MIRA INFORM REPORT

 

 

Report No. :

351296

Report Date :

27.11.2015

 

IDENTIFICATION DETAILS

 

Name :

EUROSTAR DIAMOND TRADERS HONG KONG LIMITED

 

 

Formerly Known As :

EUROSTAR (FAR EAST) LIMITED

 

 

Registered Office :

Room 702, 7/F., The Galleria, 9 Queen’s Road, Central

 

 

Country :

Hong Kong

 

 

Date of Incorporation :

06.07.2001

 

 

Com. Reg. No.:

762384

 

 

Legal Form :

Private Limited Liability Company

 

 

Line of Business :

Subject is engaged in trading of diamonds

 

 

No. of Employee :

Not Available

 

 

RATING & COMMENTS

 

MIRA’s Rating :

B

 

RATING

STATUS

PROPOSED CREDIT LINE

26-40

B

Capability to overcome financial difficulties seems comparatively below average.

Small

 

Status :

Moderate

 

 

Payment Behaviour :

Unknown

 

 

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 – 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

 

Company Name:

Eurostar Diamond Traders Hong Kong Limited

Supplied Name:

EUROSTAR DIAMOND TRADERS HONG KONG LTD

Trading Address:

Room 702, 7/F., The Galleria, 9 Queen’s Road, Central, Hong Kong

Supplied Address:

Suite No. 702, The Galleria, 9 Queen's Road, Central Hongkong

Note: The exact name and address are as above.

 

 

Company Identification Details

 

Registered Name:

Eurostar Diamond Traders Hong Kong Limited

Registered Address:

Room 702, 7/F., The Galleria, 9 Queen’s Road, Central, Hong Kong

Telephone Number:

+852-3748-7888

Fax Number:

+852-3748-7899

Date of Registration:

2001-7-6

Registered Number:

762384

Business Registration No.:

31958179

Paid-up Capital:

HKD 82,612,435 (USD 10,657,004) = 82,612,435 Shares@ HKD 1

(As of 2015.01, 1 HKD = 0.129 USD)

Legal Form:

Private Limited Liability Company

SITC Code:

66729--Diamonds, non-industrial, otherwise worked, but not mounted or set (cm)

Principal Activities:

Trading of diamonds

Staff:

N/A

Listed at Stock Exchange:

No

Date of Last Annual Return:

2015-7-6

Notes: Subject declined to disclose its staff number; from other source we cannot obtain the relevant information, either.

 

 

History

 

Subject was incorporated on 2001-7-6 with the registered number 762384 as Private Limited Liability Company in Hong Kong.

 

Change of Name:

Date

Change

2012-8-8

Eurostar Diamond Traders Hong Kong Limited

2001-7-6

Eurostar (Far East) Limited

 

 

 

Corporate Structure

 

Parent Company

Name:

Eurostar Diamonds International S.A.

Address:

L-1724 Luxembourg, Boulevard Prince Henri 9B

 

Major Related Companies

1

Name:

Eurostar Diamond Trader NV

Address:

Heveniersstraat 53 Box 79, B-2018, Antwerp, Belgium

Tel:

+32-3-213-7777

Fax:

+32-3-213-7799

2

Name:

Eurostar Belgium Inc.

Address:

18 East 48th Street, Suite 1201, New York, NY 10017 USA

Tel:

+1-212-754-4100

Fax:

+1-212-754-0077

3

Name:

Eurostar Diamonds India Pvt Ltd.

Address:

BC-4011 (West Core Entrance), 4th Floor, Bharat Diamond Bourse BKC, Bandra (East) Mumbai 400 051

Tel:

+9714-439-2777

Fax:

+9714-439-2788

4

Name:

Eurostar Diamond Traders Shanghai

Address:

China Diamond Exchange Centre, Floor 10, Block A, 1701 Century Boulevard Pu Dong New Area 200122 Shanghai, China

Tel:

+86-21-5015-8388

Fax:

+86-21-5047-5999

5

Name:

Eurostar Diamond Jewellery Co., Ltd.

