On the occasion of 4th of July, United States Independence day, the fireworks would be brought in by China, it has been revealed.
Over the past 35 years, China has grabbed nearly the entire U.S. market, with 98 to 99 percent of what consumers will buy this year being made there, as well as 75 percent of the "display" fireworks, which are used in big, public shows, Politico reported.
Julie Heckman, executive director of American Pyrotechnics Association, said that fireworks were a big business, with 675 million dollars in sales just to consumers who would shoot off their own products expected this year.
Chinese imports were necessary because it was very labor-intensive to make fireworks, so basically everything was still made by hand and manufacturers there have retooled their production to meet U.S. standards, she added.
According to Heckman's estimation environmental and safety regulations in the United States would force domestically made versions of the same fireworks to retail for 10 times as much as the Chinese imports.
The industry's shift to Chinese production came about shortly after the United States and China reestablished trade ties in 1979 and by 2013, the United States was importing 213 million dollars worth of fireworks, virtually all from China.
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