MIRA INFORM REPORT

 

 

Report No. :

336615

Report Date :

17.08.2015

 

IDENTIFICATION DETAILS

 

Name :

TATA INTERNATIONAL METALS (ASIA) LTD.

 

 

Registered Office :

Unit 2506-2508, 25/F., Enterprise Square 2, 3 Sheung Yuet Road, Kowloon Bay, Kowloon

 

 

Country :

Hong Kong

 

 

Date of Incorporation :

21.10.1986

 

 

Com. Reg. No.:

10722212

 

 

Legal Form :

Private Limited Company.

 

 

Line of Business :

Importers and Exporters; Transhipment Agent all kinds of steel and steel products such as structural sections, bearing, tubular and sheet piles, structural hollow sections, channels and angles, plates, elevator guide rails, bulb flats, window sections, rail track, color coated steel for cladding, tin plate, grain and non‑oriented, electrical steels, semi-finished steels, wire rods, strip and tubular products, engineering steels.

 

 

No. of Employees :

20 (Group Employees)

 

 

RATING & COMMENTS

 

MIRA’s Rating :

Ba

 

RATING

STATUS

PROPOSED CREDIT LINE

41-55

Ba

Overall operation is considered normal. Capable to meet normal commitments.

Satisfactory

 

Status :

Satisfactory

 

 

Payment Behaviour :

No Complaints

 

 

Litigation :

Clear

 

 

NOTES:

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ECGC Country Risk Classification List – March 31, 2015

 

Country Name

Previous Rating

(31.12.2014)

Current Rating

(31.03.2015)

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 12.5% 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.

 

Source : CIA

 

Company name and address

 

TATA  INTERNATIONAL  METALS  (ASIA)  LTD.

 

Unit 2506-2508, 25/F., Enterprise Square 2, 3 Sheung Yuet Road, Kowloon Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong.

 

PHONE:            852-2272 5400,  852-2751 9747,  852-2751 1802,  852-2624 9521

 

FAX:                 852-2759 6332,  852-2754 6672,  852-2755 5806

 

E-MAIL:            agoel@tatahk.com

 

MANAGEMENT:

 

Managing Director:  Mr. Ajay Murlidhar Ponkshe

 

 

SUMMARY

 

Incorporated on:             21st October, 1986.

 

Organization:                 Private Limited Company.

 

Issued Share Capital:     HK$10,000.00

 

Business Category:       Steel Trader.

 

Group Employees:        20.  (Hong Kong)

 

Main Dealing Banker:     ABN AMRO Bank N.V., Hong Kong Branch.

 

Banking Relation:          Good.

 

 

ADDRESS

 

Registered Head Office:-

Unit 2506-2508, 25/F., Enterprise Square 2, 3 Sheung Yuet Road, Kowloon Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong.

 

Holding Company:-

Tata Steel International Singapore Pte. Ltd., Singapore.

 

Intermediate Holding Company:-

Tata International Ltd.

Block A, Shivsagar Estates, Dr. Annie Besant Road, Worli, Mumbai 400 018, India.

[Tel: 91-22-6665 2200-10;  Fax: 91-22-6661 2833]

 

Ultimate Holding Company:-

Tata Sons Ltd., India.

 

Associated/Affiliated Companies:-

Tata Group of Companies

Advinus Therapeutics Pvt. Ltd., India.

Casa Decor Pvt. Ltd., India.

CMC Ltd., India.

Consilience Technologies (Pty) Ltd., South Africa.

Drive India Enterprise Solution Ltd., India.

Hooghly Met Coke and Power Co. Ltd., India.

Infiniti Retail Ltd., India.

Jamipol Ltd., India.

Jamshedpur Utilities and Services Co. Ltd., India.

Landmark Ltd., India.

Mjunction Services Ltd., India.

Natsteel Holdings Pte. Ltd., Singapore.

Nelco Ltd., India.

Nelito Systems Ltd., India.

Powerlinks Transmission Ltd., India.

Rallis India Ltd., India.

Roots Corporation Ltd., India.

Taj Air Ltd., India.

TAL Manufacturing Solutions Ltd., India.

Tata (UAE) FZE, UAE.

Tata (Zimbabwe) Pvt. Ltd., Zimbabwe.

