MIRA INFORM REPORT

 

 

Report No. :

308596

Report Date :

16.02.2015

 

IDENTIFICATION DETAILS

 

Name :

GFL INTERNATIONAL CO. LTD.

 

 

Registered Office :

c/o Orion House Secretarial Ltd., Room 1401, 14/F., World Commerce Centre, Harbour City, 7‑11 Canton Road, Tsimshatsui, Kowloon,

 

 

Country :

Hong Kong

 

 

Date of Incorporation :

29.03.2011

 

 

Com. Reg. No.:

58149412

 

 

Legal Form :

Private Limited Company

 

 

Line of Business :

Importer, Exporter and Manufacturer of Lithium chloride, lithium fluoride, lithium carbonate, lithium hydroxide, lithium magnesium alloy

 

 

No of Employees :

No employees in Hong Kong

 

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

 

MIRA’s Rating :

Ca

 

RATING

STATUS

PROPOSED CREDIT LINE

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

 

Status :

No Operating Office in Hong Kong

Payment Behaviour :

Unknown

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

 


COMPANY NAME & ADDRESS

 

GFL INTERNATIONAL CO. LTD.

 

ADDRESS:      

c/o Orion House Secretarial Ltd.

Room 1401, 14/F., World Commerce Centre, Harbour City, 7‑11 Canton Road, Tsimshatsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong.

 

PHONE:            852-2736 7372

 

FAX:                 852-2736 8895

 

 

MANAGEMENT

 

Group Chairman & President:  Mr. Li Liang Bin

 

 

SUMMARY

 

Incorporated on:             29th March, 2011.

 

Organization:                 Private Limited Company.

 

Capital:Nominal:            HK$1,000,000.00

            Issued:              HK$1,000,000.00

 

Business Category:        Importer, Exporter and Manufacturer.

 

Parent Turnover:             RMB686,267,000.36 Yuan  (Year ended 31-12-2013)

 

Company Turnover:        RMB60,366,566.28 Yuan  (Year ended 31-12-2013)

 

Employees:                   Nil.  (Hong Kong)

 

Main Dealing Banker:     Bank of Communications Co. Ltd., Hong Kong Branch.

 

Banking Relation:           Satisfactory.


COMPANY NAME & ADDRESS

 

GFL INTERNATIONAL CO. LTD.

 

ADDRESS:

 

Registered Head Office:-

c/o Orion House Secretarial Ltd.

Room 1401, 14/F., World Commerce Centre, Harbour City, 7‑11 Canton Road, Tsimshatsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong.

 

Holding Company:-

Jiangxi Ganfeng Lithium Co. Ltd., China.

 

Associated Companies:-

Ganfeng Group of Companies

Fengxin Ganfeng Lithium Co. Ltd., China.

Fengxin Ganfeng Regeneration Lithium Resources Co. Ltd., China.

Jiangxi Ganfeng Lithium Power Battery Co. Ltd., China.

Wuxi Sunenergy Lithium Industrial Co. Ltd., China.

Xinyu Ganfeng Lithium Sale Co. Ltd., China.

Xinyu Ganfeng Organic Lithium Co. Ltd., China.

Xinyu Ganfeng Transportation Co. Ltd., China.

Yichun Ganfeng Lithium Co. Ltd., China.

 

 

BUSINESS REGISTRATION NUMBER

 

58149412

 

 

COMPANY FILE NUMBER

 

1580183

 

 

MANAGEMENT

 

Group Chairman & President:  Mr. Li Liang Bin

Group Vice Chairman & Vice President: Mr. Wang Xiao Shen

 

 

CAPITAL

 

Nominal Share Capital: HK$1,000,000.00 (Divided into 1,000,000 shares of HK$1.00 each)

 

Issued Share Capital: HK$1,000,000.00

 

 

SHAREHOLDER

 

(As per registry dated 29-03-2014)

Name

 

No. of shares

Jiangxi Ganfeng Lithium Co. Ltd.

