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Everest Kanto Cylinder Limited (EKC) Q2 2025 Earnings Call Transcript

Everest Kanto Cylinder Limited (NSE: EKC) Q2 2025 Earnings Call dated Nov. 27, 2024

Corporate Participants:

Mitesh JainInvestor Relations

Puneet KhuranaManaging Director

Sanjiv KapurChief Financial Officer

Analysts:

Deepan Sankara NarayananAnalyst

Reet JainAnalyst

Ankur PoddarAnalyst

Hiten BorichaAnalyst

Darshil JhaveriAnalyst

Preeti BhavnaAnalyst

Presentation:

Operator

Ladies and gentlemen, good day, and welcome to the earnings conference call of Everest Kanto Cylinder Limited. As a reminder, all participant lines will be in the listen-only mode, and there will be an opportunity for you to ask questions after the presentation concludes. [Operator Instructions]

I now hand the conference over to Mr. Mitesh Jain from CDR India. Thank you, and over to you, sir.

Mitesh JainInvestor Relations

Thank you, Sagar. Good evening, everyone, and thank you for joining us on Everest Kanto Cylinder’s Q2 and H1 FY25 Earnings Conference Call. We have with us Mr. Puneet Khurana, Managing Director; and Mr. Sanjiv Kapur, Chief Financial Officer of the company. We will initiate the call with opening remarks from the management, following which we will have the forum open for a question-and-answer session.

Before we begin, I would like to state that some statements made in today’s call may be forward-looking in nature and a disclaimer to this effect has been included in the result presentation shared with you earlier.

I would now request Mr. Puneet Khurana to make his opening remark. Thank you, and over to you, sir.

Puneet KhuranaManaging Director

Thanks, Mitesh. Good evening, everyone, and thank you for joining us on our earning conference call. I will begin by sharing an overview of our performance for the second quarter and six months ended September 30, 2024, following which we will have the QA session. We are pleased to report a strong performance in Q2 FY25 driven by robust contribution from our international operations and a steady uptick in our Indian business. Consolidated revenue for the quarter stood at INR367 crores, reflecting a year-on-year increase of 22.7%. EBITDA grew by 28.7% year-on-year to INR53.1 crores with a margin at 14.5%, while the PAT saw a notable increase of 47% year-on-year to INR38.6 crores. Our strong performance in international operations were primarily driven by US, which was a key contributor during the quarter. The order based nature of our US business resulted in significant jump in profitability, while we anticipate the fiscal year as a whole to remain strong for the US market, the second half is expected to deliver steady performance compared to the same period last year.

In the Indian market, the outlook of seamless gas cylinders remain highly encouraging. The government’s focus on eco-friendly initiatives continue to drive the adoption of CNG vehicles. The ongoing nationwide expansion of CNG distribution network highlights the growing importance of CNG in India — India’s transportation sector. India’s focus on sustainability energy is also gaining traction, supported by private sector plans to establish multiple biogas to CNG plants, with CNG already recognized as a cleaner and more efficient alternative to traditional fuels, the integration of biogas into the energy mix will further enhance its sustainability and accessibility. This aligns with the country’s broader green energy goal and positions CNG as a future-ready fuel, capable of addressing India’s evolving energy needs, while reducing dependence on imported fossil fuels.

Contemplating with this achievement — advancement, green hydrogen is expected to gain prominence as a transformative force in India’s clean energy landscape. Offering immense opportunity for the growth, the company is already addressing hydrogen demand and anticipates significant potential in emerging in the market in India. With green hydrogen poised to play a pivotal role in decarbonizing industries and transportation, we are well positioned to leverage our expertise and support this high potential market.

Coming to an update on expansion plan, we are strengthening our manufacturing capability in developing our facilities in Egypt and Mundra, India. These plans designed to produce high pressure — seamless high pressure gas — CNG, hydrogen, industrial gas cylinders and progressing as planned and expected to becoming operational in the coming quarters. At our Mundra project, we are — marked an additional CapEx of INR50 crores to set up new manufacturing lines with execution planned over the next 12 to 14 months. This move reflects our confidence in the medium and long-term demand of CNG and sustainable energy solution in India. These expansions will enable us to meet growing market needs and further strengthen our leadership position in the industry.

