Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$599 million$599M
vs 2010
1.2× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
37%
Busiest portTop port
Laredo, TX

The US buys the most razors & blades from Mexico: 40% of $599 million.

Germany is second at 19%. Razors and blades, including blanks.

Where US razors & blades come from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $599M the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01Mexico$238M39.8%
  2. 02Germany$112M18.8%
  3. 03Greece$102M17.1%
  4. 04China$52.4M8.8%
  5. 05Vietnam$25.4M4.2%
  6. 06Israel$16.5M2.8%
  7. 07Poland$10.2M1.7%
  8. 08Japan$8.2M1.4%
  9. 09Canada$6.8M1.1%
  10. 10France$4.8M0.8%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $21.4M3.6%

Total US razors & blades imports by year · $482M in 2010 to $599M in 2025Replay the ranking year by year, 2010 to 2025

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Then and now: 2015 vs 2025Then and now

Each country's share of US razors & blades imports. Gray bar is 2015, colored bar is 2025.Share of US razors & blades imports. Gray is 2015, color is 2025.

Mexico29% → 40%
Germany9.4% → 19%
Israel0.1% → 2.8%
Vietnam1.8% → 4.2%
Canada<0.1% → 1.1%
Japan1.5% → 1.4%
France1.8% → 0.8%
Greece18% → 17%
Poland5.8% → 1.7%
China18% → 8.8%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it's made

Bigger circle = more value, 2025. Numbers match the list.

No single region supplies most imported razors & blades. Latin America leads at 40%, then Europe at 39%. Mexico and Germany send 59% between them, and Greece, China and Vietnam add another 30%.

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  1. 01Mexico
  2. 02Germany
  3. 03Greece
  4. 04China
  5. 05Vietnam
  6. 06Israel
  7. 07Poland
  8. 08Japan

Where it enters

US port where it entered, 2025. Letters match the list.

60% comes in by land or other routes, not by ship or air. Laredo alone takes 41%. Newark and Nogales follow at 13% and 12%.

Goods crossing by land are recorded at Census ports of entry, which can be inland.

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  1. ALaredo, TX $245M
  2. BNewark, NJ $75.4M
  3. CNogales, AZ $73.1M
  4. DLos Angeles, CA $51.7M
  5. ESavannah, GA $34.2M
  6. FNorfolk, VA $15.8M
More detail: states listed on entry paperworkMore detail: states on paperwork

This is the destination written on customs forms, often a warehouse or distributor near the port. It is not where the razors & blades is used.

Two states are listed for over $100M each.

  1. 01Texas$149M
  2. 02Connecticut$104M
  3. 03North Carolina$85.7M
  4. 04California$67.1M
  5. 05New York$41.1M
$100M+$40–100M$10–40M$1–10MUnder $1M

Counted under HS 8212. How we count.