MIRA INFORM REPORT

 

 

Report No. :

323349

Report Date :

23.05.2015

 

IDENTIFICATION DETAILS

 

Name :

SINOCHEM INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION

 

 

Registered Office :

18/F, Jinmao Tower, No. 88 Century Avenue, Pudong New Area, Shanghai, 200121 Pr

 

 

Country :

China

 

 

Financials (as on) :

31.12.2014

 

 

Date of Incorporation :

14.12.1998

 

 

Com. Reg. No.:

310000000066961

 

 

Legal Form :

Shares Limited Company

 

 

Line of Business :

Subject is engaged in international trade, investing and managing in its subsidiaries.

 

 

No of Employees :

9,545 (Including Subsidiaries)

 

 

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 :

Any query related to this report can be made on e-mail : infodept@mirainform.com while quoting report number, name and date.

 

ECGC Country Risk Classification List – December 31, 2014

 

Country Name

Previous Rating

(30.09.2014)

Current Rating

(31.12.2014)

China

A2

A2

 

Risk Category

ECGC Classification

Insignificant

 

A1

Low Risk

 

A2

Moderate Low Risk

 

B1

Moderate Risk

B2

Moderate High Risk

 

C1

High Risk

C2

Very High Risk

D

 


 

CHINA ECONOMIC OVERVIEW

 

Since the late 1970s China has moved from a closed, centrally planned system to a more market-oriented one that plays a major global role - in 2010 China became the world's largest exporter. Reforms began with the phasing out of collectivized agriculture, and expanded to include the gradual liberalization of prices, fiscal decentralization, increased autonomy for state enterprises, growth of the private sector, development of stock markets and a modern banking system, and opening to foreign trade and investment. China has implemented reforms in a gradualist fashion. In recent years, China has renewed its support for state-owned enterprises in sectors considered important to "economic security," explicitly looking to foster globally competitive industries. After keeping its currency tightly linked to the US dollar for years, in July 2005 China moved to an exchange rate system that references a basket of currencies. From mid 2005 to late 2008 cumulative appreciation of the renminbi against the US dollar was more than 20%, but the exchange rate remained virtually pegged to the dollar from the onset of the global financial crisis until June 2010, when Beijing allowed resumption of a gradual appreciation. In 2014 the People’s Bank of China (PBOC) doubled the daily trading band within which the RMB is permitted to fluctuate. The restructuring of the economy and resulting efficiency gains have contributed to a more than tenfold increase in GDP since 1978. Measured on a purchasing power parity (PPP) basis that adjusts for price differences, China in 2014 stood as the largest economy in the world, surpassing the US that year... Still, per capita income is below the world average.

The Chinese government faces numerous economic challenges, including: (a) reducing its high domestic savings rate and correspondingly low domestic consumption; (b) facilitating higher-wage job opportunities for the aspiring middle class, including rural migrants and increasing numbers of college graduates; (c) reducing corruption and other economic crimes; and (d) containing environmental damage and social strife related to the economy's rapid transformation. Economic development has progressed further in coastal provinces than in the interior, and by 2011 more than 250 million migrant workers and their dependents had relocated to urban areas to find work. One consequence of population control policy is that China is now one of the most rapidly aging countries in the world. Deterioration in the environment - notably air pollution, soil erosion, and the steady fall of the water table, especially in the North - is another long-term problem. China continues to lose arable land because of erosion and economic development. The Chinese government is seeking to add energy production capacity from sources other than coal and oil, focusing on nuclear and alternative energy development. Several factors are converging to slow China's growth, including debt overhang from its credit-fueled stimulus program, industrial overcapacity, inefficient allocation of capital by state-owned banks, and the slow recovery of China's trading partners. The government's 12th Five-Year Plan, adopted in March 2011 and reiterated at the Communist Party's "Third Plenum" meeting in November 2013, emphasizes continued economic reforms and the need to increase domestic consumption in order to make the economy less dependent in the future on fixed investments, exports, and heavy industry. However, China has made only marginal progress toward these rebalancing goals. The new government of President XI Jinping has signaled a greater willingness to undertake reforms that focus on China's long-term economic health, including giving the market a more decisive role in allocating resources. In 2014 China agreed to begin limiting carbon dioxide emissions by 2030. China implemented several economic reforms in 2014, including legislation allowing local governments to issue bonds, further opening several state-owned enterprises to private investment, loosening the one-child policy, passing harsher pollution fines, and cutting administrative red tape.

