The most car which sells in the world uses the wiper blades made from Asia. The famous wiper blade manufacturers and sellers will buy only rubber pieces for assembling with the wiper arm frame. And therefore set a very worth selling price.
The selling price from Asian manufacturers is very low-priced, less than 30 cents per piece. European manufacturers have set up production plants in these countries to reduce the cost of producing their products and to compete with competitors.
Rubber wipers have many chemicals mixed in their production formula to make a rubber wiper, such as carbon black, sulfur, zinc, graphite. These chemical formulas make the wiper blades are durable to different operating conditions.
Other types of wipers, they are not made from rubber. It is a wiper blade made of silicone. The silicone wiper blade is of a different quality than a rubber wiper made from rubber. It is more durable and removes rainwater from the windshield better. Have a higher price because they produce it from synthetic rubber.