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MIRA
INFORM REPORT
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Report No. : |
506842 |
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Report Date : |
05.05.2018 |
IDENTIFICATION DETAILS
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Name : |
STAR DIAMOND |
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Registered Office : |
Room
1405, 14/F., Hang Seng Tsim Sha Tsui Building, 18 Carnarvon Road,
Tsimshatsui, Kowloon |
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Country : |
Hong Kong |
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Date of Incorporation : |
02.03.2005 |
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Com. Reg. No.: |
35375860-000-03 |
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Legal Form : |
Sole Proprietorship |
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Line of Business : |
Importer, Exporter and Wholesaler of All
Kinds of Diamonds |
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No. of Employees : |
3 |
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 : |
Slow but Correct |
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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 (30.09.2017) |
Current Rating (31.12.2017) |
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Hong Kong |
A1 |
A1 |
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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 |
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.
Excess liquidity, low interest rates and a tight housing supply have caused Hong Kong property prices to rise rapidly. The lower and middle-income segments of the population increasingly find housing unaffordable.
Hong Kong's open economy has left it exposed to the global economic situation. Its continued reliance on foreign trade and investment makes it vulnerable to renewed global financial market volatility or a slowdown in the global economy.
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 surged from 4.5 million in 2001 to 47.3 million in 2014, outnumbering visitors from all other countries combined. After peaking in 2014, overall tourist arrivals dropped 2.5% in 2015 and 4.5% in 2016. The tourism sector rebounded in 2017, with visitor arrivals rising 3.2% to 58.47 million. Travelers from Mainland China totaled 44.45 million, accounting for 76% of the total.
The Hong Kong Government is promoting the Special Administrative Region (SAR) as the preferred business hub for 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, RMB trade settlement is allowed, and investment schemes such as the Renminbi Qualified Foreign Institutional Investor (RQFII) Program was first launched in Hong Kong. Offshore RMB activities experienced a setback, however, after the People’s Bank of China changed the way it set the central parity rate in August 2015. RMB deposits in Hong Kong fell from 1.0 trillion RMB at the end of 2014 to 559 billion RMB at the end of 2017, while RMB trade settlement handled by banks in Hong Kong also shrank from 6.8 trillion RMB in 2015 to 3.9 trillion RMB in 2017.
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 50% of the firms listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange and accounted for about 66% 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 (CEPA), 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. On the basis of the Guangdong Agreement, the Agreement on Trade in Services signed in November 2015 further enhanced liberalization, including extending the implementation of the majority of Guangdong pilot liberalization measures to the whole Mainland, reducing the restrictive measures in the negative list, and adding measures in the positive lists for cross-border services as well as cultural and telecommunications services. In June 2017, the Investment Agreement and the Agreement on Economic and Technical Cooperation (Ecotech Agreement) were signed under the framework of CEPA.
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 Hong Kong- Shenzhen Stock Connect the Mutual Recognition of Funds, and the Bond Connect scheme are all important steps towards opening up the Mainland’s capital markets and have reinforced Hong Kong’s role as China’s leading offshore RMB market. Additional connect schemes such as ETF Connect (for exchange-traded fund products) are also under exploration by Hong Kong authorities. In 2017, Chief Executive Carrie 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.
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Source
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Note
The correct style of the building should be
‘Hang Seng Tsim Sha Tsui Building’.
Company name and address
STAR DIAMOND
ADDRESS: Room 1405, 14/F., Hang Seng Tsim Sha Tsui
Building, 18 Carnarvon Road, Tsimshatsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong.
PHONE: 852-2367 6600
FAX: 852-2894
8414
E-MAIL: sales@stargems.com.hk
MANAGEMENT:
Manager:
Mr. Yash Mahesh Bhavsar
SUMMARY
Establishment: 2nd
March, 2005.
Organization:
Sole Proprietorship.
Capital:
Not
disclosed.
Business Category: Diamond Trader.
Employees:
3.
Main Dealing Banker: The Hongkong & Shanghai Banking Corp. Ltd., Hong Kong.
Banking Relation: Satisfactory.
ADDRESS
Head Office:-
Room 1405, 14/F., Hang Seng Tsim Sha Tsui
Building, 18 Carnarvon Road, Tsimshatsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong.