 

Source : CIA

Company name & address

 

SINOCHEM INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION

18/F, JINMAO TOWER, NO. 88 CENTURY AVENUE,

PUDONG NEW AREA, SHANGHAI, 200121 PR CHINA.

TEL: 86 (0) 21-61048666    FAX: 86 (0) 21-50470206

 

 

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

 

INCORPORATION DATE            : DEC. 14, 1998

REGISTRATION NO.                  : 310000000066961

REGISTERED LEGAL FORM     : shares limited company

CHIEF EXECUTIVE                   : MR. ZHANG ZENGGEN (CHAIRMAN)

STAFF STRENGTH                    : 9,545 (INCLUDING SUBSIDIARIES)

REGISTERED CAPITAL : CNY 2,083,012,671

BUSINESS LINE                        : TRADE, INVESTMENT & MANAGEMENT

TURNOVER                              : CNY 38,605,197,000 (CONSOLIDATED, AS OF DEC. 31, 2014)

EQUITIES                                 : CNY 14,395,243,000 (CONSOLIDATED, AS OF DEC. 31, 2014)

PAYMENT                                : AVERAGE

MARKET CONDITION                : COMPETITIVE

FINANCIAL CONDITION             : fairly good

OPERATIONAL TREND             : steady

GENERAL REPUTATION           : WELL-KNOWN

EXCHANGE RATE                    : CNY 6.1955= USD 1

 

Adopted abbreviations:

 

ANS - Amount not stated    

NS - Not stated                  

SC - Subject company (the company inquired by you)

NA - Not available              

CNY - China Yuan Ren Min Bi

 


Rounded Rectangle: HISTORY 

 

 


SC was registered as a shares limited company at local Administration for Industry & Commerce (AIC - The official body of issuing and renewing business license) on Dec. 14, 1998.

Company Status: Shares limited co.

This form of business in PR China is defined as a legal person. Its registered capital is divided into shares of equal par value and the co. raises capital by issuing share certificates by promotion or by public offer. Shareholders bear limited liability to the extent of shareholding, and the co. is liable for its debts only to the extent of its total assets. The co has independent property of legal person and enjoys property rights of legal person. The characteristics of the shares limited co. are as follows:

The establishment of the co. requires at least two promoters and no more than 200, half of whom shall be domiciled in China. Natural person are allowed to serve as promoters.

The minimum registered capital of a co. is CNY 5M. while that of the co. with foreign investment is CNY 5M. The total capital of a co. which propose to apply for publicly listed must be no less than CNY 30M.

The board of directors must consist of five to nineteen directors.

If the co. raises capital by public offer, the promoters must not subscribe less than 35% of the total shares. the promoters’ shares are restricted to transfer- within one year of the offer.

A state-owned enterprise that is restructured into a shares limited co. must comply with the conditions & requirements specified under the law & administrative rule.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SC’s registered business scope includes importing & exporting commodities and technology, excluding commodity exported under state-unified operation and commodities operated to import by state-designated companies; processing with imported materials, processing with imported samples, assembling with imported parts, and compensation trade in agreement, counter trade, transit trade; selling feed, cotton, hemp, domestic animal products, textiles, garments, daily-use articles, paper pulp, paper products, hardware, household appliances, chemicals, chemical materials, mineral products, rock oil products (excluding oil products), grease, coal, steel, rubber & rubber products,  building materials, ferrous metal materials, machinery, electronic devices, automobiles (excluding cars), motorcycles and spare parts; planting rubber crops; storage services; program investment; wholesale of the cereals, oils and products; trade of  agriculture products such as fertilizer, agricultural film, pesticide, and relative consultation services, technical exchanges and technical development.

 

SC is mainly engaged in international trade, investing and managing in its subsidiaries.

 

Mr. Zhang Zenggen has been legal representative and chairman of SC since Feb. of 2015.

