MIRA INFORM REPORT

 

 

Report No. :

499019

Report Date :

21.03.2018

 

 

 

IDENTIFICATION DETAILS

 

Name :

NAVEX  ASIA  LIMITED

 

 

Registered Office :

C/o Ander Secretaries (HK) Ltd. Room 1605, 16/F., Wilson House, 19-27 Wyndham Street, Central

 

 

Country :

Hong Kong

 

 

Date of Incorporation :

27.05. 2009

 

 

Com. Reg. No.:

50719441

 

 

Legal Form :

private limited liability company

 

 

Line of Business :

Subject is trading in iron and steel.

 

 

No. of Employees :

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

 

MIRA’s Rating :

C

 

Credit Rating

Explanation

Rating Comments

C

Medium High Risk

Business dealings permissible preferably on secured basis

 

Status :

No operating office in Hong Kong

 

 

Payment Behaviour :

Unknown

 

 

Litigation :

Clear

 

NOTES :

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ECGC Country Risk Classification List

 

Country Name

Previous Rating

(30.09.2017)

Current Rating

(31.12.2017)

Hong Kong

A1

A1

 

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

 

 

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 reexports, 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 continues to link its currency closely to the US dollar, maintaining an arrangement established in 1983.

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 aided a more rapid initial recovery 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 9.4% of total system deposits in Hong Kong by the end of 2015. 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. Mainland visitors to Hong Kong declined 3% in 2015 to approximately 45.7 million, reflecting an overall drop of 2.5% in total visitors to Hong Kong. Hong Kong has also established itself as the premier stock market for Chinese firms seeking to list abroad. In 2015, mainland Chinese companies constituted about 51% of the firms listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange and accounted for about 62.1% 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. 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, which took effect in 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.

Credit expansion and a tight housing supply have caused Hong Kong property prices to rise rapidly; consumer prices increased 2.6% in 2016, but slowed to 2.0% in 2017. Lower- and middle-income segments of the population are increasingly unable to afford adequate housing.

Hong Kong’s economic integration with the mainland continues to be most evident in the banking and finance sector. Initiatives like the Hong Kong-Shanghai Stock Connect, the Mutual Recognition of Funds, and The Hong Kong Shanghai Gold Connect are all important steps towards opening up the Mainland’s capital markets and has reinforced Hong Kong’s leading role as China’s offshore RMB market. Additional connect schemes from bonds to commodities and other investment products are also under exploration by Hong Kong authorities. In 2017, Chief Executive Lam announced plans to increase government spending on research and development, education, and technological innovation with the aim of spurring continued economic growth through greater sector diversification.

 

Source : CIA

 

Company name and address 

 

NAVEX  ASIA  LIMITED

 

ADDRESS:

 

Registered Office:-

c/o Ander Secretaries (HK) Ltd.

Room 1605, 16/F., Wilson House, 19-27 Wyndham Street, Central, Hong Kong.

 

Shanghai Office:-

Lucky Mansion, Suite 25C, No. 660 Shang Cheng Road, Pudong New Area, Shanghai, China 200120.

[Tel:      86 (21) 6075 1525

Fax:      86 (21) 6075 1526

E-mail:  info@navex-asia.com]

 

Switzerland Office:-

Rue Kleberg 14, 1201 Geneva, Switzerland.

 

Holding Company:-

Navex Shipping Ltd., Canada.

 

Associated Companies:-

Navex Shipping Ltd. Geneva Branch, Switzerland.

Saguenay Group Ltd., British Virgin Islands.

Steel Sourcing Asia Ltd., Hong Kong.

 

 

BUSINESS REGISTRATION NUMBER

 

  50719441

 

 

COMPANY FILE NUMBER

 

 1341208

 

 

DATE OF INCORPORATION

 

  27th May, 2009.

 

 

ISSUED SHARES CAPITAL

 

HK$2,645,000.00

 

 

SHAREHOLDERS

 

(As per registry dated 27-05-2017)

Name

Occupation

No. of shares

Navex Shipping Ltd.

Suite 900, 1959 Upper Water Street, Halifax, B3J 3NZ, Canada.