Address:

Di Wang Tower, Room 4801, Shennan East Road, 518008, Shenzhen City, Guangdong Province, China

Tel:

+86-755-2583-4577

Fax:

+86-755-8246-5577

 

 

Shareholders

 

Name

Subscription Shares

Proportion of Investment (%)

Eurostar Diamonds International S.A.

82,612,434

99.999999%

Mehta Sachin Dinukumar

1

0.000001%

Total

82,612,435

100%

 

Major Shareholder Information:

1

Name:

Eurostar Diamonds International S.A.

Address:

L-1724 Luxembourg, Boulevard Prince Henri 9B

2

Name:

Mehta Sachin Dinukumar

Address:

Fazantenlaan, 39-2610 Antwerp (Wilrijk) Belgium

 

 

Management Information

 

Core Management

 

Detailed Information of Directors:

1

Name:

Mehta Kunal

Address:

Eekhoornlaan, 25-2610, Wilrijk- Antwerp, Belgium

Position:

Director

Passport Number:

EF819139

Issuing Country:

Belgium

2

Name:

Mehta Kaushik Kirtilal

Address:

Eekhoornlaan, 25-2610, Antwerpen, Belgium

Position:

Director

Passport Number:

EH954583

Issuing Country:

Belgium

3

Name:

Fong Wah Kai

Address:

Unit 11-10-2, 11 Gurney Drive, No.11 Persiaran Gurney, Penang 10250, Malaysia

Position:

Director

Passport Number:

A22779838

Issuing Country:

Malaysia

4

Name:

Fong Wern Sheng

Address:

Unit 11-10-2, 11 Gurney Drive, No.11 Persiaran Gurney, Penang 10250, Malaysia

Position:

Director

Passport Number:

A21246045

Issuing Country:

Malaysia

5

Name:

Vermeulen Marleen Jozef

Address:

Vleminckveld 11 B: 41,2000 Antwerpen Belgium

Position:

Director

Belgium ID Number:

590-7345500-07

6

Name:

Evens Raymond George

Address:

Della Faillelaan, 61, 2020 Antwerpen, Belgium

Position:

Director

Belgium ID Number:

591-2439193-36

7

Name:

Group Motion Secretarial Services Limited

Address:

Room C, 2/F., Wing Tat Commercial Building, 121-125 Wing Lok Street, Central, Hong Kong

Position:

Corporate Secretary

Registered Number:

1684145

 

Former Directors:

Name:

Mehta Sachin Dinukumar

Address:

Fazantenlaan, 39-2610 Antwerp (Wilrijk) Belgium

Position:

Director

Passport Number:

002 0911974 35

Issuing Country:

Belgium

Date of Cessation:

2015-10-15

 

 

Operation Information

 

Offices & Factories

 

 

Office

Address:

Room 702, 7/F., The Galleria, 9 Queen’s Road, Central, Hong Kong

 

Premises Information

 

According to subject’s current trading address, we did not find any premises information from local land registry; from other source we can not obtain any relevant information, either.

 

Production Information

 

The subject is engaged in trading of diamonds It is introduced that subject has related diamond processing plants in mainland China and Botswana

 

 

Purchase Information

 

Subject purchases its products both at home and abroad.

It is introduced that subject purchases some products from the mainland of China.

It is introduced that subject imports some products from Europe.

It is introduced that the group “De Beers” is one major supplier of subject’s group.

 

Sales Information

 

The subject is mainly engaged in sales of diamonds Subject’s major products are cut diamonds

It is introduced that subject is selling some diamonds with the certifications of GIA or HRD.

