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MIRA INFORM REPORT

 

 

Report No. :

515300

Report Date :

22.06.2018

 

IDENTIFICATION DETAILS

 

Name :

EQUINOX TRADING AGENCY LLC

 

 

Registered Office :

Bank of Baroda Building, 6th Floor, Office 608, Al Fahidi Street  , Al Souq Al Kabeer, Bur Dubai, 6596 Dubai

 

 

Country :

United Arab Emirates

 

 

Date of Incorporation :

14.10.1982

 

 

Com. Reg. No.:

200409

 

 

Legal Form :

Limited Liability Company 

 

 

Line of Business :

Agents involved in the sale of food, beverages and tobacco.

 

 

No. of Employees :

10 (2018)

 

 

RATING & COMMENTS

(Mira Inform has adopted New Rating mechanism w.e.f. 23rd January 2017)

 

MIRA’s Rating :

B

 

Credit Rating

Explanation

Rating Comments

B

Medium Risk

Business dealings permissible on a regular monitoring basis

 

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

 

Country Name

Previous Rating

(31.12.2017)

Current Rating

(01.04.2018)

United Arab Emirates

A2

A2

 

Risk Category

ECGC Classification

Insignificant

 

A1

Low Risk

 

A2

Moderately Low Risk

 

B1

Moderate Risk

 

B2

Moderately High Risk

 

C1

High Risk

 

C2

Very High Risk

 

D

 

 

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - ECONOMIC OVERVIEW

 

The UAE has an open economy with a high per capita income and a sizable annual trade surplus. Successful efforts at economic diversification have reduced the portion of GDP from the oil and gas sector to 30%.

 

Since the discovery of oil in the UAE nearly 60 years ago, the country has undergone a profound transformation from an impoverished region of small desert principalities to a modern state with a high standard of living. The government has increased spending on job creation and infrastructure expansion and is opening up utilities to greater private sector involvement. The country's free trade zones - offering 100% foreign ownership and zero taxes - are helping to attract foreign investors.

 

The global financial crisis of 2008-09, tight international credit, and deflated asset prices constricted the economy in 2009. UAE authorities tried to blunt the crisis by increasing spending and boosting liquidity in the banking sector. The crisis hit Dubai hardest, as it was heavily exposed to depressed real estate prices. Dubai lacked sufficient cash to meet its debt obligations, prompting global concern about its solvency and ultimately a $20 billion bailout from the UAE Central Bank and Abu Dhabi Government that was refinanced in March 2014.

 

The UAE’s dependence on oil is a significant long-term challenge, although the UAE is one of the most diversified countries in the Gulf Cooperation Council. Low oil prices have prompted the UAE to cut expenditures, including on some social programs, but the UAE has sufficient assets in its sovereign investment funds to cover its deficits. The government reduced fuel subsidies in August 2015, and has announced plans to introduce excise and value-added taxes by January 1, 2018. The UAE's strategic plan for the next few years focuses on economic diversification, promoting the UAE as a global trade and tourism hub, developing industry, and creating more job opportunities for nationals through improved education and increased private sector employment.

 

Source : CIA

 

BRIEF SUMMARY 

 

COMPANY NAME

Equinox Trading Agency LLC

 

ADDRESS

Building

Street

Area

PO Box

Bank of Baroda Building, 6th Floor, Office 608

Al Fahidi Street 

Al Souq Al Kabeer, Bur Dubai

6596

Dubai

TEL/FAX 

Verified Phones: (+971 4) 353 3456 / Fax: (+971 4) 353 9126

EMAIL/WEBSITE

Email: equinox@emirates.net.ae / Website: N/A 

ACTIVITY

NACE 4617 - Agents involved in the sale of food, beverages and tobacco; 

PRINCIPAL 

Harish Rupani   

Workforce 

Managing Director 

10  

LEGAL INFO 

 

Date of Est.

Reg. No.

