MIRA INFORM REPORT

 

 

Report No. :

339863

Report Date :

09.09.2015

 

IDENTIFICATION DETAILS

 

Name :

SHOHAM  GEMS  LTD.

 

 

Registered Office :

C/o Asia Business Service Ltd.

Unit 1010, 10/F., Miramar Tower, 132 Nathan Road, Tsimshatsui, Kowloon

 

 

Country :

Hong Kong

 

 

Date of Incorporation :

13.07.2006

 

 

Com. Reg. No.:

36952398

 

 

Legal Form :

Private Limited Liability Company

 

 

Line of Business :

The subject is a trader of gemstone, diamond. 

 

 

No. of Employees :

The subject has no employees in Hong Kong.

 

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.

 

 

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 – March 31, 2015

 

Country Name

Previous Rating

(31.12.2014)

Current Rating

(31.03.2015)

Hong Kong

A2

A2

 

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

 

SHOHAM  GEMS  LTD.

 

 

ADDRESS

 

Registered Office:-

C/o Asia Business Service Ltd.

Unit 1010, 10/F., Miramar Tower, 132 Nathan Road, Tsimshatsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong.

 

(Formerly located at:

C/o Asia Business Service Ltd.

Room 813, 8/F., Hollywood Plaza, 610 Nathan Road, Kowloon, Hong Kong.)

 

 

BUSINESS REGISTRATION NUMBER

 

36952398

 

 

COMPANY FILE NUMBER

 

1058958

 

 

DATE OF INCORPORATION

 

13th July, 2006.

 

 

ISSUED SHARE CAPITAL

 

HK$600,000.00

 

 

SHAREHOLDERS

 

(As per registry dated 13-07-2015)

Name

 

No. of shares

Daniel SHERF

 

279,933

Gilad DEUTSCHER

 

279,933

Guy Deutscher

 

30,000

Herzel Laks

 

10,134

 

 

–––––––

 

Total:

600,000

======

 

 

DIRECTORS

 

(As per registry dated 13-07-2015)

 

Name

(Nationality)

Address

Daniel SHERF

92/10 On Nut 65 Pravet, Bangkok 10250, Thailand.

 

Gilad DEUTSCHER

Shaal 49, Ramat Hagolan, Israel.

 

 

SECRETARY

 

(As per registry dated 13-07-2015)

 

Name

Address

Co. No.

Asia Business Service Ltd.

Unit 1010, 10/F., Miramar Tower, 132 Nathan Road, Tsimshatsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong.

0871994

 

 

HISTORY

 

The subject was incorporated on  as a private limited liability company under the Hong Kong Companies Ordinance.

 

Formerly the subject’s registered address was located at ‘Room 813, 8/F., Hollywood Plaza, 610 Nathan Road, Kowloon, Hong Kong’ where was the operating address of a commercial service provider Asia Business Service Ltd.  The subject’s registered address changed to the present address in March 2011 as its commercial service provider has moved to this new address since then.

 

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

 

 

GENERAL

 

Shoham Gems Ltd. was incorporated on 13th July, 2006 as a private limited liability company.

 

The subject does not have its own operating office.  Its registered office is in a commercial service firm located at ‘Unit 1010, 10/F., Miramar Tower, 132 Nathan Road, Tsimshatsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong’ known as ‘Asia Business Service Ltd.’ which is handling its correspondences and documents.  This business service company is also the corporate secretary of the subject.

 

The subject has no employees in Hong Kong.

 

According to the Companies Registry of Hong Kong, the subject has issued 600,000 ordinary shares of HK$1.00 each of which 46.7% are owned by Mr. Daniel Sherf, another 46.7% are owned by Gilad Deutscher, 5.0% owned by Guy Deutscher and 1.6% by Herzel Laks.  The first and the fourth are residing in Thailand while the second and third are in Israel.

 

The directors of the subject are Daniel Sherf and Gilad Deutscher.  Both are Israel passport holders.  They do not have the right to reside in Hong Kong permanently.

 

The subject is a gemstone, diamond trader.  Commodities are imported from Israel, Thailand, India.  Prime markets are Asian countries, Europe, North America.  The main office of the subject is in Israel while a branch office in Thailand.

 

The subject’s business in Hong Kong is not active.  History in Hong Kong is over nine years and a month.

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.

 

 

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.

 

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.66.61

UK Pound

1

Rs.102.30

Euro

1

Rs.74.61

 

INFORMATION DETAILS

 

Analysis Done by :

KAS

 

 

Report Prepared by :

VNT

 

               

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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