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Report Date : |
06.10.2014 |
IDENTIFICATION DETAILS
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Name : |
EXCELLA
INTERNATIONAL LTD. |
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Principal Place
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Unit 912B, 9/F., Tower A, Hunghom Commercial Centre, |
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Country : |
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Date of Incorporation : |
17.07.2012 |
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Com. Reg. No.: |
60100416 |
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Legal Form : |
Limited Company (Non-Hong Kong Company). |
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Line of Business : |
Importer, Exporter and Wholesaler of all kinds of diamonds |
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No of Employees : |
2 |
RATING & COMMENTS
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MIRA’s Rating : |
B |
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RATING |
STATUS |
PROPOSED CREDIT LINE |
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26-40 |
B |
Capability to overcome financial difficulties seems comparatively
below average. |
Small |
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Status : |
Small Company |
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Payment Behaviour : |
Slow but correct |
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Litigation : |
Clear |
NOTES :
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while quoting report number, name and date.
ECGC Country Risk Classification List – June 1, 2014
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Country Name |
Previous Rating (31.03.2014) |
Current Rating (01.06.2014) |
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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 |
A2 |
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Moderate |
B1 |
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High |
B2 |
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Very High |
C1 |
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Restricted |
C2 |
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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.
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Source
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EXCELLA INTERNATIONAL
LTD.
ADDRESS: Unit 912B, 9/F., Tower A, Hunghom Commercial
Centre, 37-39 Ma Tau Wai Road, Hunghom, Kowloon, Hong Kong.
PHONE: 852-3741 1966
FAX: 852-8104 5009
Managing Director: Mr. Jigar Ashok Parmar
Registered in Hong Kong on: 17th
July, 2012.
Organization: Limited Company
(Non-Hong Kong Company).
Capital: Authorised: US$50,000.00
Issued & Paid Up: US$10,000.00
Business Category: Diamond
Trader.
Employees: 2.
Main Dealing Banker: Hang
Seng Bank Ltd., Hong Kong.
Banking Relation: Satisfactory.
EXCELLA INTERNATIONAL LTD.
Registered Office:-
263 Main Street, Road Town, Tortola, British Virgin Islands.
Principal Place of Business in Hong Kong:-
Unit 912B, 9/F., Tower A, Hunghom Commercial Centre, 37-39 Ma Tau Wai Road,
Hunghom, Kowloon, Hong Kong.
Associated Companies:-
Ideas & Designs Ltd., British Virgin Islands.
More Goal Ltd., British Virgin Islands.
60100416
F0019232
Managing Director: Mr. Jigar
Ashok Parmar
Name: C.K. Liu &
Co.
Address: 13/F., Wah Kit
Commercial Centre, 302 Des Voeux Road Central, Hong Kong.
Authorised Capital: US:50,000.00
Issued & Paid Up Capital: US$10,000.00
(As per registry dated 17-07-2014)
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Name (Nationality) |
Address |
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Jigar Ashok PARMAR |
Zaveri Baug, Narnarayan Temple, 227 Kalbadevi Road, Mumbai 400002,
India. |
(As per registry dated 17-07-2014)
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Name |
Address |
Co. No. |
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Lodestar Secretaries Ltd. |
13/F., Wah Kit Commercial Centre, 302 Des Voeux Road Central, Hong
Kong. |
0113023 |
The subject was incorporated in the British
Virgin Islands as a limited company. It has established
a principal place of business in Hong Kong and was registered on 17th
July, 2012 as a Non-Hong Kong company under Part XI of the Hong Kong Companies
Ordinance.
Formerly the subject was located at 13/F., Wah Kit Commercial Centre,
302 Des Voeux Road Central, Hong Kong where is the operating address
of an accountant firm C.K. Liu & Co., moved to the present address with
effect from 8th May, 2013.
Apart from these, neither material change nor amendment has been ever
traced and noted.
Activities: Importer,
Exporter and Wholesaler.
Lines: All
kinds of diamonds
Employees: 2.
Commodities Imported: India, etc.
Markets: Hong
Kong, China, other Asian countries, etc.
Terms/Sales: CAD, or as per contracted.
Terms/Buying: L/C, advanced T/T, etc.
Authorised Capital: US$50,000.00
Issued & Paid Up Capital: US$10,000.00
Profit or Loss: Kept
a balance account in 2013.
Condition: Business
is improving.
Facilities: Making
fairly active use of general banking facilities.
Payment: Slow but correct
Commercial Morality: Satisfactory.
Bankers:-
Hang Seng Bank Ltd., Hong Kong.
DBS Bank (Hong Kong) Ltd., Hong Kong.
Standing: Small.
Excella International Ltd. is a Non-HK Company incorporated in the
British Virgin Islands. It was
registered in Hong Kong in July 2012.
The subject moved to the present address in May 2013. Its Hong Kong old registered office was in an
accountant firm located at 13/F., Wah Kit Commercial Centre, 302 Des Voeux Road
Central, Hong Kong known as C. K. Liu & Co. which had handled its
correspondences and documents.
C. K. Liu & Co. is also the Authorized Representative of the
subject in Hong Kong. Its corporate
secretary is an associated company of C. K. Liu & Co.
The subject has 2 employees in Hong Kong.
The representative of the subject Mr. Petal who is an Indian can be
reached at his Hong Kong mobile phone number 852-3741 1966. Currently, Petal is residing in Hong Kong.
The director of the subject Mr. Jigar Ashok Parmar is also an
Indian. He is an India passport holder
and does not have the right to reside in Hong Kong permanently. His registered address is in Mumbai, India.
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. However,
Hong Kong is its prime market.
Besides operating the subject, Mr. Parmar is also operating another firm
in Hong Kong known as More Goal Ltd. [More Goal] which is also a BVI-registered
firm. More Goal and the subject are
engaged in the same lines of business.
The subject’s history in Hong Kong is just over two years and two
months.
Since the history of the subject is short, on the whole, consider it
good for business engagements on L/C basis for the time being.
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.61.75 |
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1 |
Rs.100.07 |
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Euro |
1 |
Rs.77.95 |
INFORMATION DETAILS
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Analysis Done by
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KAR |
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Report Prepared
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SMN |
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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