MIRA INFORM REPORT

 

 

Report No. :

306653

Report Date :

13.02.2015

 

IDENTIFICATION DETAILS

 

Name :

LANDMARK EXIM (H.K.) CO.

 

 

Registered Office :

Room 836-837, 8/F., Beverley Commercial Centre, 87-105 Chatham Road, Tsimshatsui, Kowloon

 

 

Country :

Hong Kong

 

 

Date of Incorporation :

11.03.1987

 

 

Com. Reg. No.:

10853073-000-03

 

 

Legal Form :

Sole Proprietorship

 

 

LINE OF BUSINESS :

IMPORTER AND RE-EXPORTER OF JACKETS, UNDERWEAR, FOOTWEAR, BAGS, UMBRELLAS, GAMES AND TOYS, COMPUTERS AND ACCESSORIES, CHEMICALS.

 

 

No. of Employees :

9

 

 

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 – December 31, 2014

 

Country Name

Previous Rating

(30.09.2014)

Current Rating

(31.12.2014)

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% 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.

 

Source : CIA

 

 


Note

 

(Formerly located at:

Room 1001, 10/F., Hillwood Centre,

17-19 Hillwood Road, Tsimshatsui,

Kowloon, Hong Kong.     )

 

 

Company name & address

 

LANDMARK  EXIM  (H.K.)  CO.

 

ADDRESS:       Room 836-837, 8/F., Beverley Commercial Centre, 87-105 Chatham Road, Tsimshatsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong.

 

PHONE:            852-2314 0448,  2314 1501

 

FAX:                 852-2314 7879

 

E-MAIL:                        ram@lmechina.com

lmehkco@netvigator.com

 

 

MANAGEMENT

 

Manager:  Mr. Sitaram Agarwal

 

 

SUMMARY

 

Establishment:  11th March, 1987.

 

Organization:  Sole Proprietorship.

 

Capital:  Not disclosed.

 

Business Category:        Importer and Re-exporter.

 

Annual Turnover:  HK$45~50 million.

 

Employees:  9.

 

Main Dealing Banker:     The Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corp. Ltd., Hong Kong.

 

Banking Relation:  Satisfactory.


Name

 

LANDMARK  EXIM  (H.K.)  CO.

 

 

ADDRESS

 

Head Office:-

Room 836-837, 8/F., Beverley Commercial Centre, 87-105 Chatham Road, Tsimshatsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong.

 

Mailing Address:

P.O. Box 90184, Tsimshatsui Post Office, Kowloon, Hong Kong.

 

Branch Office:-

Flat F, 5/F., Perth Garden, Ilford Court, 5-7 Perth Street, Homantin, Kowloon, Hong Kong.

 

China Offices:-

World Trade Link Enterprises, China.

LEM China Industrial Co., China.

 

Parent Company:-

Ramadon International Pte. Ltd., Singapore.

 

Associated/Affiliated Companies:-

RIL Group of Companies

360° Advertising, Marketing & Promotion Services Pvt. Ltd., Sri Lanka.

Galore Marketing Pvt. Ltd., India.

Gulshan Grace 8, Bangladesh.

LME China Industrial Company, China.

RPI Inc. (USA), USA.

Vivo Galactica Buba, Belgium.

World Trade Link Enterprises, China.

 

 

BUSINESS REGISTRATION NUMBER

 

10853073-000-03

 

 

MANAGEMENT

 

Manager:  Mr. Sitaram Agarwal

Contact Person:  Mr. Ram

 

SOLE PROPRIETOR

 

Name:  Mr. Sitaram AGARWAL

Residential Address:      Flat 2, 15/F., Wai Wah Building, 66-76 Granville Road, Tsimshatsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong.

 

 

HISTORY

The subject was established on 11th March, 1987 as a sole proprietorship company under the Hong Kong Business Registration Regulations.

