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MIRA INFORM REPORT
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Report No. : |
491314 |
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Report Date : |
15.02.2018 |
IDENTIFICATION DETAILS
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Name : |
UNRWA HQA PROCUREMENT & LOGISTICS DIV |
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Registered Office : |
Bayader Wadi Seer, PO Box 140157, Amman 11184 |
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Country : |
Jordan |
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Date of Incorporation : |
01.05.1950 |
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Legal Form : |
Non-Government Organization |
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Line of Business : |
Subject is engaged in the provision of procurement and logistic
services responsible for all food and goods within 10 Palestine refugee camps
which accommodate 2,175,491 Palestine refugees. |
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No. of Employees : |
150 |
RATING & COMMENTS
(Mira Inform has adopted New Rating mechanism w.e.f. 23rd
January 2017)
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MIRA’s Rating : |
A |
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Credit Rating |
Explanation |
Rating Comments |
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A |
Acceptable Risk |
Business dealings permissible with
moderate risk of default |
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Status : |
Satisfactory |
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Payment Behaviour : |
No Complaints |
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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
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Country Name |
Previous Rating (30.06.2017) |
Current Rating (30.09.2017) |
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Jordan |
B1 |
B1 |
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Risk Category |
ECGC
Classification |
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Insignificant |
A1 |
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Low Risk |
A2 |
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Moderately Low Risk |
B1 |
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Moderate Risk |
B2 |
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Moderately High Risk |
C1 |
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High Risk |
C2 |
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Very High Risk |
D |
JORDAN - ECONOMIC OVERVIEW
Jordan's economy is among the smallest in the Middle East, with insufficient
supplies of water, oil, and other natural resources, underlying the
government's heavy reliance on foreign assistance. Other economic challenges
for the government include chronic high rates of poverty, unemployment and
underemployment, budget and current account deficits, and government debt.
King ABDALLAH, during the first decade of the 2000s, implemented
significant economic reforms, such as expanding foreign trade and privatizing
state-owned companies that attracted foreign investment and contributed to
average annual economic growth of 8% for 2004 through 2008. The global economic
slowdown and regional turmoil contributed to slower growth from 2010 to 2017 -
with growth averaging 2.6% per year - and hurt export-oriented sectors,
construction, and tourism. Since the onset of the civil war in Syria and
resulting refugee crisis, one of Jordan’s most pressing socioeconomic
challenges has been managing the influx of 650,000 UN-registered refugees, more
than 80% of whom live in Jordan’s urban areas. Jordan’s own official census
estimated the refugee number at 1.3 million as of early 2016.
Jordan is nearly completely dependent on imported energy—mostly natural
gas—and energy consistently makes up 25-30 percent of Jordan’s imports. To
diversify its energy mix, Jordan has secured several contracts for liquefied
natural gas and is currently exploring nuclear power generation, exploitation
of abundant oil shale reserves and renewable technologies, as well as the
import of Israeli offshore gas. In August 2016, Jordan and the IMF agreed to a
$723 million Extended Fund Facility that aims to build on the three-year, $2.1
billion IMF program that ended in August 2015 with the goal of helping Jordan
correct budgetary and balance of payments imbalances.
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Source
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SUMMARY
Company Name :
UNRWA HQA PROCUREMENT & LOGISTICS DIV
Country of Origin :
Jordan
Legal Form :
Non-Government Organization
Registration Date : 1st
May 1950
Total Workforce :
150
Activities :
Provision of procurement and logistic services
Financial Condition :
Undetermined
Payments :
No Complaints
COMPANY
NAME
UNRWA HQA PROCUREMENT & LOGISTICS DIV
ADDRESS
Registered &
Physical Address
Location : Bayader Wadi
Seer
PO Box :
140157
Town : Amman 11184
Country : Jordan
Telephone : (962-6) 5809100
Facsimile : (962-6)
5809148
Email : jorpio@unrwa.org
Premises
Subject operates from a small suite of offices that are rented and located
in the Central Business Area of Amman.
KEY
PRINCIPALS
Name Nationality Position
Pierre Krahenbuhl Swiss Commissioner
General
Sandra Mitchell American
Deputy
Commissioner General
LEGAL
FORM & OWNERS
Date of Establishment : 1st
May 1950
Legal Form : Non-Government
Organisation
OPERATIONS
Activities: Engaged in the provision of procurement and logistic services
responsible for all food and goods within 10 Palestine refugee camps which accommodate
2,175,491 Palestine refugees.
Financial Voluntary Contributors:
Government Partners
Private Sector Partners
United Nations
National Committees
Subject has a workforce of 150 employees.
FINANCIAL
DATA
Companies registered in Jordan are not legally required to make their
accounts public and no financial information was released by the company or
submitted by outside sources.
BANKERS
Arab Jordan Investment Bank
Ibn Hani Street
Shmeisani
PO Box: 8797
Amman 11121
Tel: (962-6) 5607126 / 5607138
Fax: (962-6) 5681482 / 5690646
PAYMENT
HISTORY
No complaints regarding subject’s payments have been reported.
