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Report Date : |
08.10.2014 |
IDENTIFICATION DETAILS
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Name : |
HI STAR
LTD. |
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Registered Office : |
c/o Multi-Chain Ltd., Room 301, 3/F., Kam On Building,176A Queen’s Road Central, Central |
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Country : |
Hong Kong |
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Date of Incorporation : |
11.07.2012 |
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Com. Reg. No.: |
60073853 |
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Legal Form : |
Private Limited Company |
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Line of Business : |
Importer, Exporter and Wholesaler of all kinds of diamonds |
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No of Employees : |
No employees in Hong Kong NOTE: It is to be noted that
the company does not have its own operating office in Hong Kong. The company
uses the address of its secretariat as its correspondence address only.
Subject operates from some other country and does not have a base in Hong
Kong. Such companies are registered in Hong Kong just to tax benefit purpose
and due to the strict privacy laws prevailing in the country. In such cases,
the companies are not required to have any employees in Hong Kong nor do have
an office there. |
RATING & COMMENTS
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MIRA’s Rating : |
Ca |
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RATING |
STATUS |
PROPOSED CREDIT LINE |
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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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Status : |
Business is under development |
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Payment Behaviour : |
Unknown |
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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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NOTE:-
(Formerly located at:
Room 1, Flat C, 2/F., Austin Mansion,
15 Austin Avenue, Tsimshatsui,
Kowloon, Hong Kong.)
HI STAR
LTD.
c/o Multi-Chain Ltd.
Room 301, 3/F., Kam On Building, 176A Queen’s Road Central, Central,
Hong Kong.
PHONE: 852-2543 0565
FAX: 852-2854 3813
Managing Director: Mr. Vipul
Kumar Uttamlal Morakhiya
Incorporated on: 11th July, 2012.
Organization: Private Limited Company.
Paid Up Capital: HK$10,000,000.00
Business Category: Diamond
Trader.
Employees: Nil.
Main Dealing Banker: The
Hongkong & Shanghai Banking Corp. Ltd., Hong Kong.
Banking Relation: Satisfactory.
Registered Head Office:-
c/o Multi-Chain Ltd.
Room 301, 3/F., Kam On Building, 176A Queen’s Road Central, Central,
Hong Kong.
Associated Company:-
Aashi Diam Co. Ltd.
919/424 Jewelry Trade Center, 35/F., Silom Road, Bangkok,
Bangrak 10500, Thailand.
[Tel: 662+6370977, 6300977
Fax: 662+2671461
E-mail: aashi1997@hotmail.com]
60073853
1771731
Managing Director: Mr. Vipul
Kumar Uttamlal Morakhiya
HK$1,000,000.00
(As per registry dated 11-07-2014)
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Name |
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No. of shares |
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Mr. Vipul Kumar Uttamlal MORAKHIYA |
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5,000,000 |
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Mrs. Namitha Vipul MORAKHIYA |
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5,000,000 |
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Total: |
10,000,000 ======== |
(As per registry dated 11-07-2014)
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Name (Nationality) |
Address |
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Mr. Vipul Kumar Uttamlal MORAKHIYA |
5/125 Baan Piya Sathorn, 27/F., Soi Suanplu, Thung Mahamek, Bangkok,
Thailand, 10120. |
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Mrs. Namitha Vipul MORAKHIYA |
5/125 Baan Piya Sathorn, 27/F., Soi Suanplu, Thung Mahamek, Bangkok,
Thailand, 10120. |
(As per registry dated 11-07-2014)
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Name |
Address |
Co. No. |
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Multi-Chain Ltd. |
Room 301, 3/F., Kam On Building, 176A Queen’s Road Central, Hong Kong. |
0209214 |
The subject was incorporated on 11th July, 2012 as a private limited
liability company under the Hong Kong Companies Ordinance.
Formerly the subject was located at Room 1, Flat C, 2/F., Austin
Mansion, 15 Austin Avenue, Tsimshatsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong, moved to the
present address in May 2014.
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: Nil.
Commodities Imported: India,
Thailand, etc.
Markets: Thailand,
other Asian countries, etc.
Terms/Sales: As per contracted.
Terms/Buying: Prepayment, L/C, T/T, etc.
Paid Up Capital: HK$10,000,000.00
Profit or Loss: Kept
a balance account in 2013.
Condition: Business
is under development.
Facilities: Making
fairly active use of general banking facilities.
Payment: Unknown
Commercial Morality: Satisfactory.
Banker: The Hongkong & Shanghai Banking Corp. Ltd.,
Hong Kong.
Standing: Small.
Having issued 10 million ordinary shares of HK$1.00 each, Hi Star Ltd.
is equally owned by Mr. Vipul Kumar Uttamlal Morakhiya and Mrs. Namitha Vipul
Morakhiya, both of whom are Indian. Being
a couple, they are also directors of the subject. Their registered addresses are in Bangkok,
Thailand.
The subject increased its issued share capital from HK$ 1 million to
HK$10 million in February 2014.
The subject commenced business in July 2012.
Formerly the subject’s registered address was in a private building
located at Room 1, Flat C, 2/F., Austin Mansion, 15 Austin Avenue, Tsimshatsui,
Kowloon, Hong Kong. This seemed to be
the residence of the Morakhiyas when they were in Hong Kong.
Now, the subject’s registered address has moved to the office of a
commercial service provider located at Room 301, 3/F., Kam On Building, 176A
Queen’s Road Central, Hong Kong known as Multi-Chain Ltd. This company is also the corporate secretary
of the subject.
The subject has no employees in Hong Kong.
The subject has had an associated company Aashi Diam Co. Ltd. in
Bangkok, Thailand which is also operated by the Indian couple.
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, Thailand and the other Asian countries. Business keeps on improving.
The business of the subject is chiefly handled by the couple. History in Hong Kong is just over two
years and two months.
On the whole, since the history of the subject is short, consider it
good for normal business engagements on L/C basis for the time being.
NOTE:
It is to be noted that the
company does not have its own operating office in Hong Kong. The company uses
the address of its secretariat as its correspondence address only. Subject
operates from some other country and does not have a base in Hong Kong. Such
companies are registered in Hong Kong just to tax benefit purpose and due to
the strict privacy laws prevailing in the country. In such cases, the companies
are not required to have any employees in Hong Kong nor do have an office
there.
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.61.36 |
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1 |
Rs.98.71 |
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Euro |
1 |
Rs.77.47 |
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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