MIRA INFORM REPORT

 

 

Report No. :

325489

Report Date :

08.06.2015

 

IDENTIFICATION DETAILS

 

Name :

INTERJEWEL (HK) CO. LTD.

 

 

Registered Office :

Room 608, 6/F., Heng Ngai Jewelry Centre, 4 Hok Yuen Street East, Hunghom, Kowloon

 

 

Country :

Hongkong

 

 

Date of Incorporation :

10.05.1994

 

 

Com. Reg. No.:

18854001

 

 

Legal Form :

Private Limited Company

 

 

Line of Business :

Importer, Exporter and Wholesaler of all kinds of Diamonds and Jewellery Products, Emerald, Precious Stones.

 

 

No. of Employees :

8

 

 

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)

Hongkong

A1

A1

 

Risk Category

ECGC Classification

Insignificant

 

A1

Low

 

A2

Moderate

 

B1

High

 

B2

Very High

 

C1

Restricted

 

C2

Off-credit

 

D

 

 

HONGKONG - 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 40.7 million in 2013, 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 48.5% of the firms listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange and accounted for about 56.9% 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. As of year-end 2014, the Democracy protests that began in late September probably will have some adverse effects on economic growth, particularly retail sales.

 

Source : CIA

 

 

Company Name and address

 

INTERJEWEL (HK) CO. LTD.

 

ADDRESS:                   Room 608, 6/F., Heng Ngai Jewelry Centre, 4 Hok Yuen Street East, Hunghom,  Kowloon, Hong Kong.

 

PHONE:                        852-2367 8455

 

FAX:                             852-2366 4177

 

E-MAIL:                        info@interjewel.com.hk

pratish@interjewel.com.hk

 

 

MANAGEMENT

 

Managing Director:        Mr. Pratish Rupen Kothari

 

 

SUMMARY

 

Incorporated on:            10th May, 1994.

 

Organization:                 Private Limited Company.

 

Issued Share Capital:     HK$50,000,000.00

 

Business Category:       Jewellery Trader.

 

Employees:                  8.

 

Main Dealing Banker:     The Royal Bank of Scotland N.V., Hong Kong Branch.

 

Banking Relation:          Satisfactory.

 

 

ADDRESS

 

Registered Head Office:-

Room 608, 6/F., Heng Ngai Jewelry Centre, 4 Hok Yuen Street East, Hunghom, Kowloon, Hong Kong.

 

Trading as:-

Little Rocks (H.K.) Company, Hong Kong.  [BR No. 18854001-001]

 

Holding Company:-

Interjewel Singapore Pte. Ltd., Singapore.

 

Associated Companies:-

Interjewel (Thailand) Co. Ltd., Thailand.

Interjewel Designs, India.

Interjewel Europe NV, Belgium.

Interjewel Pvt. Ltd., India.

Interjewel Shanghai Co. Ltd., China.

Interjewel USA Inc., US.

 

 

BUSINESS REGISTRATION NUMBER: 

 

18854001

 

 

COMPANY FILE NUMBER: 

 

0477617

 

 

MANAGEMENT

 

Managing Director:        Mr. Pratish Rupen Kothari

Contact Person:            Mr. Sham Kai Ping

 

 

ISSUED SHARE CAPITAL

 

HK$50,000,000.00

 

 

SHAREHOLDERS

(As per registry dated 10-05-2015)

 

Name

 

No. of shares

Interjewel Singapore Pte. Ltd.

38 Beach Road, #29-11 South Beach Tower, Singapore 189767.

 

25,500,000

Pratish Rupen KOTHARI

 

24,500,000

 

 

–––––––––

 

Total:

50,000,000

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DIRECTORS

(As per registry dated 10-05-2015)

 

Name

(Nationality)

 

Address

Pratish Rupen KOTHARI

Unit B, 32/F., Block 6, Harbour Place, 8 Oi King Street, Hunghom, Kowloon, Hong Kong.

 

Dipan Jagdish PATEL

Flat A1, 8/F., Block A, BurlingtonHouse, 92-94 Nathan Road, Tsimshatsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong.

 

Shashin Suresh MEHTA

111/19 Lumpini Place Condominium Soi Sribumphen, Thungmahamek, Sathorn, Bangkok 10120, Thailand.

 

Ketan Suresh MEHTA

603, K.B.S. Building, 30-38 Mahaesak Soi 3, Bangkok 10500, Thailand.

 

 

SECRETARY

(As per registry dated 10-05-2015)

 

Name

Address

Co. No.

Gem Glad Secretaries Ltd.

Room 1502, 15/F., 101 King’s Road, North Point, Hong Kong.

1001061

 

 

HISTORY

 

The subject was incorporated on 10th May, 1994 as a private limited liability company under the Hong Kong Companies Ordinance.

 

Originally the subject was registered under the name of Diamond World Holdings Ltd., name changed to the present style on 24th August, 2007.

 

Formerly the subject was located at Unit E1, 2/F., Kaiser Estate, Phase 1, 41 Man Yue Street, Hunghom, Kowloon, Hong Kong, moved to the present address with effect from 4th June, 2010.

 

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

 

 

OPERATIONS

 

Activities:                      Importer, Exporter and Wholesaler.

 

Lines:                           All kinds of diamonds and jewellery products, emerald, precious stones

 

Employees:                  8.

 

Commodities Imported: India, Belgium, other European countries, etc.

