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Report No. : |
335768 |
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Report Date : |
10.08.2015 |
IDENTIFICATION DETAILS
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Name : |
SABAH ESSA AL
ATTAR JEWELLERS CO |
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Registered Office : |
Derwaza Tower, 9th Floor, Mubarak Street, Sharq, Block 1, P O Box: 382, Souk Dakhly 15254, Safat |
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Country : |
Kuwait |
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Financials (as on) : |
31.12.2014 |
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Date of Incorporation : |
16.05.1995 |
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Com. Reg. No.: |
60425 |
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Legal Form : |
General Partnership |
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Line of Business : |
Wholesale and
Retail of Jewellery. |
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No. of Employees : |
15 |
RATING & COMMENTS
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MIRA’s Rating : |
Ba |
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RATING |
STATUS |
PROPOSED CREDIT LINE |
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41-55 |
Ba |
Overall operation is considered normal. Capable to meet normal
commitments. |
Satisfactory |
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Status : |
Satisfactory |
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Payment Behaviour : |
No Complaints |
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Litigation : |
Clear |
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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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Kuwait |
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 |
KUWAIT - ECONOMIC OVERVIEW
Kuwait has a geographically small, but wealthy, relatively
open economy with crude oil reserves of about 102 billion barrels - more than
6% of world reserves. Kuwaiti officials plan to increase oil production to 4
million barrels per day by 2020. Petroleum accounts for over half of GDP, 94%
of export revenues, and 89% of government income. For the last decade, high oil
prices have generated budget surpluses despite increasing budget expenditures,
particularly on wage hikes for public sector employees. Despite Kuwait’s
dependence on oil, the government has cushioned itself against the impact of
lower oil prices by continuous saving of at least 10% of government revenue in
the Fund for Future Generations. Kuwait has done little to diversify its
economy, in part, due to a poor business climate and an acrimonious
relationship between the National Assembly and the executive branch that has
stymied most economic reforms. In 2010, Kuwait passed its first long-term
economic development plan in almost twenty-five years. While the government
planned to spend up $104 billion over four years to diversify the economy away
from oil, attract more investment, and boost private sector participation in
the economy, many of the projects did not materialize because of the uncertain
political situation.
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Source
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Company Name : SABAH ESSA
AL ATTAR JEWELLERS CO
Country of Origin : Kuwait
Legal Form :
General Partnership
Registration Date : 16th
May 1995
Commercial
Registration Number : 60425
Chamber Membership
Number : 18292
Partners Capital :
KD 53,000
Total Workforce :
15
Activities :
Wholesalers and retailers of jewellery
Financial Condition : Fair
Payments :
Nothing detrimental uncovered
Operating Trend : Steady
SABAH ESSA AL ATTAR
JEWELLERS CO
Building : Derwaza Tower, 9th
Floor
Street : Mubarak Street
Area : Sharq, Block 1
PO Box : 382, Souk Dakhly 15254
Town : Safat
Country : Kuwait
Telephone : (965) 22478234 / 25741596 / 25741596 / 22432203 / 22464216
Facsimile : (965) 22478234
Email : sabahalattar@hotmail.com
Subject operates
from a small suite of offices that are rented and located in the Central
Business Area of Safat.
Name Position
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Sabah
Essa Sulaima Al Attar Managing
Partner
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Wejdan
Abdul Wabah Rashid Al Mufti Partner
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Telal
Abu Zaid Financial
Controller
Date of Establishment : 16th
May 1995
Legal Form :
General Partnership
Commercial Reg. No. : 60425
Chamber Member No. : 18292
Partners Capital : KD 53,000
Name of Partner
(s)
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Sabah
Essa Sulaima Al Attar
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Wejdan
Abdul Wabah Rashid Al Mufti
Activities: Engaged in the wholesale and retail of
jewellery.
Import
Countries: Europe and the
Far East.
Operating Trend: Steady
Subject has a
workforce of 15 employees.
Financial
highlights provided by local sources are given below:
Currency: Kuwaiti
Dinars (KD)
Year
Ending 31/12/13: Year Ending
31/12/14:
Total Sales KD 2,450,000 KD 2,625,000
Local sources
consider subject’s financial condition to be Fair.
The above financial
figures are based on estimations by our local sources.
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Commercial
Bank of Kuwait SAK
Mubarak Al Kabir Street
PO Box: 2861
Safat 13029
Tel: (965) 22411001
Fax: (965) 22450150
No complaints
regarding subject’s payments have been reported.
During the course
of this investigation nothing detrimental was uncovered regarding subject’s
operating history or the manner in which payments are fulfilled. As such the
business is considered to be a fair trade risk.
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.63.81 |
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1 |
Rs.98.93 |
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Euro |
1 |
Rs.69.66 |
INFORMATION DETAILS
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Analysis Done by
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TRI |
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Report Prepared
by : |
NIT |
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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