To conclude, we would establish our leadership position and strong financial foundation. We believe we are well positioned to capitalize on growing opportunities for seamless cylinders in both domestic and international market, creating a long-term value for all our stakeholders in the years to come.

With that, I conclude my remarks and invite the moderator to open the floor for questions.

Questions and Answers:

Operator

Thank you very much. We will now begin the question-and-answer session. [Operator Instructions] Our first question comes from Deepan Sankara Narayanan from TrustLine Holdings Private Limited. Please go ahead.

Deepan Sankara Narayanan

Good evening, everyone, and thanks a lot for the opportunity, and congratulations for good set of numbers.

Puneet Khurana

Thank you.

Deepan Sankara Narayanan

So, firstly from my side, so what is driving India business growth [Indecipherable]?

Puneet Khurana

Yeah, yeah. Yeah, sorry —

Operator

Sir, we have lost your audio.

Deepan Sankara Narayanan

Hello?

Puneet Khurana

Yes. Yes.

Operator

We lost your audio.

Deepan Sankara Narayanan

Is it audible now?

Puneet Khurana

Yeah.

Deepan Sankara Narayanan

Yeah. So, what is driving India business strong growth performance during this quarter?

Puneet Khurana

Yes. Okay. So, mainly the CNG business continues to drive this quarter.

Deepan Sankara Narayanan

CNG business, this is — we are referring to the new two-wheeler CNG launch or our general cylinder business to ILCV —

Puneet Khurana

General cylinder business, the CNG cylinder business.

Deepan Sankara Narayanan

Okay, okay. But despite having incrementally grown over last year considerably, but our EBITDA has not grown much and margins remain lower at 7%. So, what is the reason for it and when do we expect margins improve at India business level?

Puneet Khurana

So, we had a little bit of a drop in our cascade business margin.

Deepan Sankara Narayanan

Okay.

Puneet Khurana

Yeah. Hopefully that will improve with our bettering the costs on the product.

Deepan Sankara Narayanan

Okay, okay. And how is our two wheeler CNG business doing, but we could see the volumes every month going up in the range of 4,000 to 8,000? So, are we 100% supplier to the two-wheeler OEM?

Puneet Khurana

No, no. We’re not 100% supplier. So, the volumes have just started. So, hopefully, they will pick up much going forward.

Deepan Sankara Narayanan

Okay. So, that will — that we will have a better margins in double-digits in line with other India business. Right?

Puneet Khurana

Definitely, the margins will be there. Only thing is the cylinder, the product itself is a low cost product. So, we will have the sales, but it may not be as large as the CV business or the PV business.

Deepan Sankara Narayanan

Okay, okay. It will be lower than PV business, but higher than our industrial business, right?

Puneet Khurana

Higher, not today, maybe in the future. Like I said, even in the industrial, lots of the products are very high value-added — high value products. The product here is a little bit a small — very small product — a small cylinder. So, the value of the product is quite small. So, you definitely add to the business of the company, but it may not be impactful as — yeah, it may not be so impactful as you’ll be expecting it to be.

Deepan Sankara Narayanan

Okay, okay. Ans sir, what is your opinion on this recent CNG price hike which has happened, which has further increased the gap between CNG and diesel prices? So, this will impact CNG demand or the CNG conversions happening at CV business? So, how do you see the impact going?

Puneet Khurana

Currently, we don’t see much. It’s not affected much because the CV business also continues to — the order book is there. So, a little — slight change in the price has not really created too much impact because now the customer is more or less used to this kind of pricing of CNG.

Deepan Sankara Narayanan

Okay, okay. And how do you see these opportunities from these hydrogen and biogas kind of opportunities and when it will actually get reflected in our numbers?

Puneet Khurana

So, biogas has definitely already started to reflect because lots of biogas plants are coming and getting commissioned. So, biogas definitely is happening and we’ll continue to see in the next three to — two to three years, you’ll see more and more growth on biogas. So, we’re already seeing that happening. Biogas traction has already started. And hydrogen, that is — hydrogen, the country has just started to set up infrastructure. So, hydrogen will take some time to happen.