Long Teng Road, Xin Yu City, Jiangxi Province, China.

 

1,000,000

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DIRECTORS

 

(As per registry dated 29-03-2014)

Name

(Nationality)

 

Address

LI Liang Bin

No. 21-4-2-9, Chang Qing Road (S), Yu Shui District, Xin Yu City, Jiangxi Province, China.

 

WANG Xiao Shen

No. 4-23-3-303, Xi Er Xiang, Nan Hu Road, Shui Mo Gou District, Wu Lu Mu Qi City, Xinjiang Province, China.

 

 

SECRETARY

 

(As per registry dated 29-03-2014)

Name

Address

Co. No.

Orion House Secretarial Ltd.

Room 1401, 14/F., World Commerce Centre, Harbour City, 7-11 Canton Road, Tsimshatsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong.

1296458

 

 

HISTORY

 

The subject was incorporated on 29th March, 2011 as a private limited liability company under the Hong Kong Companies Ordinance.

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

 

 

OPERATIONS

 

Activities:          Importer, Exporter and Manufacturer.

 

Lines:   Lithium chloride, lithium fluoride, lithium carbonate, lithium hydroxide, lithium magnesium alloy

 

Employees:       Nil.   (Hong Kong)

1,114. (China)

 

Materials/Commodities:  Imports raw materials from European countries, some of the Asian countries and finished products from China.

 

Markets:           China, Southeast Asia, Japan, Europe, North America, etc.

 

Parent Turnover: RMB246,860,522.95 Yuan  (Year ended 31-12-2009)

RMB359,722,325.78 Yuan  (Year ended 31-12-2010)

RMB474,978,594.99 Yuan  (Year ended 31-12-2011)

RMB628,147,629.65 Yuan  (Year ended 31-12-2012)

RMB686,267,000.36 Yuan  (Year ended 31-12-2013)

 

Company Turnover:        RMB60,366,566.28 Yuan  (Year ended 31-12-2013)

 

Terms/Sales:  L/C, T/T, etc.

 

Terms/Buying:  L/C, T/T, etc.

 

 

FINANCIAL INFORMATION

 

Nominal Share Capital: HK$1,000,000.00 (Divided into 1,000,000 shares of HK$1.00 each)

 

Issued Share Capital: HK$1,000,000.00

 

Company Total Assets:  RMB38,603,704.53 Yuan  (Year ended 31-12-2013)

 

Company Net Assets:  RMB25,789,847.36 Yuan  (Year ended 31-12-2013)

 

Parent Profits Attributable to Shareholders:-

RMB33,861,140.82 Yuan  (Year ended 31-12-2009)

RMB42,642,305.09 Yuan  (Year ended 31-12-2010)

RMB54,288,452.76 Yuan  (Year ended 31-12-2011)

RMB69,644,692.68 Yuan  (Year ended 31-12-2012)

RMB74,123,526.67 Yuan  (Year ended 31-12-2013)

 

Company Net Loss:  (RMB6,448,286.78)  (Year ended 31-12-2013)

 

Profit or Loss:    Parent business is profitable.

 

Condition:          Business is not very active in Hong Kong.

 

Facilities:          Making fairly active use of general banking facilities.

 

Payment:          Met trade commitments as required.

 

Commercial Morality:  Good.

 

Banker:  Bank of Communications Co. Ltd., Hong Kong.

 

Standing:  Small.

 

 

GENERAL

 

GFL International Co. Ltd. is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Jiangxi Ganfeng Lithium Co. Ltd. [Ganfeng] which is a China-based firm.

The subject does not have its own operating office.  Its registered office is in a commercial service firm located at Room 1401, 14/F., World Commerce Centre, Harbour City, 7-11 Canton Road, Tsimshatsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong known as Orion House Secretarial Ltd. which is handling its correspondences and documents.  This firm is also the corporate secretary of the subject.  The subject has no employees in Hong Kong.

The subject is trading in the products of Ganfeng which is a listed firm in China.