Tata Advanced Materials Ltd., India.

Tata Advanced Systems, India.

Tata Africa Holdings (SA) Pty. Ltd., South Africa.

Tata AG, Switerland.

Tata AIG General Insurance Co. Ltd., India.

Tata AIG Life Insurance Co. Ltd., India.

Tata Asset Management Ltd., India.

Tata AutoComp. Systems Ltd., India.

Tata BlueScope Steel Ltd., India.

Tata BP Solar India Ltd., India.

Tata Business Support Services Ltd., India.

Tata Capital Ltd., India.

Tata Ceramics Ltd., India.

Tata Chemicals Europe Ltd., UK.

Tata Chemicals Ltd., India.

Tata Chemicals Megadi Ltd., Kenya.

Tata Chemicals North America Inc., US.

Tata Coffee Ltd., India.

Tata Communications Ltd., India.

Tata Consultancy Services Ltd., India.

Tata Consulting Engineers Ltd., India.

Tata Cummins Ltd., India.

Tata Daewoo Commercial Vehicle Co. Ltd., South Korea.

Tata DOCOMO Ltd., India.

Tata Elxsi Ltd., India.

Tata Engineering Ltd., India.

Tata Engineering Services (Pte) Ltd., Singapore.

Tata Enterprises (Overseas) AG, Switzerland.

Tata Financial Services, India.

Tata Ghana Ltd., Ghana.

Tata Global Beverages Ltd., India.

Tata Holdings (Tanzania) Ltd., Tanzania.

Tata Holdings Mocambique Limitada., Mocambique.

Tata Housing Development Co. Ltd., India.

Tata Inc., US.

Tata Industrial Services Ltd., India.

Tata Industries Ltd., India.

Tata Information Technology (Shanghai) Co. Ltd., China.

Tata Interactive Systems, India.

Tata International (Australia) Pty. Ltd., Australia.

Tata International (Thailand) Ltd., Thailand.

Tata International (UK) Ltd., UK.

Tata International AG, Switzerland.

Tata International DLT Pvt. Ltd., India.

Tata International Ltd., Bangladesh.

Tata International Ltd., Nepal.

Tata International Ltd., Saudi Arabia.

Tata International Ltd., Singapore.

Tata International Ltd., Sri Lanka.

Tata International Trading Brazil Ltda., Brazil.

Tata Investment Corporation Ltd., India.

Tata Ltd., UK.

Tata Metaliks Ltd., India.

Tata Motors European Technical Centre PLC., UK.

Tata Motors Ltd., India.

Tata Nambia (Pty) Ltd., Nambia.

Tata NYK Shipping Pte. Ltd., Singapore.

Tata Petrodyne Ltd., India.

Tata Pigments Ltd., India.

Tata Power Co. Ltd., India.

Tata Power Delhi Distribution Ltd., India.

Tata Power Trading Co. Ltd., India.

Tata Precision Industries (India) Ltd., India.

Tata Precision Industries (UK) Ltd., UK.

Tata Precision Industries Pte. Ltd., Singapore.

Tata Projects Ltd., India.

Tata Quality Management Services Ltd., India.

Tata Realty and Infrastructure Ltd., India.

Tata Ryerson Ltd., India.

Tata Serivces Ltd., India.

Tata Sky Ltd., India.

Tata Sons Ltd., US.

Tata South Africa Holdings (SA) (Pty) Ltd., South Africa.

Tata South-East Asia Ltd., China.

Tata South-East Asia Ltd., Indonesia.

Tata South-East Asia Ltd., Thailand.

Tata Sponge Iron Ltd., India.

Tata SSL Ltd., India.

Tata Steel Europe Ltd., UK

Tata Steel KZN (Pty) Ltd., South Africa.

Tata Steel Ltd., India.

Tata Steel Processing and Distribution Ltd., India.

Tata Tea Inc., US.

Tata Tea Ltd., India.

Tata Technologies Ltd., India.

Tata Teleservices (Maharashtra) Ltd., India.

Tata Teleservices Ltd., India.

Tata Uganda Ltd., Uganda.

Tata West Asia FZE, UAE.

Tata Zambia Ltd., Zambia.