Subject’s selling territory includes Hong Kong domestic market, Mainland China, and Southeast Asia

Subject’s main customers are manufacturers and designers of jewelry, watch

 

 

Settlements

 

Purchase

 

Domestic Purchase

Products

Diamonds

Payment Terms

Cash, T/T

 

Import

Products

Diamonds

Payment Terms

L/C, T/T

 

 

Sales

 

Domestic Markets

Product

Diamonds

Selling Terms

Cash, T/T

 

Export

Product

Diamonds

Selling Terms

L/C, T/T

 

 

Financial Information

 

The subject has no obligation to supply its financial statement to the third party according to the relevant policy in Hong Kong and the only source from which we can obtain the information is the subject itself.

Subject’s relevant staff rejected to disclose the financial information, from other sources we could not obtain such information, either.

 

 

Bankers

 

Subject declined to disclose its bank details; from other source we could not obtain the relevant information, either.

Public

 

Civil Litigation

 

1

Date:

2013-5-8

Court Name:

High Court Civil Action

Court No.:

1450

Claimant:

Eurostar Diamond Traders Hong Kong Limited

formerly known as

Eurostar (Far East) Limited

HCA 1450/2012

Defendant:

East Winner International Limited

Reason:

Summons (For Costs)

2

Date:

2012-9-25

Court Name:

High Court Civil Action

Court No.:

1450

Claimant:

Eurostar Diamond Traders Hong Kong Limited

formerly known as Eurostar (Far East) Limited

HCA 1450/2012

Defendant:

East Winner International Limited

c/o

Shop 49, 1/F, Chung King Mansion, 36-44 Nathan Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, Kln

Reason:

Summons (To discharge injunction order)

3

Date:

2012-8-24

Court Name:

High Court Civil Action

Court No.:

1450

Claimant:

Eurostar Diamond Traders Hong Kong Limited

formerly known as Eurostar (Far East) Limited

HCA 1450/2012

Defendant:

East Winner International Limited

c/o

Shop 49, 1/F, Chung King Mansion, 36-44 Nathan Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, Kln

Reason:

Summons (Interlocutory Injunction)

4

Date:

2012-8-16

Court Name:

High Court Civil Action

Court No.:

1450

Claimant:

Eurostar Diamond Traders Hong Kong Ltd

fka

Eurostar (Far East) Ltd

c/o

Tsang, Chan & Woo

(a firm)

Defendant:

East Winner International Ltd

c/o

Shop 49, 1/F, Chung King Mansion, 36-44 Nathan Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, Kln

Reason:

Debt

 

 

Mortgage Record

 

1

Company Name:

Eurostar (Far East) Limited (the “Chargor”)

Instrument of Creating Mortgage:

Debenture (the “Deed”)

Date of Creating Mortgage:

2011-11-4

Amount Secured:

All and any present and future obligations, liabilities and indebtedness (whether actual or contingent and whether owed jointly or severally or alone or in any other capacity whatsoever) of Chargor to the Lender or to any other company of the SCB Group Company anywhere in any currency including without limitations under or pursuant to each or any of the Finance Documents together with all interest, commission, fees, costs, charges, expenses, and other sums incurred by the Lender or any other SCB Group Company in connection with the protection, preservation or enforcement of its respective rights including but not limited to under the Deed and the other Finance Documents or any other document evidencing or securing any such liabilities (after as well as before any demand or judgment) (the “Secured Obligations”)

Name of Mortgagee:

Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong) Limited

Address of Mortgagee:

9th Floor, Standard Chartered Bank Building, 4-4A Des Voeux Road Central, Hong Kong

Description of Property Mortgaged:

Fixed Charges

The Chargor charges and agrees to charge as beneficial owner all the present and future right, title and interest of the Chargor in and to the assets which are at any time owned by the Chargor, or in which the Chargor from time to tome has an interest.

Security Assignments

The Chargor assigns and agrees to assign as beneficial owner absolutely (subject to a proviso for reassignment on redemption) all its present and future right, title and interest.

