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Fireworks Crisis Hits China’s Liuyang Makers
In Liuyang, China’s fireworks capital, Chen Tiezhong faces closure as port bans and tighter security curb overseas orders. The industry, supplying 80 percent of U.S. pyrotechnics, grapples with sinking shipments, rising costs, and looming bankruptcies across about 900 factories.
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Liuyang
China
Chen Tiezhong
America
U.S
Julie Heckman
American Pyrotechnics Association
Missouri
Hunan
Chen
Sanshui
Guangdong
Nanshan
Shanghai
Hong Kong
Liu Donghui
International Fireworks Association
Heckman
Matt Sutcliffe
Premier Pyrotechnics, Inc
Richland
Liu
Southern Fireworks Manufacture Co
Explo
Jinlian Fireworks Manufacturing and Export Co
Song Wei
AP Moeller- Maersk