Tayo Rolls Ltd., India.

Telco Construction Equipment Co. Ltd., India.

The Indian Hotels Co. Ltd., India.

Tinplate Co. of India Ltd., India.

Titan Industries Ltd., India.

TM International Logistics Ltd., India.

TML Drivelines Ltd., India.

Trent Ltd., India.

TRF Ltd., India.

TRL Krosaki Refractories Ltd., India.

Voltas Ltd., India.

Westland Ltd., India..

 

 

BUSINESS REGISTRATION NUMBER 

 

10722212

 

COMPANY FILE NUMBER

 

 0176891

 

 

MANAGEMENT

 

Managing Director:  Mr. Ajay Murlidhar Ponkshe

Contact Person:  Mr. Patrick Wu

 

 

ISSUED SHARE CAPITAL 

 

HK$10,000.00

SHAREHOLDER  

 

(As per registry dated 21-10-2014)

Name

 

No. of shares

Tata Steel International Singapore Pte. Ltd.

22 Tanjong Kling Road, Singapore 628048.

 

1,000

====

 

 

DIRECTORS

 

(As per registry dated 10-11-2014)

Name

(Nationality)

 

Address

Ramesh MANI

3301A & B Verona Hiranandani Gardens, A S Marg, Powai, Mumbai 400076, India.

Ajay Murlidhar PONKSHE

3 Yashodan, Sahayog Mandir Road, Naupada Thane, 400602, India.

John Edward Morton CAOUKI

24 Coombe Gardens, London, SW20 OQU, UK.

 

 

SECRETARY

 

(As per registry dated 21-10-2014)

Name

Address

Co. No.

Boardroom Corporate Secretaries (HK) Ltd.

31/F., 148 Electric Road, North Point, Hong Kong.

1189239

 

 

HISTORY

 

The subject was incorporated on 21st October, 1986 as a private limited liability company under the Hong Kong Companies Ordinance.

It was originally registered under the name of Industrial Steels Ltd., name changed to Corus Trading Ltd. on 14th February, 2000; changed to Corus International Trading Ltd. on 12th March, 2004; to Tata Steel International (Hong Kong) Ltd. on 7th January, 2010 and further to the present style on 22nd February, 2013.

Long time ago, the subject was located at 6/F., Jardine Engineering House, 260 King’s Road, North Point, Hong Kong.  It moved to the present address in July 2014.

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

 

 

OPERATIONS

 

Activities:          Importers and Exporters; Transhipment Agent.

 

Lines:               All kinds of steel and steel products such as structural sections, bearing, tubular and sheet piles, structural hollow sections, channels and angles, plates, elevator guide rails, bulb flats, window sections, rail track, color coated steel for cladding, tin plate, grain and non‑oriented, electrical steels, semi-finished steels, wire rods, strip and tubular products, engineering steels.

 

Group Employees:        20.  (Hong Kong)

 

Commodities Imported: Mainly imported from Eastern & Western Europe, Canada, Brazil, Argentina.

 

Markets:            China, Taiwan, Tunisia, the United States, Vietnam, Costa Rica, South Korea, Southeast Asia, Japan.

 

Terms/Sales:     Various Terms.

 

Terms/Buying:  Various Terms.

 

 

MEMBERSHIP

 

The Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce, Hong Kong.
[Membership No. HKT0551]

 

 

FINANCIAL INFORMATION

 

Issued Share Capital:     HK$10,000.00

 

Mortgage or Charge:     (See attachment)

 

Profit or Loss:               Business is profitable.

 

Condition:                     Keeping in an active and good manner.

 

Facilities:                      Making active use of general banking facilities.

 

Payment:                      So far so good.

 

Commercial Morality:     Good.

 

Bankers:-

ABN AMRO Bank N.V., Hong Kong Branch.

ICICI Bank Ltd., Hong Kong.

BNP Paribas Hong Kong Branch.

 

Standing:  Very Good.

 

 

 

GENERAL

 

Tata International Metals (Asia) Ltd. is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Tata Steel International Singapore Pte. Ltd. [TSIS] which is a Singapore-based company.  In turn, TSIS is a wholly-owned overseas subsidiary of Tata International Ltd. [Tata International] which is a publicly listed company in India.

