{"id":668,"date":"2014-09-30T15:11:56","date_gmt":"2014-09-30T15:11:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dominatorfireworks.com\/blog\/?p=668"},"modified":"2014-09-30T15:11:56","modified_gmt":"2014-09-30T15:11:56","slug":"india-focus-on-countering-fireworks-smuggling-ahead-of-diwali","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/dominatorfireworks.com\/blog\/2014\/09\/india-focus-on-countering-fireworks-smuggling-ahead-of-diwali\/","title":{"rendered":"India Focus on Countering Fireworks Smuggling Ahead of Diwali"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/dominatorfireworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/25.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-669\" alt=\"2\" src=\"http:\/\/dominatorfireworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/25.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"275\" srcset=\"http:\/\/dominatorfireworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/25.jpg 450w, http:\/\/dominatorfireworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/25-300x183.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/dominatorfireworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/19.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-670\" alt=\"1\" src=\"http:\/\/dominatorfireworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/19.jpg\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"http:\/\/dominatorfireworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/19.jpg 480w, http:\/\/dominatorfireworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/19-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The commerce and industry ministry of India made a statement which said that possession and sale of imported fireworks is illegal and punishable.<\/p>\n<p>In India, fireworks have been used on festivals and events for over 500 years, the country stopped fireworks imports from World War II, Fireworks in India have been declared as restricted item by Director General of Foreign Trade.the initiative made effective means on protecting domestic fireworks industry of India.<\/p>\n<p>Officials from the Tamil Nadu Fireworks and Amorces Manufacturers&#8217; Association also says that fireworks worth Rs 600 Crore had been smuggled from China, it was also reported that the sales of plunged by 35 percent because of smuggling of fireworks from China, so the fireworks industry of India is still facing challenges now.<\/p>\n<p>Diwali, a five-day festival of lights in India, therw are many mythological traditions. 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