ʻO ka National Fireworks Association (a me kāna mau lālā ma mua o 1200) ke kū nei i ka pono o nā mea hana ahi, nā mea lawe mai, a me nā mea kūʻai aku ma ka pae aupuni ma mua o nā mea hana kānāwai Federal a me nā mea hoʻoponopono. Hoʻolaha pū mākou i ka palekana ma ke ʻano he lynchpin o ka ʻoihana. Manaʻoʻiʻo ka NFA i ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka ʻepekema maikaʻi e hoʻolaha i ka palekana o nā mea hana pyrotechnic, a lawelawe mākou ma ke ʻano he leo no nā miliona o ʻAmelika e hoʻohana ana i kā mākou huahana.
Ua hoʻopilikia ka Coronavirus i nā mea hana ahi pahū, nā mea lawe mai, nā mea hoʻolaha a me nā mea kūʻai aku, a me ka ʻole o ke kōkua hoʻoponopono kūpono a me ke kānāwai, e loaʻa i ka maʻi nā hopena koʻikoʻi i ke kau ahi pahū 2020 e hiki mai ana a me nā ʻoihana liʻiliʻi e lawe mai, hāʻawi a kūʻai aku i nā ahi pahū.

Ke hoʻomau nei ka NFA, me kā mākou hui ma Wakinekona, DC, i ka hoʻopiʻi ʻana i nā kino kānāwai a me nā kino hoʻoponopono kūpono e kākoʻo i kā mākou ʻoihana:
Aia kekahi hopohopo maoli e pili ana i ka hiki ke lawe ʻia o nā waihona mea puhi ahi i hana ʻia a hoʻouna ʻia i ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa mai Kina mai. Pono mākou i ka ʻAhaʻōlelo e hōʻoia i ka loaʻa ʻana o kēia mau moku ipu i nā awa o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa a ke hoʻokau nei i kā lākou nānā ʻana e hoʻomaʻemaʻe koke i nā ipu.

He huahana "hyper-seasonal" nā mea puhi ahi e pono ai ka ʻoihana no Iulai 4. He mea weliweli inā loaʻa i nā awa kahi kahe nui, koke, o nā pahu piha i nā mea puhi ahi, a ʻaʻole lākou i mākaukau pono e hana iā lākou. ʻO ka loaʻa ʻole o nā huahana e hana i nā lohi hou a hiki ke hōʻino ʻia, e pale ana i ka huahana mai ka puka ʻana mai nā awa a i loko o nā hale kūʻai a me nā hale waihona.
ʻO ke kumu a mākou i kākoʻo ai, no ka mea, aia nā hopena o ka Coronavirus ma nā wahi āpau. ʻO ka ʻoihana hana ahi ʻoihana 1.3G a me 1.4S, a me ka ʻoihana hana ahi mea kūʻai aku 1.4G, e hōʻeha ʻia ma ke kālā. ʻAʻole ʻike ʻia nā hopena o ka maʻi i ka hana ʻana a me ke kaulahao lako mai Kina mai. ʻO ka mea pōʻino, ua hele mai ka maʻi ahulau ma hope o kahi ulia i hana ʻia i Dekemaba o 2019, i hopena i ka pani ʻia ʻana o nā hale hana ahi āpau e ke aupuni Kina. He hana maʻamau kēia ke hana ʻia kahi ulia o kēia ʻano.

ʻO kā mākou ʻike:
• E nele ana nā lako hana ahi i kēia kau hana ahi, e hōʻeha ana i kā mākou ʻoihana.
• ʻO nā waihona e hōʻea ana i nā awa o ʻAmelika e hiki mai ana ma hope o ka maʻamau, e hana ana i nā backlogs a me nā lohi hou aʻe - hiki paha i ka hopena o ka pūnāwai.
• ʻO nā mea puhi ahi, ʻoiai nā mea ma ka ʻaoʻao o ka mea kūʻai aku, he "hyper-seasonal," ʻo ia hoʻi, ʻaneʻane pau ka loaʻa kālā o hoʻokahi makahiki no kahi hapa nui o ka ʻoihana e hana ʻia i loko o 3 a 4 mau lā ma kahi o ka lā 4 o Iulai. ʻAʻohe ʻoihana ʻē aʻe e kū nei i kēlā ʻano hoʻohālike ʻoihana "hyper-seasonal".
 
Nā hopena kūpono no nā mea puhi ahi ʻoihana 1.3G a me 1.4S:
• ʻO ka emi ʻana o ka lako mai Kina mai e alakaʻi paha i ka hoʻonui ʻia ʻana o nā kumukūʻai, no ka mea, pono nā ʻoihana e kiʻi i nā ʻāina ʻē aʻe no ka lako.
• ʻOiai ke manaʻo ʻia nei e hoʻomau ʻia nā hōʻikeʻike nui e hoʻolauleʻa ana i ka Lā Kūʻokoʻa, hiki ke emi iho ka pana ʻia ʻana o nā pūpū i ka wā e mau ana nā kālā. Loaʻa i ka hapa nui o nā ʻoihana hōʻikeʻike nui nā waihona nui i kēlā me kēia makahiki, akā no nā lako o kēia makahiki, pono paha lākou e hoʻohana i nā kumu pūpū premium. E ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o nā pūpū akā e ʻoi aku ke kumukūʻai. ʻO ia hoʻi, me ka ʻole o ka hoʻonui ʻia ʻana o nā kālā, hiki i nā hōʻikeʻike ahi ke ʻike i ka emi ʻana o nā pūpū i pana ʻia.
• Hiki i nā hōʻikeʻike kaiāulu liʻiliʻi ke ʻeha nui a ʻaʻole paha e hana ʻia. ʻO ka maʻamau, mālama ʻia nā hōʻikeʻike e like me kēia e nā ʻoihana hōʻikeʻike liʻiliʻi ʻaʻole paha i loaʻa kahi waihona nui. ʻO ka nele o ka lako i kēia makahiki he mea hōʻino loa ia.
 
