Dear Valued Customer,

It seems that every year the fireworks industry faces some sort of challenge. From the threat of tariffs to striking dock workers, something always seems to affect the production and delivery of fireworks.

This year has been no different. We have experienced several challenges to our industry in 2019 and 2020. The two major factors have been factory explosions and the coronavirus. The explosions occurred at the end of 2019 and hindered production in some of the major fireworks producing areas of China. When the dust settled, factories were given permission to open for several days in January to finish current production before Chinese New Year. Just as production began to ramp up, we were faced once again with factory shutdowns due to the coronavirus. The coronavirus has been the biggest challenge in 2020, not only for fireworks, but for every US import from China. Factories originally planned to resume production on February 10th, but the Chinese government has indefinitely shut down mainland China due to the virus, which includes all fireworks factories and their warehouses.

As of February 17th, some factories have reopened but they are having trouble getting workers to return. Throughout China there are restrictions and roadblocks between provinces for fear of spreading the virus. This prohibits the transportation of any finished products to the port to be shipped.

In addition to the shutdown of fireworks production, fewer containers are leaving China’s ports, causing shipping companies to cancel some shipping which will make it more difficult to book space on container ships even if we could get product to the port.

Now the GOOD NEWS. We have been continuously receiving containers since August of 2019. We have a very close relationship with our suppliers in China which allows us the ability to place orders quickly and have containers loaded and shipped in a timely manner. With that said we were able to place some orders and have them shipped before the Chinese New Year and have ten more containers of product due to arrive before the end of February.

We have a wide variety of product currently in stock, and more on the way once the factories resume production. Our current freight discounts, coupled with our early bird discounts, make this the perfect time to purchase your fireworks for your 2020 celebration.

We appreciate your continued business and understanding and we will continue to monitor the situation in China and do our best keep you updated.