Deepan Sankara Narayanan

Okay, okay. Sir, understanding this biogas opportunity further, so will it be a cascade kind of an opportunity or our cylinders will be used in biogas for –?

Puneet Khurana

It’s like an opportunity in every way. CNG station comes up, it gives you all opportunity. It gives you opportunity in the cascade business, it gives you in the automobile business, in the auto side. So, opportunities will come. More CNG stations, see, as the — we already had around 7,000 stations. And the way the biogas is going, maybe we will have — maybe by the end of next year, maybe 10,000 stations will be there. As the infrastructure grows, definitely the demand for people converting into CNG becomes greater because infrastructure is easily available near their home and biogas is just helping — is giving a big push.

Deepan Sankara Narayanan

Okay, okay. And this quarter, we have seen US business contributing heavily towards profits. So, do we expect this run rate of profit contribution continuing with US business or it will be more lumpy in nature?

Puneet Khurana

So, US business will be profitable. But sometime what happens is some orders are executed in — see, US business is a project business. So, you’ll always have one quarter, where you will have — the orders are executed in — because it was start — you start preparing in quarter one and the orders get executed at one time in quarter two. So, in quarter three, you will see that maybe the order book is very good and they may not be what you saw in the last quarter, but definitely there is a — the business will be good.

Deepan Sankara Narayanan

Okay, okay. Sir, lastly from my side, this incremental CapEx of INR50 crores at Mundra, so this being done with reflection of higher demand coming from our two-wheeler CNG or our normal CNG cylinders for CV business also we are expecting to pick up over time?

Puneet Khurana

So, it’s a mix of both. It’s a mix of what we’re expecting from the two-wheeler expecting coming from the CNG industrial market also.

Deepan Sankara Narayanan

Okay, okay. Thanks a lot, and all the best.

Puneet Khurana

Thank you.

Sanjiv Kapur

Thank you.

Operator

Thank you. The next question comes from Reet Jain from First Water. Please go ahead.

Reet Jain

Yeah. Hello, sir. Congratulations for the good set of numbers. I wanted to ask you, do we have a decent order book in the USA subsidiary? Like —

Puneet Khurana

Sorry. Sorry — okay, he said decent order. Yes, yes. Okay, okay. Yeah, please go ahead.

Reet Jain

Yeah. What is the order book that we have in the USA subsidiary?

Puneet Khurana

Okay. Yeah. $40 million to $50 million.

Reet Jain

Okay. And that is executable in what time period?

Puneet Khurana

Maybe 18 months.

Reet Jain

Okay, got it. And what is the current capacity utilization after the Q2 numbers?

Puneet Khurana

70%.

Reet Jain

And this is before capturing the further expansion that we have with — that we are doing —

Puneet Khurana

Yes.

Reet Jain

— in Egypt and Mundra? Okay.

Puneet Khurana

This is only India we’re talking about.

Reet Jain

Okay, got it. And regarding the new facility in Egypt and Mundra, are we going to produce only Type 1 cylinder or are we focusing on other value-added products like —

Puneet Khurana

We’ll be focusing on other value-added products also.

Reet Jain

So, that includes composite cylinders also, Type 3, Type 4?

Puneet Khurana

Yes, yes.

Reet Jain

And can you give us the idea about the size of the opportunity in Nigeria? Because a lot of conversions are happening from petrol to CNG.

Puneet Khurana

Nigeria is just — it just started, the market. And these countries really have very volatile places because foreign exchange issues, so it’s — and infrastructure again, everything comes down to infrastructure. So, as we talk a lot about Nigeria and other things, but the markets are just beginning. So, it’s just in a very initial stage and — but you cannot compare the opportunity to somewhere like India because we are in a very organized marketplace. We are in a very stable country. So, Egypt is a — I’m sorry, Nigeria is a very unstable currency related — currency issues. Government decision on how the CNG infrastructure will be laid out. So, there is no — a clear plan or execution of the plan that’s come through. So, the opportunity is very — I’d say very nascent stage.

Reet Jain

Got it. And Reliance has just announced INR65,000 crore CapEx for biogas plant. So, are we seeing any major opportunity there?