Nā hopena kūpono no nā mea hoʻoheheʻe ahi mea kūʻai aku 1.4G:
• ʻO ka emi ʻana o ka lako mai Kina mai e alakaʻi ai i ka nele nui o ka waihona.
• ʻO ka nele o ka waihona e alakaʻi i ka hoʻonui ʻia o nā kumukūʻai no nā ʻaoʻao āpau i komo—nā mea lawe mai, nā mea kūʻai nui, nā mea kūʻai liʻiliʻi a me nā mea kūʻai aku.
• Hāʻawi ʻo Kina i kahi kokoke i 100% o nā mea hoʻolele ahi i hoʻohana ʻia ma ka mākeke US. Ma muli o nā lohi ma muli o ka Coronavirus a me nā pani ʻana o nā hale hana ma mua, ke kū nei ka ʻoihana i kahi mea i kū ʻole ai ma mua.
• E hōʻino ana nā hoʻouna lohi no ka mea pono e hōʻea ka waihona i nā hale kūʻai lawe mai/mea kūʻai nui 6-8 mau pule ma mua o ka lā hoʻomaha o Iulai 4, i hiki ke hāʻawi ʻia ma ka ʻāina holoʻokoʻa i ka manawa no nā mea kūʻai aku e hoʻonohonoho i kā lākou mau hale kūʻai a hoʻomaka i kā lākou hoʻolaha. Me ka nui o nā waihona e pono ai no kēia kau e hōʻea lohi ana, e loaʻa nā pilikia koʻikoʻi i nā mea kūʻai aku ʻoihana liʻiliʻi e ola i kēia kau.
 
Nā hopena waiwai no ke kau ahi ahi:
• Ke kū nei ka ʻoihana hana ahi ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa i kahi pilikia hoʻokele waiwai i manaʻo ʻole ʻia. Hōʻike ka ʻikepili mai ke kau 2018 i ka loaʻa kālā o ka ʻoihana i hui pū ʻia he $1.3B i māhele ʻia ma waena o ka ʻoihana ($360MM) a me ka mea kūʻai aku ($945MM). ʻOi aku ka nui o nā hana ahi a nā mea kūʻai aku ma mua o $1Biliona wale nō.
• Ua ulu kēia mau ʻāpana ʻoihana ma ka awelika o 2.0% a me 7.0% ma luna o 2016-2018, kēlā me kēia. Ma ka hoʻohana ʻana i kēlā mau helu ulu, e like me nā kuhi, hiki iā mākou ke kuhi he $1.33B ka liʻiliʻi o nā loaʻa kālā i kēia makahiki ma waena o ka ʻoihana ($367MM) a me ka mea kūʻai aku ($1,011MM).
• Eia nō naʻe, i kēia makahiki, ua manaʻo ʻia ka ulu ʻana e ʻoi aku ka kiʻekiʻe. ʻO Iulai 4 ma ka Pōʻaono - ʻo ia ka lā maikaʻi loa ʻo Iulai 4 no ka ʻoihana. Ke manaʻo nei i nā helu ulu awelika mai ka Pōʻaono ma mua, Iulai 4 mau makahiki, ke kuhi nei mākou i ka huina o nā loaʻa kālā no ka ʻoihana ma lalo o nā kūlana maʻamau he $1.41B, i puʻunaue ʻia ma waena o ka ʻoihana ($380MM) a me ka mea kūʻai aku ($1,031MM). • Hōʻike nā wānana i ka hopena i ka hoʻolauleʻa o kēia makahiki, mai ka maʻi ahulau Coronavirus, ma kahi kokoke i ka nalowale o ka loaʻa kālā o 30-40%. I ke ʻano o nā ʻāpana ʻoihana pili, ke hoʻohana nei mākou i ka kiko waena o 35%.

Ma muli o kā mākou ʻike, ʻo nā pohō i manaʻo ʻia no kēia kau:
Nā mea hoʻolele ahi ʻoihana - Loaʻa kālā i nalowale: $133MM, loaʻa i nalowale: $47MM.
Nā pā ahi a nā mea kūʻai aku - Loaʻa kālā i nalowale: $361MM, loaʻa kālā i nalowale $253MM.

ʻAʻole paha e like me ka nui o kēia mau pohō ke hoʻohālikelike ʻia me nā ʻoihana ʻē aʻe, akā he mea nui loa ia i kahi ʻoihana i hana ʻia me kekahi mau ʻoihana nui a me nā tausani o nā hana "maʻi a me ka pēpē" liʻiliʻi loa. ʻO ka hopena, e kipaku ʻia ka nui o kēia mau mea nona mai ka ʻoihana.
Ke alo nei mākou i ka nalowale, no ka nele o kahi ala maikaʻi e ʻōlelo ai, i hoʻokahi makahiki holoʻokoʻa. ʻAʻohe kau ʻelua no ka hapa nui o ka ʻoihana mea kūʻai aku i nā mea puhi ahi. Me kēia pilikia e hoʻopilikia ana i ke kau 4 o Iulai, ʻo ia ka hapa nui o nā loaʻa kālā o kahi ʻoihana mea puhi ahi, hiki ke ʻoi aku ka nui o nā pohō.