Thread: powder prices

The story from a major importer is that the freight cost has drastically risen because of the weight limit that has been imposed on powder. Used to be 10 tonnes, now will be limited to two tonnes. Inevitably, this will add significant cost, irrespective of the actual powder cost.

I'm over here in Texas atm and yes the US prices on everything are equal or actually worse than NZD prices.

Originally Posted by 6x47

The story from a major importer is that the freight cost has drastically risen because of the weight limit that has been imposed on powder. Used to be 10 tonnes, now will be limited to two tonnes. Inevitably, this will add significant cost, irrespective of the actual powder cost.

I got told the same thing, a good chunk of the increase will be freight and handling.
At least black powders price is stable thanks to local manufacture.

Seems that is due to the change in powder classification from 1.4S to 1.3 - increased mass explosion hazard. I can't for the life of me work out what drove that - I would hazard a guess that the Israelis and Ukrainians aren't being restricted by that. Maybe a bit of a tool to try to drive down 'non-essential' demand haha.

I would also put forward the opinion that if weight is restricted to 2 ton, bloody near more effective to charter a plane! All the advantages of sea freight just fell over. Maybe even run a special trip for a small freight boat...