Last updated: May 20, 2025

Blood is America's 9th Largest Export

Desperate citizens + lack of regulations = a booming blood trade in America. 400 plasma-collection clinics have opened since 2020.

Fast Facts: America is the World Leader in Blood Product Exports

In 2023, American blood-product exports made up 1.8% of the country’s total goods exports. The total value of blood products exported was $37 Billion.
That makes blood the USA’s ninth-largest goods export - ahead of coal and gold!
America supplies approximately 70% of the world’s plasma used in pharmaceuticals.
European countries have much stricter regulations around blood donations. Americans can donate over 104 times in a year (twice a week) - more than 3 times as often as Europeans can!
Europeans say they do not want to make human bodies a “commodity”.
A majority of Americans live paycheck-to-paycheck, making them willing to part with their blood for low prices.