Puneet Khurana

Yeah. Of course. So, like I said, in the next two to five years, you’ll see that all these projects that have been announced are coming — is going to come on stream. So — because they announced today, obviously, the projects will take time to — but Reliance is already — they are already — we are selling to them. So, there are projects which are coming today and there are some projects which are planned in the future.

Reet Jain

Okay. So, it is very much possible that we are going to supply to them in the future?

Puneet Khurana

We’re already supplying to them. We are already supplying to them. And as the opportunity becomes bigger, we get a bigger chance to sell more and more CNG cylinders to them.

Reet Jain

Got it. And this is regarding the product development by our Time Technoplast. So, they just developed Type 3 cylinder, which has applications in hydrogen aerospace drones. So, are we working on any such innovations?

Puneet Khurana

No. So, we already developed the Type 3. We also have a product — we also have developed the Type 3 cylinder. So, we are also in line with development of these products.

Reet Jain

No, but they received the PESO approval. So, are we at that stage?

Puneet Khurana

Anything — see, anything we do is with PESO approval only. So, all the developments that we do is with PESO approval. Without PESO, we cannot do anything. Yeah.

Reet Jain

No, but —

Puneet Khurana

[Speech Overlap] develop these products. But like the market is just in the beginning stage of growth, so we’re going to definitely see a lot of growth coming from this market in the future.

Reet Jain

Okay. Because they mentioned in the —

Puneet Khurana

Company is product-ready, so we are ready with the product. So, they’re also trying to fill in the order book. So, definitely, there will be — you will see some impact in the future from here, some value add, some sales will be coming from here.

Reet Jain

Got it. And last question. Regarding the [Indecipherable] in Egypt and Mundra, what could be the peak revenue at 100% capacity utilization we can expect, like the peak revenue from each plant, Mundra and Egypt?

Puneet Khurana

So, Mundra, I think around INR300 crores.

Reet Jain

Okay. And Egypt?

Puneet Khurana

Maybe INR200 crores.

Reet Jain

Okay, got it. Thank you.

Puneet Khurana

Thank you.

Operator

Thank you. The next question comes from Ankur Poddar from Svan Investments. Please go ahead.

Ankur Poddar

Thank you, sir. Thanks for taking my question, and congrats on decent set of numbers.

Puneet Khurana

Thanks.

Ankur Poddar

Sir, my question is just a follow up of few questions participants have asked earlier. I wanted to know what was the impact in the cascade business you explained earlier, which impacted our margins? And when you see the things stabilizing and on a sustainable basis, what should the margin be assume in near-term in few quarters going ahead?

Puneet Khurana

So, the margins definitely will improve in the quarters, coming quarters.

Ankur Poddar

Okay, okay. So, sir, we have made earlier margins close to around 13% — 10%, 11%, 13% in three, four quarters back. So, can we go back to that numbers?

Puneet Khurana

12% to 14%, yeah, I think it should be okay.

Ankur Poddar

Okay, okay. And sir, we have seen some phenomenal spurt in the margins in US business for last two quarters, 17% in Q1 and 29% in Q2. So, you said that there was some revenue booked in this quarter. So, on the cost part, wasn’t it booked or it was booked in previous quarter? What is the sustainable margins we expect here?

Puneet Khurana

So, US is a project business, whole. So, you — if you — you cannot be taking the business quarter-to-quarter, you’ll have to take an annual overview of the business. So, annual overview will give you a 12% to 14% return, they will give it to you. So, that is a — you might get a few quarters, where things will look very, very good. But, overall, this will be the — should be the trend.

Ankur Poddar

So, you see this business can sustain around 12% to 14% margin, is this understanding right?

Puneet Khurana

Yes, yes. Because the order book is good, and the US also now, with the new regime, definitely there will be a huge boost in industry — a lot of industry activity.

Ankur Poddar

Okay, okay. And, sir, is there any plans to discontinue this business going ahead? Have we cancelled that plan or we are –?

Puneet Khurana

No, no. We were never going to discontinue the business. We have been fighting the costs, trying to find new avenues of growing the business. Definitely, there is an idea to continue the business.

