RATING RATIONALE
20Sep2021

AVR Marines Pvt Ltd

Brickwork Ratings downgrades the ratings for the Bank Loan Facilities of Rs. 21.40 Crs. of AVR Marines Pvt Ltd

Particulars
Facilities** Amount (Rs.Crs.) Tenure Rating#
Previous Present Previous
(18 Sep 2020)
Present
Fund Based 21.40 21.40 Long Term BWR B
Downgrade/ISSUER NOT COOPERATING*
BWR B -
Downgrade/ISSUER NOT COOPERATING*
Grand Total 21.40 21.40 (Rupees Twenty One Crores and Forty lakhs Only)
#Please refer to BWR website www.brickworkratings.com for definition of the ratings
**Details of Bank Loan facilities,consolidation or instruments are provided in Annexure


RATING ACTION / OUTLOOK

Brickwork Ratings downgrades the ratings from BWR B to BWR B- for the long term facilities of Rs. 21.40 Crs of AVR Marines Pvt Ltd; ISSUER NOT COOPERATING, based on best available information. BWR had initially rated the bank loan facilities of M/s AVR Marines Pvt Ltd during December 2017, with rating assigned as BWR B+/A4 (stable) for Rs.22.00 crs. The rating was due for a review during December; 2018. The surveillance was done in April 2019 for Rs.21.40 Crs. The rating was reaffirmed for long term fund and rating was withdrawn for short term fund and on 18 September 2020 rating is migrated to ISSUER NOT COOPERATING & ratings is downgraded to BWR B, due to non-receipt of information and documents. BWR further took up with the issuer to provide required complete information over emails and telephone calls. Despite the best efforts of BWR to get at least the minimum required information for a review, the company has not provided the same. In the absence of adequate information from the issuer, BWR is unable to assess the issuer’s financial performance and its ability to service its debt and maintain a valid rating. Hence on account of inadequate information and lack of management cooperation and with the available information in the public domain, BWR recommends downgrading the rating and categorizing it under ISSUER NOT COOPERATING. The NDS of the last 12 months was also not submitted by them.

KEY RATING DRIVERS

ABOUT THE ENTITY

M/s AVR Marines Pvt Ltd was incorporated on 27th August 2015 at Attili Mandal, West Godavari district, AP for export of marine seafood products. Mr. Addala Venkata Raju and Ms. Addala Susheela are the promoters of the company. Mr. Addala Venkata Raju has 15 years of experience in export of chilled prawn and he is the proprietor of the concern M/s Pure Imports and Exports. Main operations of the company are to procure sea fish from aqua farmers, suppliers, fishing harbour in PUF insulated vehicles and process them in the cold chain unit. The processed fish are then frozen using Plate freezing, Blast freezing and IQF freezing. The frozen products are then stored in a cold storage unit till they are exported. The products are loaded in freezer containers and transported through sea to the customer’s destination. The proposed capacity of the cold storage unit for processing is 50 MT of fish and prawns per day. As per the management, it plans to appoint 150 - 175 permanent employees for its 3 shift operations; with 900 - 1200 hired employees.

KEY FINANCIAL INDICATORS (Standalone)
Key Parameters Units FY 17-18
(Audited)
FY 16-17
(Audited)
Operating Revenue Rs.Crs. Not Available Not Available
EBITDA Rs.Crs. -0.01 -0.01
PAT Rs.Crs. -0.01 Not Available
Tangible Net Worth Rs.Crs. 4.28 4.29
Total Debt/Tangible Net Worth Times 2.52 1.42
Current Ratio Times 4.21 18.15

STATUS OF NON-COOPERATION WITH PREVIOUS CRA

NA

ANY OTHER INFORMATION

NA

RATING HISTORY FOR THE PREVIOUS THREE YEARS (including withdrawal and suspended)
Facilities Current Rating (2021) 2020 2019 2018
Type Tenure Amount
(Rs.Crs.)
Rating Date Rating Date Rating Date Rating
Fund Based LT 21.40
BWR B-
(Downgrade/ISSUER NOT COOPERATING*)
18Sep2020
BWR B
(Downgrade/ISSUER NOT COOPERATING*)
23Apr2019
BWR B+Stable
(Reaffirmation)
NA
NA
Grand Total 21.40 (Rupees Twenty One Crores and Forty lakhs Only)
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Ratings Analyst shyamsundar.k@brickworkratings.com

Nagaraj K

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AVR Marines Pvt Ltd
ANNEXURE-I
Details of Bank Facilities rated by BWR
SL.No. Name of the Bank/Lender Type Of Facilities Long Term(Rs.Crs.) Short Term(Rs.Crs.) Total(Rs.Crs.)
1 Andhra Pradesh State Financial Corporation Term LoanSanctioned 5.40 _ 5.40
2 State Bank Of India (SBI) Working Capital Term LoanProposed 16.00 _ 16.00
Total 21.40 0.00 21.40
TOTAL (Rupees Twenty One Crores and Forty lakhs Only)
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