Legal Form

Status

14/10/1982

200409

LLC 

Active

CAPITAL

CURRENCY

AMOUNT

AED 

300,000  

  

  

IDENTIFICATION

       

CO. NAME

Equinox Trading Agency LLC

ALSO KNOWN NAME (S)

EQUINOX TRADING AGENCY (L.L.C)

BUILDING

Bank of Baroda Building, 6th Floor, Office 608

STREET

Al Fahidi Street  

AREA

Al Souq Al Kabeer, Bur Dubai

POSTAL ADDRESS

6596 Dubai

CITY

Dubai

COUNTRY

United Arab Emirates

TELEPHONE

(+971 4) 353 3456 / Mobile (+971 50) 624 3328 (Harish Rupani)    

FAX

(+971 4) 353 9126

VERIFIED EMAIL

equinox@emirates.net.ae

BUSINESS HOURS

DAYS

OFFICE HOURS

BREAK TIME

Sun-Thu

09:00-18:00

13:00-15:00

REGISTERED ADDRESS

Bank of Baroda Building, Office 608

Bur Dubai

PO Box 6596

Dubai

United Arab Emirates

 

 

SENIOR PERSONNEL

 

MANAGEMENT

NAME

POSITION

Harish Rupani    

Managing Director 

 

Ms. Alona

(Filipino national)

 

Accounts Manager 

WORKFORCE

NO. OF EMPLOYEES

PERIOD

10

06.2018

 

 

FINANCIAL SUMMARY

 

NOTES     

Private companies in UAE are not required to publish or disclose balance sheets. Balance sheets are not available from other sources, and the subject interviewed declined to give any financial information, which the company regards as strictly confidential.

 

 

LEGAL STATUS 

 

INCORPORATION

14/10/1982

REGISTRATION NO.       

C.R. NUMBER

ISSUED BY  

Trade License No.: 200409 (expiry date: 13/10/2018) 

Dubai Department of Economic Development

OTHER REGISTRATION NO.     

DCCI Membership No.: 9860 (Chamber of Commerce Membership) / Federal Reservation No.: 10783225

AUTHORISED CAPITAL     

AMOUNT

CURRENCY

300,000

AED

PAID-UP CAPITAL  

AMOUNT

CURRENCY 

300,000

AED

BUSINESS HISTORY

The Company was incorporated in Dubai on 14 October 1982. 

LEGAL FORM     

Limited Liability Company 

STATUS

Active

SHAREHOLDERS  

NAME  

PERCENTAGE

1. Harish Rupani

   Nationality: Indian

 

2. Undisclosed Emirati local sponsor

 

* The local sponsor, according to UAE laws must hold a minimum of 51% of the capital, however, in practice and unofficially the sponsor gets a fixed annual percentage of the profit and a sponsorship fee without any investment in the company.

49.00%

 

 

51.00%   

 

 

 

OPERATION 

 

BANKERS   

Subject declined to name its bankers details.  

ACTIVITY CODE (NACE)     

4617 - Agents involved in the sale of food, beverages and tobacco;

LINE OF BUSINESS    

Trading as importers and wholesalers of foodstuff, confectionery products as well as organic foods.

IMPORT FROM 

Europe, China, India, Turkey and Far East Asian countries. 

EXPORT TO 

Africa, GCC and South East Asian countries.  

FACILITIES

Leased premises comprising administrative offices located at the heading address.

 

 

PAYMENT RECORDS 

 

CREDIT OPINION   

We consider it is acceptable to deal with subject for SMALL amounts.

 

 

SPECIAL REMARKS

 

INTERVIEWED   

Harish Rupani (Managing Director).

 

 

 

FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES

 

Currency
Unit

Indian Rupees

US Dollar

1

INR 68.19

UK Pound

1

INR 89.58

Euro

1

INR 78.79

AED

1

INR 18.46

 

Note : Above are approximate rates obtained from sources believed to be correct

 

 

INFORMATION DETAILS

 

Analysis Done by :

DIV

 

 

Report Prepared by :

SUJ

                                                


 

RATING EXPLANATIONS

 

Credit Rating

Explanation

Rating Comments

A++

Minimum Risk

Business dealings permissible with minimum risk of default

A+

Low Risk

Business dealings permissible with low risk of default

A

Acceptable Risk

Business dealings permissible with moderate risk of default

B

Medium Risk

Business dealings permissible on a regular monitoring basis

C

Medium High Risk

Business dealings permissible preferably on secured basis

D

High Risk

Business dealing not recommended or on secured terms only

NB

New Business

No recommendation can be done due to business in infancy stage

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.

 

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 are as follows:

 

·         Financial condition covering various ratios

·         Company background and operations size

·         Promoters / Management background

·         Payment record

·         Litigation against the subject

·         Industry scenario / competitor analysis

·         Supplier / Customer / Banker review (wherever available)

 

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