Ankur Poddar

Okay, great. Sir, last question regarding the Egypt CapEx. When can we see the start of production for this plant? And you said the peak utilization levels — at the peak utilization levels, you can clock around INR200 odd crores.

Puneet Khurana

Egypt, currently, we have already completed the construction at the site and the equipment ordering has also begun. So, I would say, somewhere around June, July ’25 is when we think we can probably start commercial production.

Ankur Poddar

Okay. And when we see that the peak utilization can be achieved for this plant?

Puneet Khurana

Maybe in the next six months after that, so maybe by December.

Ankur Poddar

Okay, okay. And you said that at the peak utilization, the annualized revenue can be close to around INR200 odd crores?

Puneet Khurana

INR200 crores, yes, yes.

Ankur Poddar

And which market, sir, through this plant we will be catering?

Puneet Khurana

Locally. They will sell mainly local market.

Ankur Poddar

Okay, okay. Thank you so much, sir. Thank you, and all the best, sir.

Puneet Khurana

Thank you. Thank you.

Operator

Thank you. The next question comes from Hiten Boricha from Sequent Investments. Please go ahead.

Hiten Boricha

Sir, I — actually, you have given us sales breakup country-wise. Can I — can you highlight what is the cascade — sale from the cascade business?

Puneet Khurana

So, I don’t have those numbers.

Hiten Boricha

Okay. Is it significant like the cascade business is significant or — because that segment seems to be growing quite fast in India?

Puneet Khurana

Yeah, yeah. It is significant. Yeah, it is of course. It contributes.

Hiten Boricha

Okay.

Puneet Khurana

Yeah, yeah.

Hiten Boricha

Okay. One second, sir. So, your total India business is, I think, INR235 crores. So, out of that, how — what percentage would be the cascade business if I have to look at it that way?

Puneet Khurana

I don’t have the number with me. I don’t have the exact numbers with me.

Hiten Boricha

Okay, okay. And where do you see the maximum growth for us, from the commercial vehicles or from the cascade business or from — the bike business is too small right now?

Puneet Khurana

Yeah, yeah. We feel the CV business is where the growth is going to come.

Hiten Boricha

The CV business is where the growth is. Okay. In India also, we do the cascade business, right, not only in Nigeria?

Puneet Khurana

Yeah, yeah. Of course. India is only where we do the cascade business, we don’t have any cascade business anywhere else.

Hiten Boricha

Okay, okay. And — yeah, that should be all, sir. We’ll be back in the queue.

Puneet Khurana

Thank you, sir.

Operator

Thank you. [Operator Instructions] The next question comes from Darshil Jhaveri from Crown Capital. Please go ahead.

Darshil Jhaveri

Hello, good afternoon sir. Congratulations on a great set of numbers. Hope I am audible?

Puneet Khurana

Yeah, yeah, I can hear you. Yes, thank you.

Darshil Jhaveri

Yeah, yeah, hi sir. So sir, just wanted to know, I think in the opening comments you meant I think H2 is going to be steady as compared to rest so does that mean we’ll have similar revenue or our growth rate of H1 will be maintained?

Puneet Khurana

Sorry, I couldn’t hear you. I’m not very clear. Your voice is not very clear.

Darshil Jhaveri

Hello, sir hopefully, my voice is better right now.

Puneet Khurana

Yes, yes, yes. It is better.

Darshil Jhaveri

So sir, I think in the opening statements, you mentioned that H1 — H2 will be stable as compared to last year H2. So I just wanted to know, so our sales growth of like around 20% that you’ve done in H1 will that continue over for H2 or how would H2 pan out, sir?

Puneet Khurana

Yeah, the top line should be remain.

Darshil Jhaveri

So top line of H1, how our quarterly run rate has been that should remain?

Puneet Khurana

Yes.

Darshil Jhaveri

Okay, okay. Fair enough, sir. And sir, with regards to FY ’26, sir, like Egypt plant will come in, and when will our Mundra plant come in? So what kind of revenue growth can we see for FY ’26, sir?

Puneet Khurana

So Mundra plant I think around — in 12 to 14 months. So there, we can definitely see a growth of around INR300 crores.

Darshil Jhaveri

But that will come in FY ’27, right, or it will come in FY ’26?