 

SC is known to have approx. 9,545 (including subsidiaries) employees at present, including 6,474 production staff, 526 sales staff, 428 technicians, 341 financial staff and 1,776 administrative staff.

 

SC is currently operating at the above stated address, and this address houses its operating office in the commercial zone of Shanghai. The detailed information of the premise is unspecified.

 

Rounded Rectangle: WEB SITE 

 


http://www.sinochemintl.com The design is professional and the content is well organized. At present the web is in Chinese, English and other versions.

 

E-mail: ir@sinochem.com

 

Rounded Rectangle: KEY EVENTS/RECENT DEVELOPMENT 

 

 


SC is listed in Shanghai Stock Exchange Market with the stock code 600500.

 

Changes of its registered information:

Date of change

Item

Before the change

After the change

2002-2-22

Legal representative

Lin Daxian

Liu Deshu

2002-7-31

Legal representative

Liu Deshu

Shi Guoliang

2004-9-8

Company name

Sinochem International Trading Co., Ltd.

The present one

2004-12-29

Legal representative

Shi Guoliang

Luo Dongjiang

2009-10-30

Legal representative

Luo Dongjiang

Pan Zhengyi

2015-2-4

Legal representative

Pan Zhengyi

The present one

 

Tax Registration Certificate No.: 310115710923539

Organization Code: 71092353-9

 

Since its listing on Shanghai Stock Exchange in 2000, Sinochem International has kept paying returns to shareholders and the society with its good performance; for 9 straight years, it is cited by Fortune Magazine as one of China’s top 100 listed companies, and has won many other honors like “Best Corporate Governance of 100 Listed Chinese Companies”, “Best Chinese Board of Directors”, “China's Most Respected Listed Companies”, “Most Responsible Listed Company”, and “Best Governance of Listed Companies in China”.

 

 

Rounded Rectangle: LITIGATION 

 

 


For the past two years there is no record of litigation. 

 

 

Rounded Rectangle: OWNERSHIP/MANAGEMENT BACKGROUND 

 

 


MAIN SHAREHOLDERS: (As of March 31, 2015)

 
Name                                                                                                                          % of Shareholding

 

Sinochem Corporation                                                                                                               55.35

Shanghai Huaxin Petroleum Group Co., Ltd.                                                                               2.61

Shanghai Huaxin Petroleum Group International Trade Co., Ltd.                                                   1.92

Beijing Infrastructure Investment Co., Ltd.                                                                                   1.62

National Social Security Fund Portfolio 103                                                                                0.96

Industrial and Commercial Bank of China- Bosera Select Equity Securities Investment Fund          0.48

China Foreign Economic and Trade Trust Company Limited- Ruijin Period 12 Dingsa Securities Investment Collective Capital Trust Plan (in Chinese pinyin)                                                                                         0.45

China Petroleum Sales Co., Ltd.                                                                                                 0.38

Zhonghua Jinqiao International Trading Company                                                                        0.31

Tibet Aier Medical Investment Co., Ltd.                                                                                       0.28

Other shareholders                                                                                                                    35.64

 

 

Sinochem Corporation

===================

Registration no.: 100000000042135

Legal representative: Liu Deshu

Registered capital: CNY 39,800,000,000

Tel: 010-59568888

Fax: 010-59568890

 

 

Rounded Rectangle: MANAGEMENT 

 

 


  • Legal representative and Chairman:

 

Mr. Zhang Zenggen, born in 1965, with Master’s Degree, engineer and Senior International Business Operator. He is currently responsible for the overall management of SC.

 

Working Experience(s):

 

Acted as general manager of Sinochem Xingzhong Petroleum Transfer & Transportation (Zhoushan) Co., Ltd.; vice general manager of Sinochem International Oil Corp.; general manager of Sinochem Group Corp. Risk Management Department.

From 2007 to 2015                    Worked in SC as general manager

From Feb. of 2015 to present      Working in SC as legal representative and chairman.

 

  • General Manager:

 

Mr. Qin Hengde, born in 1970, with Master’s Degree, senior accountant. He is currently responsible for the daily management of SC.

 

Working Experience(s):

 

From Feb. of 2015 to present      Working in SC as general manager.

