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- How might tariffs on China affect your fireworks purchases this Fourth of July?</p>
<p>Tim Hrenchir, Topeka Capital-JournalJune 30, 2025 at 6:02 AM</p>
<p>Fireworks buffs may get less bang for their buck this Fourth of July due to the United States' ongoing tariff war with China, which provides 96.3% of this nation's fireworks.</p>
<p>That's among conclusions of a study put out last month by ValuePenguin, a research and analysis-focused subsidiary of the online lending marketplace LendingTree.</p>
<p>The study also determined that Missouri ranked first in the nation in annual spending to import fireworks.</p>
<p>A fireworks display explodes in the sky of Ames, Iowa on Wednesday, July 3, 2024.Tariff situation causes costs to skyrocket</p>
<p>The U.S. last year imported $452 million in fireworks from China, according to the survey.</p>
<p>"That $452.0 million value would equate to $1.1 billion under a 145% tariff on Chinese exports to the U.S.," the report said.</p>
<p>That tariff took effect in early April.</p>
<p>However, the report noted that the U.S. and China agreed to temporarily roll back tariffs May 12, lowering that figure to 30% for the 90 days that the rollback remains in effect, which extends into August.</p>
<p>"Under a 30% tariff, $452.0 million in value would equate to $587.7 million," it said.</p>
<p>Fireworks company says it saw tariffs coming and prepared</p>
<p>The tariffs should have less effect on larger fireworks companies that buy fireworks from China throughout the year, said Jason Marietta, retail sales director for Pittsburg, Kansas-based Jake's Fireworks.</p>
<p>Jake operates four locations in Topeka, with one going by the name "Wholesale Fireworks," and a fifth outside city limits in unincorporated Shawnee County.</p>
<p>The company has been ordering fireworks a year in advance, Marietta said.</p>
<p>"We anticipated there could be something down the road tariff-wise, so we tried to get a lot of our stuff in early," he said.</p>
<p>Biggest ramifications from tariffs may come in 2026</p>
<p>The tariffs will probably hurt the smaller fireworks businesses more than it does the larger ones, Marietta said.</p>
<p>He said fireworks consumers in general this year will likely see "maybe a little bit of an increase" in the amounts they pay, but nothing more than the rising costs they've been paying for various other products.</p>
<p>This coming Fourth of July may also be characterized by "a bit of a shortage" of available fireworks, though the shortage won't be as serious as the one consumers expected during the COVID pandemic, Marietta said.</p>
<p>He said he expected fireworks consumers to see more ramifications from tariffs on the Fourth of July in 2026, when increased demand is expected because that holiday will fall on a Saturday and Americans will be celebrating their nation's 250th anniversary.</p>
<p>Fireworks spending per person</p>
<p>The ValuePenguin study found that Missourians come in first regarding annual spending per person to import fireworks.</p>
<p>Missouri imported $85.7 million in fireworks last year, or $13.84 per resident, compared to $25.8 million and $8.79 per resident for second-place Kansas, and $13.9 million and $7.02 per resident for third-place Nebraska, the study said.</p>
<p>Kansas, Nebraska and Missouri have some of the most relaxed fireworks laws in the country.</p>
<p>Ranking from fourth through 10th, respectively, were Wyoming, Alabama, South Dakota, Montana, South Carolina, Ohio and North Dakota.</p>
<p>Massachusetts, the only state that bans all consumer fireworks purchases, imports the lowest value of fireworks per capita, at just $0.01, the study said.</p>
<p>Contact Tim Hrenchir at [email protected] or 785-213-5934.</p>
<p>This article originally appeared on Topeka Capital-Journal: Here's how tariffs may affect your fireworks purchases this year</p>
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