2

Company Name:

Eurostar (Far East) Limited (the “Mortgagor”)

Instrument of Creating Mortgage:

Legal Charge/ Mortgage (“the Charge”)

Date of Creating Mortgage:

2011-5-6

Amount Secured:

All monies, obligations and liabilities now or at any time hereafter due, owing or incurred to the Bank or any other Secured Party by the Mortgagor whether on any banking or other account or otherwise in whatever manner and whether actual or contingent and in whatever currency and whether solely and jointly and in whatever name, style or form and whether as principal debtor or as surety and whether principal, interest, fees or otherwise together with interest on all such monies at such rates as shall from time to time be charged by the Bank or such Secured Party and all fees, commissions and other costs, charges and expenses (including legal and other fees on a full indemnity basis) incurred by the Bank or any other Secured Party in relation the Mortgagor and all other monies hereby secured.

Name of Mortgagee:

Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong) Limited

Address of Mortgagee:

32th Floor, 4-4A Des Voeux Road Central, Hong Kong

Description of Property Mortgaged:

All those 949,400 equal undivided 8,133,301st parts or shares of and in all those 500 equal undivided 23,086th parts or shares of and in all those pieces or parcels of ground registered in the Land Registry as the remaining portion of section A of Marine Lot No.102, Section C of Marine Lot No.103, the remaining portion of Marine Lot No.101, the remaining portion of inland Lot No.514, Section A of marine Lot No.101, Section B of Marine Lot No.101 and the remaining portion of section C of Marine Lot No.101 (Unit 2 on the seventh floor, “Nine Queen’s Road Central”)

 

 

Special Note

 

Interview Details

Name

Ms. Cheng

 

 

Industry Information

 

66729--Diamonds, non-industrial, otherwise worked, but not mounted or set (cm)

Unit: HKD/000

 

2015.06

2015.01~2015.06

 

Quantity

Value

Quantity

Value

Imports

United Arab Emirates

99,460

905,159

647,153

5,464,977

Switzerland

6,409

199,072

48,333

1,399,228

Israel

53,917

1,623,498

304,676

9,093,356

USA

282,887

1,883,967

993,454

6,852,878

Belgium

110,151

1,638,056

561,647

8,625,638

Thailand

99,160

492,720

388,041

1,822,712

Japan

56,719

371,240

236,575

1,664,163

Italy

3,244

20,309

13,350

96,012

India

955,874

5,467,092

5,645,538

30,408,178

The Mainland of China

105,388

880,886

559,342

4,632,952

Exports

United Arab Emirates

88,055

792,393

637,402

5,288,342

India

263,998

1,825,623

1,829,493

10,136,195

America

110,964

1,103,321

708,067

6,949,687

Japan

20,684

146,991

139,735

1,039,637

Thailand

93,610

421,965

493,269

1,816,612

Belgium

107,387

1,236,704

577,229

6,950,409

The Mainland of China

256,037

1,335,949

1,563,439

8,246,408

 

External Trade Information:

 

External Merchandise Trade Aggregate Figures

Unit: HKD/ Million

 

Imports

Domestic Exports

Re-exports

Total exports

Year-on-year % change of Total exports

Merchandise trade balance

2012

3,912,163

58,830

3,375,516

3,434,346

+2.9

-477,817

2013

4,060,717

54,364

3,505,322

3,559,686

+3.6

-501,031

2014

4,219,046

55,283

3,617,468

3,672,751

+3.2

-546,295

2014.05

348,323

5,299

300,673

305,973

+4.9

-42,350

2014.06

352,316

4,802

304,409

309,211

+11.4

-43,105

2014.07

368,293

5,120

321,040

326,160

+6.8

-42,132

2014.08

358,750

5,289

321,937

327,225

+6.4

-31,525

2014.09

382,355

4,153

327,833

331,986

+4.5

-50,369

2014.10

381,569

4,392

327,335

331,727

+2.7

-49,842

2014.11

378,946

4,701

322,082

326,783

+0.4

-52,163

2014.12

372,007

4,050

308,705

312,755

+0.6

-59,253

2015.01

348,886

4,468

307,403

311,871

+2.8

-37,015

2015.02

264,220

2,919

225,418

228,337

+7.2

-35,884

2015.03

342,319

4,013

292,100

296,113

-1.8

-46,206

2015.04

331,108

4,202

287,742

291,944

+2.2

-39,164

2015.05

331,940

4,258

287,571

291,830

-4.6

-40,110

2015.06

345,302

4,158

295,361

299,518

-3.1

-45,783

 

