According to Julie Heckman, the executive director of the American Pyrotechnics Association, 99 percent of the consumer fireworks used to celebrate Independence Day come directly from China, and 70 percent of the professional display fireworks were manufactured in the country too. /VCG Photo

So far, Americans have spent a total of 900 million US dollars on fireworks in 2018. /VCG Photo

However, the situation wasn’t always like this. According to NPR, a lot of fireworks used to be made in the Midwest, by companies like American Fireworks. The fireworks industry was dominated by Italian immigrants for much of the last century. /VCG Photo

Around 1976, US firework companies began importing fireworks from other countries, including Mexico, Italy, and especially China, since the demand exceeded supply, according to NPR. /VCG Photo

Last year imports of fireworks dwarfed exports by a ratio of more than 40 to 1, reported NPR. Fortunately, the fireworks industry wasn’t impacted by the tariff. Fireworks dealers had warned that adding a tariff on Chinese imports have an adverse influence. /VCG Photo