New York (CNN Business) The Trump administration is giving Gillette a break on steel.

The shaving brand has been granted an exemption from the 25% tariff the US government imposed on steel imports earlier this year, its parent company , Procter & Gamble ( PG ), said Tuesday.

The company said that because Gillette was unable to find the right kind of steel for its razor blades in the United States, it has imported it from a Swedish supplier for more than 20 years. Together, they have developed a "very specialized steel" that is "key to our success and the high-quality products that we produce," P&G said in its exemption request.

It warned that a failure to get a reprieve from the tariffs would hurt Gillette's US manufacturing operations and push up prices for consumers.

P&G's rival Edgewell Personal Care ( EPC ), which owns the Wilkinson Sword and Schick razor brands, received a similar waiver in June, the company said.

Gillette belongs to P&G, the world's biggest shaving player.

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