GENERAL
COMMENTS
During the course of this investigation the following sources were
consulted:
- Internal database
- Journals, directories, media
& web searches
- Local Registry office
During the course of this investigation nothing detrimental was
uncovered regarding subject’s operating history or the manner in which payments
are fulfilled. As such the company is considered to be a fair trade risk.
COUNTRY
OUTLOOK
GDP growth
moderated during 2015 to an estimated 2.4 %, the slowest pace in four years,
magnifying already-high unemployment. Security spill
overs from regional conflict worsened, negatively impacting tourism,
construction, investment and trade. However, growth in a number of sectors held
up well through the third quarter of 2015, including in finance and insurance
services, transport, storage and communications, electricity and water, and
mining and quarrying. Unemployment rose to 13.0 % in 2015, an increase of 1.1 %
age points relative to 2014. There was a mild deflation for most of 2015 due to
further falls in global oil prices, a weakened Euro, a negative output gap, and
easing of supply side pressures experienced in previous years (notably on
housing prices, due to the large influx of refugees in 2012-13). Monetary
policy remained expansionary with the central bank reducing the key policy
lending rate by 125 basis points during the course of 2015. International
reserves slightly rose to $ 14.2 billion (7.5 months of imports) by end-2015.
The fiscal deficit
was narrower in 2015 thanks to lower expenditures and lower transfers to the
National Electric Power Company (NEPCO), which
outweighed the fall in domestic revenues and grants. NEPCO resorted to
borrowing from commercial banks instead of the government in 2015 providing a
7.0 % of GDP relief to the fiscal balance, without which the fiscal deficit
would have widened. NEPCO’s debt continues to be government guaranteed and
combined with the fiscal deficit and slowing GDP growth contributed to pushing
the gross debt to GDP ratio to an estimated 93 % at end-2015.
The current account
deficit is expected to have widened in 2015, mainly due to lower public
transfers and a 7.1 % fall in tourism receipts, and despite a narrowing trade
deficit. The merchandise trade balance narrowed by 14 % on
account of a 40.4 % fall in energy imports. These outweighed a 7.1 %
contraction of direct exports (themselves buttressed by 10.9 % growth in
phosphate exports) affected by land trade route closures with Syria and Iraq,
traditionally Jordan’s largest export partner. Remittances are slowing, growing
by only 1.5 % during 2015.
Growth is expected to
improve to 3.0 % in 2016, assuming no further worsening in the regional
security situation and associated spill overs. This is driven
by an expansion in mining and quarrying sector and positive base effect of
tourism and construction sectors. Jordan is working towards an Extended Fund
Facility (EFF) with the IMF. The EFF is anticipated to support further fiscal
consolidation efforts in parallel with growth-enhancing and job-creating
structural reforms. The baseline growth forecasts assume agreement on an EFF
leading to a fiscal adjustment and a lower debt-to-GDP level. The balance of
risks is on the downside. Managing repercussions from the regional security and
political situation is a key risk in addition to the challenges of hosting a
substantial number of Syrian refugees. Additionally, persistently low oil
prices are a risk this year and in the medium term, given their potential
impact on remittances, exports, FDI and grants from the GCC. Fiscal adjustment
measures are likely to be difficult. Furthermore, the willingness and speed of
reform implementation particularly to improve the business climate will be
crucial to meet the country’s investment aspirations.
Key Economic
Indicators 2014 2015 2016* 2017*
Real GDP Growth (%)
3.1 2.4 3.0 3.3
Inflation Rate (%)
2.9 -0.9 1.3 2.7
Fiscal Balance (% of GDP) -9.1 -3.4 -2.1 -1.3
Current Account Balance (% of GDP) -1.0 -9.1 -6.6 -6.0
* Forecast
FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES
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Currency |
Unit
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Indian Rupees |
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US Dollar |
1 |
INR 64.13 |
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1 |
INR 89.17 |
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Euro |
1 |
INR 79.39 |
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JOD |
1 |
INR 90.44 |
Note :
Above are approximate rates obtained from sources believed to be correct
INFORMATION DETAILS
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Analysis Done by
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PRA |
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Report Prepared
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TPT |
RATING EXPLANATIONS
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Credit Rating |
Explanation |
Rating Comments |
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A++ |
Minimum Risk |
Business dealings permissible with minimum
risk of default |
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A+ |
Low Risk |
Business dealings permissible with low
risk of default |
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A |
Acceptable Risk |
Business dealings permissible with
moderate risk of default |
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B |
Medium Risk |
Business dealings permissible on a regular
monitoring basis |
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C |
Medium High Risk |
Business dealings permissible preferably
on secured basis |
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D |
High Risk |
Business dealing not recommended or on
secured terms only |
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NB |
New Business |
No recommendation can be done due to
business in infancy stage |
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NT |
No Trace |
No recommendation can be done as the
business is not traceable |
NB is stated where there is insufficient information to facilitate rating. However, it is not to be considered as unfavourable.
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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 are as follows:
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Financial
condition covering various ratios
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Company
background and operations size
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Promoters
/ Management background
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Payment
record
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Litigation
against the subject
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Industry
scenario / competitor analysis
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Supplier
/ Customer / Banker review (wherever available)
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