Partnership

2,354,050

Steel Sourcing Asia Ltd.

Flat 1701, 17/F., Henan Building, 90 Jaffe Road, Wanchai, Hong Kong.

 

264,500

Saguenay Group Ltd.

R.G. Hodge Plaza, 3rd Floor, P.O. Box 3483, Road Town, Tortola, British Virgin Islands.

 

26,450

 

 

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Total:

2,645,000

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DIRECTORS

 

(As per registry dated 27-05-2017)

Name

(Nationality)

 

Address

Frank FOURAGE

1 Weifang Xi Lu Building 1, Appt. 11C-200122, Pudong, Shanghai, China.

 

Jean Pierre Antonie Jules ARTIGALA

1 Rue Du Four, 75006 Paris, France.

 

 

SECRETARY

 

(As per registry dated 27-05-2017)

Name

Address

Co. No.

Ander Secretaries (HK) Ltd.

Room 1605, 16/F., Wilson House,
19-27 Wyndham Street, Central, Hong Kong.

1277448

 

 

MORTGAGE OR CHARGE

 

 (See attachment)

 

 

GENERAL

 

Navex Asia Limited was incorporated on 27th May, 2009 as a private limited liability company under the Hong Kong Companies Ordinance.

The subject does not have its own operating office.  Its registered office is in a commercial service firm located at Room 1604-5, 16/F., Wilson House, 19-27 Wyndham Street, Central, Hong Kong known as Ander Secretaries (HK) Ltd. which is handling its correspondences and documents.  This secretarial 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 2,645,000 ordinary shares of HK$1.00 each of which 89% are owned by Navex Shipping Ltd., a Canada-based company.  10% are owned by Steel Sourcing Asia Ltd., a Hong Kong-registered company; and 1% by Saguenay Group Ltd., a BVI-registered company.

The directors of the subject are Frank Fourage and Jean Pierre Antonie Jules Artigala, both of whom are France-passport holders and does not have the right to reside in Hong Kong permanently.  The registered address of the former is in Shanghai, China while the latter is in Paris, France.

The main office of the subject is in Shanghai, China.  The business of the China Office is chiefly administered by Mr. Frank FOURAGE who is China most of the time.

The subject is trading in iron and steel.  It is exporting steel from China to Thailand and Indonesia.

Besides, it is also trading in the following commodities: Cold rolled coil, colour coated coil, deformed bar, hot rolled coil, HDG coil, etc.  It also carries the following products:

1.     Wire rods

2.     D-Bars/Round Bars

3.     Flat rolled products

4.     Tubular products

5.     Beams/Sections

6.     Semi Products

7.     Raw Materials

8.     Aluminium

The subject also offers customers with the following services:

·         Sourcing

·         Logistics

·         Distribution

·         Financing

Most of the customers have got advantages by using the services of the subject.

The Shanghai Company has set up a Shipping department which is able to charter bulk vessels from barges to Panamax; or organize container shipments to best suit the requirements of its customer.  Iron & Steel products can be shipped to main ports of the world as well as to most remote locations worldwide.

Besides, supported by European banks, the subject can structure financing to best match supplier and customer needs.

Navex Shipping Ltd. has set up a branch office (or claimed to be headquarters) in Geneva, Switzerland.

The subject’s business in Hong Kong is not active.  History in Hong Kong is over eight years and four months.

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 or in small credit amounts.

 

 

MORTGAGE OR CHARGE

 

Date

Description of Instrument

Mortgagee

10-10-2012

Deed of Charge

BNP Paribas, Singapore Branch.

20-01-2017

Trade Finance Security Deed

Banque Cantonale Vaudoise
14, place Saint-Francois, 1001 Lausanne, Switzerland.

 

 

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.

 

 

FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES

 

Currency
Unit

Indian Rupees

US Dollar

1

INR 65.20

UK Pound

1

INR 91.49

Euro

1

INR 80.46

HKD

1

INR 8.31

 

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

 

 

INFORMATION DETAILS

 

Analysis Done by :

PRA

 

 

Report Prepared by :

KET

 

 

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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