Thread: powder prices

Just seen a message on facebook from our local shop saying the wholesale prices of powder are about to rise significantly again due to ongoing conflicts and shipping

Originally Posted by Happy Jack

Just seen a message on facebook from our local shop saying the wholesale prices of powder are about to rise significantly again due to ongoing conflicts and shipping

Yep got an email from wholesalers and approx $32 per kilo.
Wecome $200 plus a kg!

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I think the reason was its becoming difficult to ship (not just in NZ) due to changing regulations. So now it seems its doubly difficult to get it actually here then difficult to ship once it actually arrives.

I wonder when businesses here decide its all too hard and flag importing/selling it?

It is what it is, despite everything going on in the world the cost of most things is on the rise, the cost of importing powder has risen sharply and had restrictions on amounts so the increase in cost is a double whammy, no doubt some people will rush out and buy up everything they can get their hands on creating an inflated market with matching inflated prices (have we forgotten about the absurd prices people were willing to pay for primers and some of the more popular projectiles ) eventually another shipment will roll in and $200/kg will seem like a bargain

As @dannyb says, it is what it is. H&F Nelson have been selling ADI 1 Kg’s @ $199.99 for a while now, Gun City $10+ cheaper. Interesting to see what their next pricing is like.

Noticed that with the news of wholesale price rise due to shipping costs with future shipments one large Auckland retailer hiked their instore prices by $24 a kg, forward planning?

It's interesting that we in NZ seem to be hell bent on being different to Aussie (and probably the rest of the world) for GD classification for powder. We used to run on 1.4, but now seem to require 1.3 (the difference being increased mass explosion hazard which affects volumes, storage and treatment of the shipping container).

ADI seems to package it as Class 1.4, although a couple of the outfits repackaging it into their packaging seem to have it as 1.3 as well. Not useful, just makes it a lot harder and harder = more expensive.

The other issue with shipping Class 1 anything, is it can't go on the same boat as a lot of other products so if the shipping company has one container of Class 1 and 50 containers of other stuff that none of it can go with Class 1 I wonder what ends up sitting on the wharf waiting for the next boat???

That means the shipper ends up paying for a much longer hireage for the container, which translates to us paying.

I see that Reloaders have a wide range of American powders available at the moment.
Is Australian still preferred for availability, price or temperature velocity stability ?

The price of everything is going up, so powder goes up with it.

Groceries up 79% in the US over last 24 months.

Originally Posted by woods223

As @dannyb says, it is what it is. H&F Nelson have been selling ADI 1 Kg’s @ $199.99 for a while now, Gun City $10+ cheaper. Interesting to see what their next pricing is like.

There are cheaper options locally

Originally Posted by Cordite

The price of everything is going up, so powder goes up with it.

Groceries up 79% in the US over last 24 months.

Say what??
US food prices have increased 28% since 2019.

Originally Posted by Happy Jack

Just seen a message on facebook from our local shop saying the wholesale prices of powder are about to rise significantly again due to ongoing conflicts and shipping

I would not believe that entirely. Suppliers in Souhtland have ADI powder cheaper that the ones in Wellington. How is that possible? Greed for sure. And the time when powder was unobtainable is gone.

Originally Posted by Kiwi Greg

There are cheaper options locally

Kelly Country ?

Originally Posted by woods223

Kelly Country ?

Me, Terminator Products

I have heard that ADI are struggling to find a port to export their powder from.
Similar issues with a port in NZ to receive the shipment and issues shipping across Cook Strait.

Many ports don't want to deal with propellant shipments.

Having to truck powder from manufacturer to a port further away will also add to the cost.