Established in 1962, Tata International is the trading arm of Tata group entities throughout the world.

The subject belongs to the division of the Group Tata Metal.

Now, the business of Tata International covers 39 countries in Africa, Asia, Europe and the Americas.

Supported by global sourcing, deep market knowledge and supply chain management of various steel and related products, the subject’s metals trading business serves customers across 50 countries.  Recent investments in downstream activities in Africa have enabled it to widen its products offering and increase customer retention.

Key products offered include steel, metallic products and rolls, products for the aluminium industry (customised engineering products) and module mounting systems (solar).  The business also supports a growing domestic (pan-India) business for bicycles under the brand Stryder.

Jiangsu Shagang Group [Shagang] is one of the main customers of the subject.

The main products of the subject are hot rolled plate and cold rolled coil, hot rolled coil.  Prime markets are Taiwan, Tunisia, the United States, Vietnam, Costa Rica and Japan.

Tata International has about 10,000 employees and its worldwide revenues were US$2.2 billion in FY 2015.

The followings are the total revenue of Tata Group in past four years:-

 

FY 2011-12:  Rs 475,721 crore

FY 2012-13:  Rs 527,047 crore

FY 2013-14:  Rs 624,757 crore

FY 2014-15:  Rs 665,185 crore

 

The followings are the net forex earnings of Tata Group in past four years:-

 

FY 2011-12:  Rs  7,604 crore

FY 2012-13:  Rs 16,604 crore

FY 2013-14:  Rs 32,129 crore

FY 2014-15:  Rs 40,690 crore

 

Tata Group employs over 611,700 people worldwide.  The Tata name has been respected in India for 140 years.

Every Tata company or enterprise operates independently.  Each of these companies has its own board of directors and shareholders, to whom it is answerable.

Tata Group companies with significant scale include Tata Steel, Tata Motors, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), Tata Power, Tata Chemicals, Tata Global Beverages, Tata Teleservices, Titan, Tata Communications and Indian Hotels.

Tata Metal is among the top ten steelmakers, and Tata Motors is among the top five commercial vehicle manufacturers, in the world. TCS is a leading global software company, with delivery centres in the United States, the United Kingdom, Hungary, Brazil, Uruguay and China, besides India.  Tata Global Beverages is the second-largest player in tea in the world.  Tata Chemicals is the world’s second-largest manufacturer of soda ash and Tata Communications is one of the world’s largest wholesale voice carriers.

Besides the subject in Hong Kong, Tata’s other wholly-owned subsidiaries are in South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Namibia, Mozambique, Uganda, Tanzania, Ghana, and the United Arab Emirates.  Offices have been set up in Thailand, Bangladesh, Oman, Cyprus, Russia, the United Kingdom and China.

As one of India’s leading global trading companies, Tata is recognized by the Government of India as a “Golden Super Star Trading House”.  In total, Tata International exports about 80% of its commodities to foreign countries every year.

The subject is fully supported by the Group.  History in Hong Kong is over 28 years and nine months.

The Contact Person of the subject is Mr. Patrick Wu.

On the whole, in view of the parentage and background of the subject, consider it good for normal business engagements.

 

 

MORTGAGE OR CHARGE

 

Date

Description of Instrument

Mortgagee

26-03-2014

Security Memorandum (First Party)

ABN AMRO Bank N.V.

Coolsingel 93, 3012 AE Rotterdam, The Netherlands.

09-02-2015

Deed of Charge

BNP Paribas, Hong Kong Branch.

09-02-2015

Pledge and Master Trust Receipt

BNP Paribas, Hong Kong Branch.

11-02-2015

Charge Over Assets and Receivables

ICICI Bank Ltd., Hong Kong Branch.

 


 

FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES

 

Currency

Unit

Indian Rupees

US Dollar

1

Rs.65.12

UK Pound

1

Rs.101.62

Euro

1

Rs.72.56

 

INFORMATION DETAILS

 

Analysis Done by :

TRI

 

 

Report Prepared by :

TRU

 

               

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

 

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NB

New Business

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Financial condition (40%)            Ownership background (20%)                  Payment record (10%)

Credit history (10%)                   Market trend (10%)                                Operational size (10%)

 

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