ʻO ka National Fireworks Association (a ʻoi aku ma mua o 1200 mau lālā) e hōʻike i ka hoihoi o nā mea hana ahi, nā mea lawe mai, a me nā mea kūʻai aku ma kahi pae aupuni ma mua o nā luna kānāwai Federal a me nā mea hoʻokele. Paipai pū mākou i ka palekana ma ke ʻano he lynchpin o ka ʻoihana. Manaʻo ka NFA i ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka ʻepekema kani e hoʻolaulaha i ka palekana o nā hāmeʻa pyrotechnic, a lawelawe mākou ma ke ʻano he leo no nā miliona o ʻAmelika e hoʻohana nei i kā mākou huahana.
Ua hoʻopili ka Coronavirus i nā mea hana ahi, nā mea lawe mai, nā mea kūʻai aku a me nā mea kūʻai aku, a me ka ʻole o ke kaohi kūpono a me ke kōkua kūpono ʻana o ka ʻahaʻōlelo, e hopena ka hopena o ka maʻi i ka wā e hiki mai ana ka makahiki ʻo 2020 a me nā ʻoihana liʻiliʻi e lawe, hāʻawi a kūʻai aku i nā luaahi.

Ke hoʻomau nei ka NFA, a me kā mākou hui ʻo Wakinekona, DC, e hana i ka hihia i nā ʻahaʻōlelo kūpono a me nā rula hoʻokele e kākoʻo no kā mākou ʻoihana:
Aia kekahi hopohopo maoli e pili ana i ka hiki ke lawe ʻia mai o nā waihona uila e hana ʻia a hoʻouna ʻia i US mai Kina. Pono mākou i ka ʻAhaʻōlelo e hōʻoia i ka loaʻa ʻana o kēia mau moku lawe moku i nā awa US a ke hoʻonohonoho mua nei i kā lākou nānā ʻana e hoʻomaʻemaʻe koke i nā ipu.

ʻO kahi ahi kahi huahana "hyper-kau" e pono ai ka ʻoihana no Iulai 4. Weliweli inā loaʻa nā awa i kahi nui, kū koke, o nā pahu i piha i nā ahi ahi, a ʻaʻole lākou i hoʻomākaukau pono e hana. ʻO ka loaʻa ʻole o nā huahana e hana i nā lohi hou a hiki i ka pōpilikia, ka pale ʻana i ka huahana mai ka puka ʻana mai nā awa a i nā hale kūʻai a me nā hale kūʻai.
ʻO ke kumu a mākou e kākoʻo nei no ka mea ʻo nā hopena o ka Coronavirus ma o ka papa. ʻO ka 1.3G a me ka 1.4S ʻoihana ʻoihana ʻoihana luaahi, a ʻo ka ʻoihana paina mea kūʻai ʻo 1.4G, e hōʻeha ʻia i ka kālā. ʻAʻole ʻike ʻia nā hopena o ka maʻi ma ka hana ʻana a me nā kaulahao mai Kina. ʻO ka mea pōʻino, hiki mai ka maʻi maʻi ma kahi kuʻekuʻe o kahi ulia i kū ʻia i Kekemapa o 2019, a ua hopena i ka pani ʻana o nā hale hana ahi a pau e ke aupuni Kina. ʻO kēia ka hana maʻamau ke hiki mai kahi ulia o kēia ʻano.

Ka mea a mākou e ʻike:
• E loaʻa nā hemahema i nā kaulahao lako i kēia kau ahi, e hopena ana i ka hopena maikaʻi ʻole i kā mākou ʻoihana.
• E hiki mai ana nā waihona i nā awa US ma hope o ka maʻa mau, e hana ana i nā backlogs a me nā lohi hou - hiki i ka hopena o Spring.
• ʻO nā mea ahi, ʻo ia hoʻi ka poʻe ma ka ʻaoʻao o ka mea kūʻai mai, he "wā kau," ʻo ia hoʻi ka loaʻa ʻana o ka loaʻa kālā o hoʻokahi makahiki no kahi mahele nui o ka ʻoihana i loko o 3 a 4 mau lā ma kahi o ka lā 4 o Iulai. ʻAʻohe ʻoihana ʻē aʻe e kū i ke ʻano o ke ʻano ʻoihana "hyper-kau".
 
Nā hopena kūpono no 1.3G a me 1.4S ʻoihana ahi:
• ʻO ke emi ʻana o ka lako mai Kina e alakaʻi i ka hoʻonui ʻana i nā kumukūʻai, ʻoiai e loaʻa i nā ʻoihana nā ʻāina ʻē aʻe no ka hoʻolako
• ʻOiai ke hōʻike ʻia nei nā hōʻike nui e hoʻomanaʻo ana e hoʻomau ana ka Lā Kūʻokoʻa, aia paha he mau pū ʻoi loa i kī ʻia no ka noho pālahalaha ʻana o nā waihona kālā. Lawe ka hapanui o nā ʻoihana hōʻike nui i nā waihona waiwai nui i kēlā me kēia makahiki, akā no nā lako o kēia makahiki, pono paha lākou e hoʻohana i nā kumu waiwai pūpū. E ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o nā pūpū akā e ʻoi aku ke kumukūʻai. ʻO ia ka mea me ka ʻole o ka hoʻonui kālā ʻana, hiki i nā hōʻike ahi ke ʻike heʻuʻuku nā pūpū i kī ʻia.
• ʻehaʻeha paha nā hōʻike hōʻike kaiāulu liʻiliʻi ʻaʻole paha e kū iki. Hōʻike ʻia nā hōʻike maʻamau e like me kēia e nā ʻoihana hōʻike liʻiliʻi e loaʻa ʻole kahi papa lawe hāpai nui. ʻO nā hemahema o ka lako i kēia makahiki i hiki ke hōʻoiaʻiʻo i ka hōʻino loa.
 