 

Born in 1970, Mr. Qin holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting, Nanjing University of Science and Technology and a Master’s Degree in Management Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, and is a Senior Accountant. Before joining Sinochem in 2004, he held several important positions, including Director of Financial Department and Chief Financial Officer in Hubei Hongqi Electric Group Co., Ltd.; Chief Financial Officer of the State Investment & Resources Corporation; and Vice General Manager, Investment Management Department, D’long International Strategic Investment Company. He was General Manager of Business Development, Vice General Manager and CFO in this company, before taking current position as Director and General Manager.

 

Also working in Jiangsu Sinorgchem Technology Co., Ltd. and Sinochem International Logistics Co., Ltd. as legal

representative.

 

  • Vice general managers:

 

Li Dajun

Cheng Xiaoxi

Liu Hongsheng

Yao Xingliang

 

  • Directors:

 

Zhu Hongchao

Xu Jingchang

Lan Zhongkai

Qin Hengde

Etc.

 

  • Supervisors:

 

Song Yuzeng

Li Chao

Cheng Yong

 

 

Rounded Rectangle: BUSINESS OPERATIONS
 BACKGROUND
 

 

 


SC is mainly engaged in international trade, investing and managing in its subsidiaries.

 

SC’s products mainly include: Chemicals products, Rubber products, Metallurgy and Energy products, etc.

 

SC’s (including its subsidiaries) businesses mainly include:

Natural Rubber Business

New Material Business

Rubber Chemical Business

Agrochemical Business

Logistics Business

Distribution & Trade Business

 

SC sources its materials 80% from domestic market, and 20% from overseas market. SC sells 40% of its products in domestic market and 60% to overseas market.

 

The buying terms of SC include Check, T/T, L/C and Credit of 30-60 days. The payment terms of SC include T/T, Check, L/C and Credit of 30-60 days.

 

*Major Supplier:

=============

Shanxi Yaxin Coal Coking Co., Ltd.

 

Major Client:

==========

Sinochem Plastics Co., Ltd.

 

 

Rounded Rectangle: RELATED COMPANIES

 BACKGROUND
 

 


Branches:

Sinochem International Corp. Guangdong Branch

Sinochem International Corp. Beijing Branch

Sinochem International Corp. Tianjin Branch

Sinochem International Corp. Fujian Branch

Sinochem International Corp. Qingdao Office

Sinochem International Corp. Shenyang Office

Etc.

 

SC is known to invest in the following companies:

 

Sinochem International (Overseas) Pte. Ltd.

GMG Global Ltd.

Sinochem International Logistics Co., Ltd.

 

Shanghai Northsea Shipping Co., Ltd.

Hainan Sinochem Rubber Co., Ltd.

Xishuangbanna Sinochem Rubber Co., Ltd.

Sinochem International PU Limited Company

Sinochem International Crop Care Co., Ltd.

 

Etc.

 

Rounded Rectangle: PAYMENT

 BACKGROUND
 

 

 


Overall payment appraisal:

(  ) Excellent      (  ) Good      (X) Average      (  ) Fair      (  ) Poor      (  ) Not yet determined

The appraisal serves as a reference to reveal SC's payments habits and ability to pay.  It is based on the 3 weighed factors:  Trade payment experience (through current enquiry with SC's suppliers), our delinquent payment and our debt collection record concerning SC.

 

Trade payment experience: SC’s suppliers declined to make any comments.

 

Delinquent payment record:    None in our database.

 

Debt collection record: No overdue amount owed by SC was placed to us for collection within the last 6 years.

 

 

Rounded Rectangle: BANKING

 BACKGROUND
 

 

 


SC declined to release its banking details.

 

 

Rounded Rectangle: FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

 BACKGROUND
 

 

 


Consolidated Balance Sheet

Unit: CNY’000

 

as of Dec. 31, 2014

as of Dec. 31, 2013

(Restatement)

Cash & bank

3,187,047

2,238,939

Financial assets at fair value through profit or loss

100,707

0

Derivative financial assets

69,927

41,614

Inventory

3,335,526

3,818,766

Accounts receivable

2,485,936

2,884,183

Notes receivable

474,688

912,702

Advances to supplies

526,964

270,960

Interest receivable

983

1,265

Dividends receivable

12,842

0

Other receivables

1,082,331

639,951

Other current assets

605,011

1,242,751

 