Ganfeng is a hi-tech enterprise which was founded in 2000.  Its business covers R&D, industry and trade.  Its factory site covers an area of 300 Chinese acres.  Its registered capital was RMB75,000,000 Yuan and currently has 450 staff while 160 of them are engineers, technicians and administrators (80 of them have got high-level and intermediate titles).

The corporate headquarter of Ganfeng is located at Longteng Road, Xinyu Economic Development Zone, Jiangxi Province.  Its main products are lithium chloride, lithium fluoride, lithium carbonate, lithium hydroxide, lithium magnesium alloy and so on.

Ganfeng is one of the world’s leading Lithium manufacturers, established in China in 2000 and has been listed on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange since 2010.  Ganfeng has experienced rapid growth in recent years, consequently forming several highly specialized Lithium production subsidiaries and most recently commissioning a new facility in China adding 500mt/y Li metal to its current 1000mt/y Li production capacity.  It exports and produces over 20 unique lithium products for various applications worldwide.  This includes Li metal batteries for which GFL has developed a breakthrough technology that shortens the industry standard production process.

Ganfeng has four subsidiary companies: Xinyu Ganfeng Organic Lithium Co. Ltd. located at Hexia Town, Fairy Lake, Xinyu, Jiangxi Province, the main products are butyl lithium and butyl chloride, widely applied in rubber, drugs manufacture and spice.  The second subsidiary company is FengXin Ganfeng Lithium Co. Ltd. located at Fengtian Development Zone, Fengxin County, Jiangxi Province, the leading products are catalyst metal lithium, battery metal lithium and lithium processing, widely applied in drugs manufacture, organic synthesis, battery, chemical industry and metallurgy.  The third subsidiary company is Xinyu Ganfeng Lithium Sale Co. Ltd. located at Xinyu Economic Development Zone, Jiangxi Province.  The fourth subsidiary company is Xinyu Ganfeng Transportation Co. Ltd. located at Hexia Town, Fairy Lake, Xinyu, Jiangxi Province.

The products are sold to the United States, Germany, South Korea, Holland and India.  Ganfeng has got ISO 9001:2000, ISO 14001:2004 environmental management and GB/T18001:2001 occupational health and safety certification.

Its trademark “Ganfeng” is “Jiangxi Province famous trademark”.  The quality of its battery level lithium fluoride passed the national authority in September, 2007.  The standard number of the product is YS/T 661-2007.

Ganfeng has been cooperating with International Lithium Corp. [LIC] which is a Canada-based company.

Ganfeng is not only ILC’s strategic partner but also has a 17.5% ownership in the company.  The parties are now jointly working on developing the Blackstairs Lithium Pegmatite project in Ireland and Mariana Lithium Brine project in Argentina.

For the year ended 31st December, 2013, the sales of Ganfeng amounted to RMB686.3 million Yuan, grew by 9.3% as compared with that of RMB628.1 million Yuan in FY 2012; net profit was RMB74.1 million Yuan, grew by 6.5% as compared with that of RMB69.6 million Yuan in FY 2012.

Concerning the turnover of the subject, for the year ended 31st December, 2013, the sales turnover of the subject was RMB60.4 million Yuan, made a loss of RMB6.4 million Yuan in the year.

It is likely that Ganfeng deals with foreign parties under the name of the subject and let foreign firms correspond with the subject’s registered address in Hong Kong.  Ganfeng also exports commodities to foreign markets under the name of the subject and its registered address in Hong Kong.

The subject’s business in Hong Kong is not active.  History in Hong Kong is about three years and five months.

On the whole, since the subject does not have its own operating office and has no employees in Hong Kong, consider it good for business engagements on L/C basis or in small credit amounts.

 

 

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.


 

FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES

 

Currency

Unit

Indian Rupees

US Dollar

1

Rs.62.14

UK Pound

1

Rs.95.77

Euro

1

Rs.71.05

 

INFORMATION DETAILS

 

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

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

 

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