*Total exports figures have been rounded to the nearest final digit after summing up the constituent trade figures.

 

 

Attachment

 

We made an on-site visit to the supplied address and found the subject was at this location. And the name on the name plate is subject’s former name.

 

 

Room 702, 7/F., The Galleria, 9 Queen’s Road, Central, Hong Kong

 

IMG_1

 

Room 702, 7/F., The Galleria, 9 Queen’s Road, Central, Hong Kong

 

IMG_3

 

 

Room 702, 7/F., The Galleria, 9 Queen’s Road, Central, Hong Kong

IMG_2

 

Room 702, 7/F., The Galleria, 9 Queen’s Road, Central, Hong Kong

 

IMG_4

 

DIAMOND INDUSTRY – INDIA

 

-            From time immemorial, India is well known in the world as the birthplace for diamonds.  It is difficult to trace the origin of diamonds but history says that in the remote past, diamonds were mined only in India. Diamond production in India can be traced back to almost 8th Century B.C.  India, in fact, remained undisputed leader till 18th Century when Brazilian fields were discovered in 1725 followed by emergence of S. Africa, Russia and Australia.

-            The achievement of the Indian diamond industry was possible only due to combination of the manufacturing skills of the Indian workforce and the untiring and unflagging efforts of the Indian diamantaires, supported by progressive Government policies.

-            The area of study of family owned diamond businesses derives its importance from the huge conglomerate of family run organizations which operate in the diamond industry since many generations.

-            Some of the basic traits of family run business enterprises include spirit of entrepreneurship, mutual trust lowers transaction costs, small, nimble and quick to react, information as a source of advantage and philanthropy.

-            Family owned diamond businesses need to improve on many fronts including higher standard of corporate governance, long-term performance – focused strategies, modern management and technology.

-            Utmost caution is to be exercised while dealing with some medium and large diamond traders which are usually engaged in fictitious import – export, inter-company transactions, financially assisted by banks. In the process, several public sector banks lost several hundred million rupees. They mostly diverted borrowed money for diamond business into real estate and capital markets.

-            Excerpts from Times of India dated 30th October 2010 is as under –

 

-            Gem & Jewellery Export Promotion Council in its statistical data has shown the export of polished diamonds to have increase by 28 % in February 2013. Compared to $ 1.4 bn worth of polished diamond export in February, 2012, India exported $ 1.84 billion worth of polished diamonds in February 2013. A senior executive of GJEPC said, “Export of cut and polished diamonds started falling month-wise after the imposition of 2 % of import duty on the polished diamonds. But February, 2013 has given a new ray of hope to the industry as the export of polished diamonds has actually increased by 28 %. It means the industry  is on the track of recovery and round tripping of diamonds has stopped completely.” Demand has started coming from the US, the UK, Japan and China. India’s polished diamond export is expected to cross $ 21 bn in 2013-14.

 

-            The banking sector has started exercising restraint while following prudent risk management norms when lending money to gems and jewellery sector. This follows the implementation of Basel III accord – a global voluntary regulatory standard on bank capital adequacy, stress testing and market liquidity.

 

 

FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES

 

Currency

Unit

Indian Rupees

US Dollar

1

Rs.66.55

UK Pound

1

Rs.100.64

Euro

1

Rs.70.70

HKD

1

Rs.8.62

 

INFORMATION DETAILS

 

Analysis Done by :

DIV

 

 

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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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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