 

Markets:                        Hong Kong, Japan, other Asian countries, Belgium, US, etc.

 

Terms/Sales:                 L/C, T/T, etc.

 

Terms/Buying:               L/C, T/T, D/P, etc.

 

 

FINANCIAL INFORMATION

 

Issued Share Capital:     HK$50,000,000.00

 

Mortgage or Charge:     (See attachment)

 

Profit or Loss:               Making a small profit every year.

 

Condition:                     Keeping in an active and satisfactory condition.

 

Facilities:                      Making active use of general banking facilities.

 

Payment:                      Met trade commitments as required.

 

Commercial Morality:     Satisfactory.

 

Bankers:-

The Royal Bank of Scotland N.V., Hong Kong Branch.

Antwerpse DiamantBank NV (also known as Antwerp Diamond Bank NV), Hong Kong Branch.

The Hongkong & Shanghai Banking Corp. Ltd., Hong Kong.

 

Standing:                      Very Good.

 

 

GENERAL

 

Having issued 50 million ordinary shares, Interjewel (HK) Co. Ltd. is jointly owned by Interjewel Singapore Pte. Ltd. which is a Singapore-based firm holding 51%, and Mr. Pratish Rupen Kothari who is an Indian holding 49%.

 

The subject is a diamond importer, exporter and wholesaler.  It has had an associated company in India known as Interjewel Pvt. Ltd. [Interjewel].  Besides the subject, Interjewel Pratish Rupen Kothari is one of the CEOs and founders of Interjewel.  Now, he is residing in Hong Kong.  He is a Hong Kong ID Card holder and has got the right to reside in Hong Kong permanently.  He is also managing director of the subject.

 

In 2015, two more directors were appointed.

 

The subject is trading in carat diamonds, loose diamonds, colour and white diamonds, carat-size diamonds, diamond rings, etc.  It also offers customers with all kinds of diamond manufacturing service.  Most of its products have been certified by the GIA and the IGI.

 

Interjewel was established in 1970 and was able to established in-house manufacturing polished diamonds by 1975.

 

Interjewel operates three cutting and polishing facilities respectively in Mumbai, Surat, Navsari and Ahmedabad.

Interjewel is one of the few companies with the honour of being supplied with rough diamonds from the leading mines of the world.

 

Interjewel is specialised in polished diamonds in varied sizes, shapes, colours and clarity.  All diamond over 0.30 points and SI2 purity are sent to reputed Grading Laboratories for grading and certification.  It routinely has its diamonds certified by the GIA and the IGI.

 

Interjewel serves a global customer-base which includes customers in the United States, the United Kingdom, the Middle East, Asia, Australia and South Africa.  It also has a significant presence in the Indian market where the focus is on selling polished to mostly independent jewellers and small chains.

 

Interjewel Shanghai Co. Ltd., a China-registered company which is one of the members of the Interjewel Group, is a member of Shanghai Diamond Exchange.

 

Overall business of the Interjewel Group is active and steady.  Business is lucrative.

 

In order to penetrate the international market further, the subject has taken part in fairs and exhibitions held in Hong Kong and other foreign large cities.  For instance, it is going to take part in “HKTDC Hong Kong International Diamond, Gem & Pearl Show 2016” which will be held in Hong Kong AsiaWorld-Expo, Lantau, Hong Kong during the period of 1st to 5th March, 2016.  Its booth No. is AWE 5-E20.

 

Besides, it is going to take part in “HKTDC Hong Kong International Jewellery Show 2016” which will be held in Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, Wanchai, Hong Kong during the period of 3rd to 7th March, 2016.  Its booth No. is CEC 3F-F09.

 

The business of the subject is chiefly handled by Mr. Kothari Pratish Rupen.  The contact person is Mr. Sham Kai Ping who is a Hongkongnese.

 

The subject operates from a self-owned office in Hong Kong.

 

On the whole, since the history of the subject in Hong Kong is over twenty-one years, consider it good for normal business engagements.

 

 

REMARK

 

Property information of the company:-

Property Location:         Workshop Unit No. 8 on 6/F., Heng Ngai Jewelry Centre,
4 Hok Yuen Street East, Kowloon, Hong Kong.

Owner:  Interjewel (HK) Co. Ltd.

Date of Purchase:  n.a.

Purchased Price:  n.a.

Incumbrances:-

Date of Mortgage

Amount Consideration

Mortgagee

Nature

19-08-2010

-

The Royal Bank of Scotland N.V., Hong Kong Branch.

Mortgage to secure general banking facilities

 

 

MORTGAGE OR CHARGE

 

Date

Description of Instrument

 

Mortgagee

23-01-2002

Debenture

Antwerpse DiamantBank NV (also known as Antwerp Diamond Bank NV), Hong Kong Branch.

28-01-2002

Debenture

ABN AMRO Bank N.V., Hong Kong Branch.  [Now known as The Royal Bank of Scotland N.V.]

19-08-2010

Mortgage

The Royal Bank of Scotland N.V., Hong Kong Branch.

16-02-2015

Debenture

The Hongkong & Shanghai Banking Corp. Ltd., Hong Kong.

 

FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES

 

Currency

Unit

Indian Rupees

US Dollar

1

Rs.63.90

UK Pound

1

Rs.97.98

Euro

1

Rs.71.82

 

INFORMATION DETAILS

 

Analysis Done by :

RAS

 

 

Report Prepared by :

NIT

 

 

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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