Tariff uncertainty is threatening to snuff out an ancient industry as the U.S. prepares its biggest fireworks shows in years.

Fireworks buffs may get less bang for their buck this Fourth of July due to the United States' ongoing tariff war with China, ...

With their near-total reliance on Chinese imports, American fireworks companies have landed squarely in the crosshairs of ...

The U.S. gets almost all of its fireworks from China, and the industry is warning that tariffs on Chinese imports could limit ...

The pyrotechnics industry relies heavily on Chinese fireworks imports and warns that this could be the last big bang Fourth ...

Though retailers have gotten some fireworks that shipped before tariffs were imposed, shipping costs are going sky-high.

A tourist enjoys a creative fireworks show in Liuyang city, Central China's Hunan province, July 12, 2025. Liuyang, a small ...

Around the time of the American bicentennial in 1976, demand for fireworks began to outstrip the U.S. supply, so companies like Sorgi's began importing — from Italy, Mexico, and especially China.

Fireworks are as American as apple pie. The colorful displays are synonymous with celebrating the country's independence.

From the southeastern Chinese city of Liuyang, where the majority of U.S.-bound fireworks are made, producers often load their products onto Huayang trucks.

This fireworks story begins with an explosion. On Feb. 14, 2008, in Foshan, a city in southern China, 15,000 cartons of fireworks spread across 20 warehouses mysteriously exploded in the middle of ...

Fireworks began in ancient China before spreading West. The thinking goes that someone living in China around the first century B.C. threw a piece of bamboo on a fire and it exploded with a bang.