The following table shows the changes of the partners:-

Name

Incoming Date

Outgoing Date

Girijesh Kumar Agarwal

11-03-1987

31-10-1991

Sitaram Agarwal

01-04-1989

---

Gopal Krishna Agarwal

01-11-1991

01-04-1994

 

Initially the subject was located at 11/F., Belgian House, 77-79 Gloucester Road, Hong Kong, moved to Flat B, 7/F., Wah Fung Mansion, 17-23 Minden Avenue, Tsimshatsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong in March 1989; to No. 6, 5/F., Creative Mansion, 6-8 Chatham Court, Kowloon, Hong Kong in September 1990; to Room 1203, 12/F., Winning Commercial Building, 46-48 Hillwood Road, Tsimshatsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong in December 1991; to Room 903, 9/F., Hillwood Centre, 17-19 Hillwood Road, Tsimshatsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong in September 1993; to Room 1001, 10/F. of the same building in September 1997; and further moved to the present address in June 2010.

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

 

 

OPERATIONS

 

Activities:          Importer and Re-exporter.

 

Lines:               Jackets, underwear, footwear, bags, umbrellas, games and toys, computers and accessories, chemicals.

 

Employees:       9.

 

Commodities Imported:   China, other Asian countries.

 

Markets:           Europe, North America, Asian countries.

 

Annual Turnover:            HK$45~50 million.

 

Terms/Sales:  L/C or as per contracted.

 

Terms/Buying:  L/C, T/T and D/P.


FINANCIAL INFORMATION

 

Capital: Not disclosed.

 

Profit & Loss:    Traded at a small profitable angle.

 

Condition:  Keeping in an active and satisfactory manner.

 

Facilities:  Actively using general banking facilities.

 

Payment:  Met obligations as required.

 

Commercial Morality:  Satisfactory.

 

Banker:  The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corp. Ltd., Hong Kong.

 

Standing:  Normal.

 

 

GENERAL

 

Landmark Exim (H.K.) Co. is a sole proprietorship concern controlled by Mr. Sitaram Agarwal and his family members.  The abbreviation of the subject is LME.  The subject commenced business in March 1987.

 

The subject is a buying agent.  It provides customers with warehousing facilities and is engaged in shipping and arranging documents for customers.

 

Currently, the subject is trading in the following commodities:Accessories, Audio Products, Automobile, Bags, Bathroom Fittings, Belt – Timing, Blanket, Chemicals, Cleaning Products, Cosmetics, Electrical Parts, Flags, Flask, Furniture, Furniture Hardware fittings, Garments, Glassware (Basic-Crockery), Hardware, Home Appliances, Kitchen Ware, Lighters, Metal, Optical, Paper, Paraffin Wax, Photo Frame, Playing Cards, Room Freshener, Stationery, Suitcases, Sundry items, Table Ware, Textiles, Toiletries, Umbrella, Video Products, etc.

Most of the commodities are sourced from China.  Currently, it has set up an office in Yiwu City and another in Ningbo City, Zhejiang Province, China.  The subject has been dealing with manufacturers in China for over nineteen years.  It also sources commodities from Malaysia, Thailand, etc. apart from China.

 

The subject’s associated firms in Ningbo is known as LME China Industrial Company while the one in Yiwu is known as World Trade Link Enterprises.

 

Commodities are exported to Eastern and Western Europe, some of the Asian countries, North America, etc.  Business has been satisfactory.

 

The subject in fact is a member of the RIL Group which is headquartered in Singapore.  Besides the subject, the Group also includes companies in the United States, Europe, China, India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh.

The Group is specialised in international trading, plastic recycling, real estate development, retailing, digital printing and advertising.

 

The holding company of the Group is Ramadon International Pte. Ltd. which is a Singapore-based firm.

The Group is also a major export house and buying agent of several prominent companies around the world for their procurement, inspection and shipping of products from various places around the globe.  It also offers clients with warehousing facilities, materials sorting service, shipping and documentation service.

 

The subject also helps its clients market and distribute their products.  Its US office is known as RPI Inc.  This firm is in Houston, Texas.

 

The subject’s business is chiefly handled by Mr. Sitaram Agarwal who is an Indian.

 

On the whole, having a history of about twenty-eight years in Hong Kong, the subject is considered good for normal business engagements.

 


 

FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES

 

Currency

Unit

Indian Rupees

US Dollar

1

Rs.62.43

UK Pound

1

Rs.95.02

Euro

1

Rs.70.63

 

 

INFORMATION DETAILS

 

Analysis Done by :

SUB

 

 

Report Prepared by :

TPT

 

               


 

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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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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