Related Company:-
Star Gems, Hong Kong. (Same address)
BUSINESS REGISTRATION NUMBER
35375860-000-03
MANAGEMENT
Manager:
Mr. Yash Mahesh Bhavsar
SOLE PROPRIETOR
Name:
Mr. Yash Mahesh Bhavsar
Residential Address: Flat 7E, 7/F., Universal Mansion, 52 Hillwood Road, Tsimshatsui,
Kowloon, Hong Kong.
HISTORY
The subject was established on 2nd March,
2005 as a sole proprietorship concern owned by Mr. Rajesh Vasantlal Vora under
the Hong Kong Business Registration Regulations.
The following table shows the changes of the
partners:
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Name |
Incoming
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Outgoing
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Rajesh
Vasantlal Vora |
02-03-2005 |
02-07-2010 |
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Harshit
Jitendra Shah |
01-07-2010 |
31-10-2016 |
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Yash
Mahesh Bhavsar |
01-10-2016 |
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At the
very beginning, the subject was located at Flat H, 13/F., Windsor Mansion,
29-31 Chatham Road South, Tsimshatsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong, moved to Room 908,
9/F., Hang Seng Tsim Sha Tsui Building, 18 Carnarvon Road, Tsimshatsui,
Kowloon, Hong Kong in March 2007, to Room 502, 5/F. of the same building in
June 2011 and further to Room 1405, 14/F., of the same building in August 2016.
Apart from these, neither material change nor
amendment has been ever traced and noted.
OPERATIONS
Activities: Importer, Exporter and Wholesaler.
Lines: All kinds of diamonds,
etc.
Employees: 3.
Commodities Imported: India, Europe, etc.
Markets: Hong Kong, other Asian countries,
etc.
Terms/Sales:
CAD, L/C, T/T, etc.
Terms/Buying:
L/C, T/T, D/P, etc.
FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Capital: Not disclosed.
Profit or Loss: Making small
profits in the past years.
Condition:
Keeping in a
satisfactory condition.
Facilities:
Making rather
active use of general banking facilities.
Payment:
Slow but
Correct.
Commercial Morality: Satisfactory.
Banker:
The Hongkong
& Shanghai Banking Corp. Ltd., Hong Kong.
Standing:
Normal.
GENERAL
Star Diamond is a sole proprietorship owned and operated by Mr.
Yash Mahesh Bhavsar [Y M Bhavsar] who is an India merchant. Being the manager of the subject, he is a
Hong Kong ID holder and has got the right to reside in Hong Kong. Y M Bhavsar joined the subject on 1st
October, 2016.
The subject moved to the present address in early August 2016.
The subject has an associated company known as Star Gems, a Hong
Kong-registered company located at the same address. This company is operated by another India
merchant Mr. Nilay Shah.
The subject is a diamond importer, exporter and wholesaler. It is trading in loose, polished and cut
diamonds. Star Gems and the subject are
engaged in the same lines of business.
Most of the commodities are imported from India and Europe. Prime markets are Hong Kong, China, Japan,
South Korea, Taiwan, the other Asian countries, the Middle East, Europe, North
America, etc.
The old proprietor of the subject Harshit Jitendra Shah had
operated the following two companies in Hong Kong:-
Gold Coins Group
Star Gems
The subject had some relation with Excel Overseas Pvt. Ltd.
[EOPL]. This company is chiefly owned
and operated by Harshit Jitendra Shah’s family in India. EOPL has a factory in Moscow of Russia which
is employing over 70 workers. It seems
to be a supplier of the subject.
The subject’s business is chiefly handled by Y M Bhavsar himself.
Since the history of the subject in Hong Kong is over 13 years and
two months, on the whole, consider it good for normal business engagements.
FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES
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Currency |
Unit
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Indian Rupees |
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US Dollar |
1 |
INR 66.77 |
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INR 90.58 |
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Euro |
1 |
INR 79.97 |
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HKD |
1 |
INR 8.51 |
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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VIV |
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Report Prepared
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TRU |
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.
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:
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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)
This report is issued at
your request without any risk and responsibility on the part of MIRA INFORM
PRIVATE LIMITED (MIPL) or its officials.