Puneet Khurana

Yes, correct.

Darshil Jhaveri

Okay. So for FY ’25, what kind of — or FY ’26 what kind of growth can we look at, sir?

Puneet Khurana

Maybe 10% to 15%.

Darshil Jhaveri

Okay, okay. Fair enough, sir. And sir, the margins that we are doing currently will remain, right, sir?

Puneet Khurana

So they should improve, yeah margins should improve.

Darshil Jhaveri

Margins should improve. Okay, fair enough, sir. And just one question, sir. I just want to know what should be our effective tax rate because we have U.S. business also, so just wanted to know that what will be our effective tax rate, sir?

Puneet Khurana

25.16% is India.

Darshil Jhaveri

Yeah. But then because of U.S. is on a blended basis, I think we don’t have that much tax, right, sir? Or so — because I think last two years, you’ve not had 25%, right?

Puneet Khurana

Yeah, yeah. You’re right. Yeah.

Darshil Jhaveri

Okay, okay. Fair enough sir. That’s it from my side. Thank you so much.

Puneet Khurana

Thank you, so much. Thank you.

Operator

Thank you. The next question comes from Preeti Bhavna, an individual investor. Please go ahead.

Preeti Bhavna

Hello sir. Congratulations on your good numbers. I have a couple of questions in the series of questions. First question, how many units we are having operational and at what location and what is the overall capacity of all these units?

Puneet Khurana

So we have operations in India. We have a unit operational is in Tarapur outside Mumbai and 1 in Gujarat in Ghandidham. In Dubai, we have one unit running, that is in Jebel Ali Free Zone. And in the U.S., we have a unit running.

Preeti Bhavna

Okay. What is the capacity — overall capacity of…

Puneet Khurana

I think it would be around — I think give it total capacity with India, Dubai should be about 1.2 million. And U.S., usually the number of cylinders is around 4,000 cylinder capacity.

Preeti Bhavna

Per annum or per month?

Puneet Khurana

Per annum. This is — all are per annum.

Preeti Bhavna

Okay. And how much cylinders we sold in quarter two and quarter one? On the guidelines of revenue, what are the volumes we sold overall?

Puneet Khurana

So we don’t have those figures in hand currently.

Preeti Bhavna

Okay. Rough figures?

Puneet Khurana

I don’t have them right now with me, but we can always share with you if you are here in the office, we can always…

Preeti Bhavna

Okay. No issues, I will mail you, no problem. And on the part of, I have seen like the U.S. business has grown — like the margins are grown very high. I just want to understand what kind of project work we are doing in U.S.? And is that in U.S. and Hungary, both are the project works or we are supplying the cylinders there?

Puneet Khurana

No. So basically, U.S. is a manufacturing unit and then Hungary is just the company. So U.S., mainly the projects are all government-based projects in aerospace and defense.

Preeti Bhavna

Okay. So are we expecting these projects to be like in the future as well or they are time bound only?

Puneet Khurana

We already have an order book of $40 million, $50 million there. The U.S. business is all about projects. So they always have a good order book.

Preeti Bhavna

So we are having an order book for next year as well?

Puneet Khurana

Exactly. Yeah, yeah. You have an order book, yes. You have an 18-month order book.

Preeti Bhavna

Okay, okay. And on the part of like current cascade orders, what are the current cascade orders you are having in hand for India for the next six months?

Puneet Khurana

I don’t have the order book in my hand, but it’s quite — it’s decent. We have a good order book for cascades.

Preeti Bhavna

Can you answer in numbers like rough estimation of…

Puneet Khurana

I don’t have any numbers with me currently.

Preeti Bhavna

Okay, okay. Thank you so much sir. Thank you.

Puneet Khurana

Thank you, thank you.

Preeti Bhavna

Yeah.

Operator

Thank you. The next question comes from Hiten Boricha from Sequent Investments [Phonetic]. Please go ahead.

Hiten Boricha

Yeah, thanks for the follow up sir. My question is on the borrowing, sir. Our borrowing has went up from INR39 crores to INR114 crores. So can you throw some light on that?