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Current assets

11,881,962

12,051,131

Financial assets available for sale

392,055

493,946

Fixed assets net value

5,684,017

5,726,122

Projects under construction

990,462

300,388

Project materials

1,541

447

Long-term investments

5,730,968

6,227,408

Investment real estate

83,061

177,498

Productive biological assets

647,408

586,039

Long-term receivables

22,734

25,674

Intangible assets

2,324,554

2,433,846

Goodwill

1,939,065

1,939,835

Long-term deferred expense

49,269

16,313

Deferred tax assets

135,338

284,242

Other assets

228,749

202,192

 

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Total assets

30,111,183

30,465,081

 

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Short loans

3,659,486

2,146,692

Financial liabilities at fair value through profit or loss

88,888

0

Derivative financial liabilities

40,265

12,136

Accounts payable

2,357,896

2,969,442

Other Accounts payable

559,037

605,666

Notes payable

816,604

604,819

Advances from clients

372,099

481,353

Taxes payable

216,966

113,923

Interest payable

118,462

115,283

Accrued payroll

168,293

151,019

Dividends payable

0

252,485

Long-term liabilities due with in one year

303,282

2,528,193

Other current liabilities

0

0

 

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Current liabilities

8,701,278

9,981,011

Long term liabilities

7,014,662

5,287,649

Other liabilities

0

0

 

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------------------

Total liabilities

15,715,940

15,268,660

Equities

14,395,243

15,196,421

 

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Total liabilities & equities

30,111,183

30,465,081

 

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Consolidated Income Statement

Unit: CNY’000

 

 

as of Dec. 31, 2014

as of Dec. 31, 2013

(Restatement)

Turnover

38,605,197

48,314,789

Cost of goods sold

35,916,779

45,321,106

Taxes and additional of main operation

84,867

118,407

     Sales expense

986,875

850,714

     Management expense

1,097,889

1,079,888

     Finance expense

445,093

264,165

Asset impairment loss

324,532

188,615

Income from changes in fair value

-974

38,537

Investment income

1,072,963

367,829

Non-operating income

406,920

118,311

Non-operating expense

9,345

24,512

Profit before tax

1,218,726

992,059

Less: profit tax

336,071

203,304

Profits

882,655

788,755

 

 

Important Ratios

=============

 

As of Dec. 31, 2014

As of Dec. 31, 2013

*Current ratio

              1.37

              1.21

*Quick ratio

              0.98

              0.82

*Liabilities to assets

              0.52

              0.50

*Net profit margin (%)

2.29

1.63

*Return on total assets (%)

2.93

2.59

*Inventory /Turnover ×365

             32 days

             29 days

*Accounts receivable/Turnover ×365

             24 days

             22 days

*Turnover/Total assets

              1.28

              1.59

* Cost of goods sold/Turnover

              0.93

              0.94

 

 

Rounded Rectangle: FINANCIAL COMMENTS

 BACKGROUND
 

 

 


PROFITABILITY: FAIRLY GOOD

 

l  The turnover of SC appears good in its line

l  SC’s net profit margin is average

l  SC’s return on total assets is average

l  SC’s cost of goods sold is fairly high, comparing with its turnover

 

LIQUIDITY: AVERAGE

l  The current ratio of SC is maintained in a normal level.

l  SC’s quick ratio is maintained in a normal level.

l  The inventory of SC appears average.

l  The accounts receivable of SC appears average.

l  SC’s short-term loan appears average.

l  SC’s turnover is in an average level, comparing with the size of its total assets.

 

LEVERAGE: AVERAGE

l  The debt ratio of SC is average.

l  The risk for SC to go bankrupt is low.

 

Overall financial condition of the SC: Fairly good.

 

 

Rounded Rectangle: REMARKS

 BACKGROUND
 

 

 


SC is well-known in its industry with fairly good financial conditions.

 

FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES

 

Currency

Unit

Indian Rupees

US Dollar

1

Rs. 63.57

UK Pound

1

Rs. 99.66

Euro

1

Rs. 70.92

 

INFORMATION DETAILS

 

Analysis Done by :

KRN

 

 

Report Prepared by :

DPT

 

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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