known as Star Diam which is also located at the same address.

Another company Matrix Gems (HK) is also using the above‑mentioned address as its registered address. This company is also owned and operated by Rathod.

The subject and Star Diam have an employee in Hong Kong. The contact person of Star Diam is Mr. Jay Jain. He also the contact person of the subject.

The subject is a diamond importer, exporter and wholesaler. It is trading in loose, polished and cut diamonds. Most of the commodities are imported from India. Prime markets are Hong Kong, China and the other Asian countries. Business is improving.

The subject is just a one-man company. Business is chiefly handled by Rathod himself. History in Hong Kong is just over three years and six months.

Since the registered office of the subject is in a residential building and history is short, on the whole, consider it good for normal business engagements on L/C basis.

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 8^th Century B.C.  India, in fact, remained undisputed leader till 18^th 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 30^th 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.61.87
UK Pound	1	Rs.97.23
Euro	1	Rs.77.21

INFORMATION DETAILS

Analysis Done by :	SUB
Report Prepared by :	TPT

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%)

PRIVATE & CONFIDENTIAL : This information is provided to you at your request, you having employed MIPL for such purpose. You will use the information as aid only in determining the propriety of giving credit and generally as an aid to your business and for no other purpose. You will hold the information in strict confidence, and shall not reveal it or make it known to the subject persons, firms or corporations or to any other. MIPL does not warrant the correctness of the information as you hold it free of any liability whatsoever. You will be liable to and indemnify MIPL for any loss, damage or expense, occasioned by your breach or non observance of any one, or more of these conditions

This report is issued at your request without any risk and responsibility on the part of MIRA INFORM PRIVATE LIMITED (MIPL) or its officials.