Puneet Khurana

Yeah. So we have been utilizing our CC limits, which was not being utilized earlier. And top line also has grown.

Hiten Boricha

What would be our rate of borrowing, sir?

Puneet Khurana

9%.

Hiten Boricha

You’re not audible, sir, sorry.

Puneet Khurana

9%.

Hiten Boricha

9%. Okay, okay. And sir, one more clarification. You mentioned our cascade business is only in India. So what is this collaboration with Nigerian company related to cascades?

Puneet Khurana

No, we have no collaboration with Nigerian company.

Hiten Boricha

Hello?

Puneet Khurana

Yeah, we have no collaboration in any Nigerian company with — for cascades.

Hiten Boricha

Okay. So what exactly we do there?

Puneet Khurana

I mean see, we sell cylinders in Nigeria. And if somebody maybe customer, maybe if they require some cascades, we might have sold some cascades. But there is no such collaboration. And Nigeria is just a very nascent stage, the market. So just starting — the market is just starting, still early days.

Hiten Boricha

Understood, understood. Okay then. Thank you.

Puneet Khurana

Thank you.

Operator

The next follow-up question comes from Reet Jain from First Water. Please go ahead.

Reet Jain

On the financials, this quarter, we have interest of INR8 crores. So is there any one-off substance [Phonetic] here? Because the borrowing of close to INR160 crores should drop the interest rate of around INR16 crores for the full year, if I assume 10% interest rate. And for one quarter, we have expensed INR8 crore in this Q2. So is there any one-off here?

Puneet Khurana

One second, I am just looking at it. Can you give us some more details, we are not able to locate the number of one-off that you’re talking about. Yes, Sanjiv will talk to you.

Reet Jain

Okay.

Sanjiv Kapur

Yeah, tell me.

Reet Jain

Yeah. So if you look at the consolidated [Phonetic] P&L, the interest expense is close to INR8 crores and why is it so high? I mean if we have the borrowings of INR160 crores per quarter interest rate should be — per quarter interest expense should be close to INR3 crores, INR4 crores, then why it is INR8 crores?

Sanjiv Kapur

No, it’s just — it is normal. It is all based on the utilization of the current — CC accounts. There’s utilization then there’s probably there will be — if you take a new limit probably there are other charges processing fees, etc., which we have come, it’s because of that.

Reet Jain

Got it. Got it. Okay, got it.

Operator

Reet sir you have any other follow up questions.

Reet Jain

No, no.

Operator

Thank you. The next follow-up question comes from Ankur Poddar from Svan Investments. Please go ahead.

Ankur Poddar

Thank you for taking my question again sir. Sir, can you throw some visibility on our UAE business? What is the low visibility we are seeing here on a near-term to long-term basis?

Puneet Khurana

So we — see, UAE business is traditionally they have a good order book from countries like Egypt, and Europe, South America. So we are continuously exploring new markets here.

Ankur Poddar

Okay. So going forward, what is our order book? And what are we seeing run rate here? How do we proceed here for the next year or in the coming quarters?

Puneet Khurana

No, definitely, the sales will improve, and we have a decent order book. And it’s how the whole — that area is a little bit volatile, so sometimes we do have some disruption in product moving in sales because of some or the other disruption in that area, from war or something happens and some kind of disruption happens and then the sales gets hampered and move to the next few months.

Ankur Poddar

Okay, okay. Fine sire. Sir, and regarding the earlier question of interest cost, INR8 crore interest, I missed what was the answer here?

Puneet Khurana

Yeah. One second, I’ll give to Sanjiv.

Sanjiv Kapur

Yeah, it was on account of a change in one bank to the other. Because of that, U.S. had to bear some additional cost of processing fees.

Ankur Poddar

Okay. So from next quarter, you will see some benefit flowing here?

Sanjiv Kapur

Yes.

Ankur Poddar

Okay, okay. Thank you.

Operator

Thank you. [Operator Instructions] As there are no further questions from the participants, I now hand the conference over to the management for closing comments.

Puneet Khurana

Thank you once again for your interest and support. Should you any further clarification or would like to know more about the company, please feel free to contact our Investor Relations team at CDR. Thank you.

Operator

[Operator Closing Remarks]

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