The Recession-Proof Fireworks Industry
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Posted Tuesday, July 3, 2012, at 12:23 PM
Fireworks in Kiev
Photo by SERGEY POLEZHAKA/AFP/GettyImages
The American Pyrotechnics Association is proud to tell you that 1998-2011 have been great years for the U.S. fireworks industry (PDF), with even the Great Recession doing little to dent America's enthusiam for explosions:
Unfortunately even if we round up to $1 billion in total annual fireworks sales, that still adds up to less than 0.001% of America's GDP.


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