Nā hopena kūpono no ka 1.4 mau mea kūʻai mai nā mea kūʻai mai:
• ʻO ka emi ʻana o ka lako mai Kina e alakaʻi i ka nui o ka hemahema o ka waihona.
• ʻO ka lawa ʻole o ka papa helu waiwai e alakaʻi ʻia ai ka hoʻonui ʻana i nā kumukūʻai no nā ʻaoʻao āpau i komo — nā mea lawe mai, mea kūʻai nui, nā mea kūʻai aku a me nā mea kūʻai aku.
• Hāʻawi ʻo Kina ma kahi o 100% o nā ahi mea hoʻohana i hoʻohana ʻia ma ka mākeke US. Hāʻawi ʻia nā lohi ma muli o ka Coronavirus a me nā pani ʻana o ka hale hana mua, ke kū nei ka ʻoihana i kahi mea i kū mua ʻole ʻia ma mua.
• E hōʻino ana nā hoʻouna i hoʻopaneʻe ʻia no ka mea pono e hōʻea ka papa inoa i nā hale waihona waiwai / mea kūʻai nui 6-8 mau wiki ma mua o ka lā 4 o Iulai, no laila hiki ke māhele ʻia i ka ʻāina 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 i ka hiki lohi loa, e nui ana nā pale i nā mea kūʻai aku ʻoihana liʻiliʻi e ola i kēia kau.
 
ʻO nā hopena waiwai no ke kau ahi:
• Ke kū nei ka ʻoihana puhi ahi a ʻAmelika i kahi hoʻopiʻi kūloko o mua. Hōʻike ka ʻikepili mai ke kau 2018 i kahi loaʻa kālā ʻoihana hui ʻia o $ 1.3B i hoʻokaʻawale ʻia ma waena o ka ʻoihana ($ 360MM) a me ka mea kūʻai ($ 945MM). ʻO nā pahū ahi mea kūʻai aku e ʻaneʻane e hoʻonui i $ 1Billion wale nō.
• Ua ulu kēia mau ʻāpana ʻoihana i ka awelika o 2.0% a me 7.0% ma luna o 2016-2018. Ke hoʻohana nei i kēlā mau helu ulu, e like me nā koho, hiki iā mākou ke hoʻolālā i nā loaʻa kālā i kēia makahiki ma kahi o $ 1.33B i hoʻokaʻawale ʻia ma waena o ka ʻoihana ($ 367MM) a me ka mea kūʻai ($ 1,011MM).
• Eia nō naʻe, i kēia makahiki e hoʻonui ʻia ka ulu ʻana. ʻO Iulai 4th ma kahi Pōʻaono - ʻo ia ka lā ʻo Iulai 4 ʻoi loa no ka ʻoihana. Ke manaʻo nei i nā kumukūʻai ulu ulu maʻamau mai ka Pōʻaono, Iulai 4th mau makahiki, manaʻo mākou i nā loaʻa no ka ʻoihana ma lalo o nā kūlana maʻamau he $ 1.41B ka nui, i hoʻokaʻawale ʻia ma waena o ka ʻoihana ($ 380MM) a me ka mea kūʻai ($ 1,031MM). , mai ka maʻi ahulau Coronavirus, ma ke kaiāulu o kahi nalo o nā loaʻa o 30-40%. I ka hihia o nā ʻāpana ʻoihana, ke hoʻohana nei mākou i ka helu waena o 35%.

Ma muli o kā mākou ʻike, ʻo nā poho i manaʻo ʻia no kēia kau:
         Pahu ahi ʻoihana - Loaʻa kālā loaʻa: $ 133MM, nalo kālā loaʻa: $ 47MM.
         Pahu ahi mea kūʻai aku - Ua loaʻa kālā: $ 361MM, nalo kālā loaʻa $ 253MM.

ʻAʻole paha he nui kēia mau pohō ke hoʻohālikelike ʻia me nā ʻoihana ʻē aʻe, akā he mea nui loa ia i kahi ʻoihana i kūkulu ʻia e kekahi mau ʻoihana nui a me nā kaukana o nā hana "mama a pop" liʻiliʻi loa. ʻO ka hopena, kipaku ʻia ka hapa nui o kēia mau mea i waho o ka ʻoihana.
Kūleʻa mākou i ka nalo ʻana, no ka nele o kahi ala ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi e waiho ai, i hoʻokahi makahiki holoʻokoʻa. ʻAʻohe lua o ka manawa no ka hapanui o ka ʻoihana mea kanu mea kūʻai mai. Me kēia pilikia e pili ana i ka wā o Iulai 4 i hoʻokaʻawale ʻia, ka hapa nui o nā loaʻa kālā o kahi ʻoihana ahi, ʻoi aku ka nui o nā nalowale.