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Report No. : |
334737 |
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Report Date : |
06.08.2015 |
IDENTIFICATION DETAILS
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Name : |
LA QUALITAS |
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Registered Office : |
Room B, 13/F., Kok Pah Mansion, 58-60 Cameron Road, Tsimshatsui,
Kowloon |
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Country : |
Hong Kong |
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Date of Incorporation : |
10.08.2011 |
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Com. Reg. No.: |
54098245-000-08 |
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Legal Form : |
Sole Proprietorship |
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Line of Business : |
Subject is importer, exporter and wholesaler of all kinds of diamonds |
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No. of Employee : |
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 : |
Very small company |
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Payment Behaviour : |
Slow |
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Litigation : |
Clear |
NOTES :
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ECGC Country Risk Classification List – March 31, 2015
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Country Name |
Previous Rating (31.12.2014) |
Current Rating (31.03.2015) |
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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 12.5% of total system deposits in Hong Kong by the end of 2014. 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 47.3 million in 2014, 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 2014 mainland Chinese companies constituted about 50% of the firms listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange and accounted for about 60.1% 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 4.4% in 2014. 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 2014, Hong Kong and China signed a new agreement on achieving basic liberalization of trade in services in Guangdong Province under the Closer Economic Partnership Agreement, adopted in 2003 to forge closer ties between Hong Kong and the mainland. The new measures, effective from March 2015, cover a negative list and a most-favored treatment provision, and will improve access to the mainland's service sector for Hong Kong-based companies.
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Source
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LA
QUALITAS
Room B, 13/F., Kok
Pah Mansion, 58-60 Cameron Road, Tsimshatsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong.
(Formerly
located at:
C/o
KNG Consultants, Room 605, 6/F., Stag
Building, 148-150 Queen’s Road Central, Hong Kong.)
PHONE: Not available
Manager: Mr. Alam Zofar
Establishment: 10th
August, 2011.
Organization: Sole
Proprietorship.
Capital: Not disclosed.
Business Category: Diamond
Trader.
Employees: Nil.
Main Dealing
Banker: The
Hongkong & Shanghai Banking Corp. Ltd., Hong Kong.
Banking Relation: Satisfactory.
Head Office:-
Room B, 13/F., Kok Pah Mansion, 58-60 Cameron Road,
Tsimshatsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong.
54098245-000-08
Manager: Mr. Alam Zofar
Name: Mr. Alam ZOFAR
Residential Address: 103 Vighnharta Building, Plot
Lot No. 141, Sector 44, Nerul West Navi, Mumbai-400706, India.
The subject was established on 10th
August, 2011 as a sole proprietorship concern owned by Mr. Alam Zofar under the
Hong Kong Business Registration Regulations.
Formerly the subject’s registered
address was located at “c/o KNG Consultants, Room 605, 6/F., Stag Building,
148-150 Queen’s Road Central, Hong Kong” where was the operating address of a
consultant company. The subject moved to
the present address in August 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, etc.
Employees: Nil.
Commodities
Imported: India, etc.
Markets: Hong Kong, China, India, other
Asian countries, etc.
Terms/Sales: COD,
L/C, T/T, etc.
Terms/Buying: L/C,
pre-payment, etc.
Capital: Not disclosed.
Profit or Loss: Keeping a balance account in Hong Kong.
Condition: Business is fairly active.
Facilities: Making use of general banking
facilities.
Payment: Met trade commitments as required.
Commercial
Morality: Satisfactory.
Banker: The Hongkong & Shanghai Banking Corp.
Ltd., Hong Kong.
Standing: Small.
La
Qualitas was established in August 2011 as a sole proprietorship set up and
owned by Mr. Alam Zofar who is an Indian.
He is an India passport holder and does not have the right to reside in
Hong Kong permanently. Being the manager
of the subject, his registered address is in Mumbai, India.
The
subject’s registered address was in a commercial service firm located at Room
605, 6/F., Stag Building, 148‑150 Queen’s Road Central, Hong Kong
known as KNG Consultants. Now, the
subject has moved to Room B, 13/F., Kok Pah Mansion, 58‑60 Cameron
Road, Tsimshatsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong where is a residential building. This seems to be the residence of Alam Zofar
when he is in Hong Kong.
The
residential building is not trespassed by outsiders. The subject has no employees in Hong Kong.
We
can reach nobody at your given Hong Kong mobile phone number 852‑9740
9011 as this line ‘cannot be connected’.
The
subject is a diamond importer, exporter and wholesaler. It is engaged in manufacturing loose diamonds
like marquise, pears, tappers, buggets and rose cut diamonds. Commodities are chiefly imported from
India. Products are marketed in Hong
Kong, China, and exported to Japan, India, the other Asian countries, Europe,
etc.
The
subject’s history in Hong Kong is just about four years.
Since
the subject does not have its own operating office, history is short and has no
employees in Hong Kong, consider it good for business engagements on L/C basis.
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.63.82 |
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1 |
Rs.99.15 |
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Euro |
1 |
Rs.69.31 |
INFORMATION DETAILS
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Analysis Done by
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KAR |
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Report Prepared
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ASH |
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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