Aluminum Plate: wholesale price
A typical US business buyer pays a median of $2.68 per unit at small order quantities, falling to $2.05 at volume, on a typical 15-day lead time. These medians come from published supplier pricing. Treat them as a starting point for a sourcing conversation rather than a binding quote.
Median price by order quantity
| Order size | Median /unit |
|---|---|
| 500–999 units | $2.68 |
| 1,000–4,999 units | $2.25 |
| 25,000–99,999 units | $2.20 |
| 100,000+ units | $2.05 |
What moves the price
For aluminum plate, the drivers are alloy, temper, thickness, width, length, surface condition, pack count, bag material — the same item can land at either end of the band depending on how those are specified.
Published supplier pricing for aluminum plate is usually quoted by kilogram or ton, with custom catering-equipment plate listings around US$1.48–2.68/kg at 1,000 kg MOQ and broader wholesale bands around US$2,000–3,000 per metric ton. The biggest price drivers are alloy/spec, thickness, and finishing/processing; for a custom-printed home-kitchen plate, print setup, packaging/unitization, and carton strength can add materially, while landed-import routes from China are the most realistic source for these volumes. The most credible quotes in the results are industrial metal suppliers and marketplace trade listings rather than domestic retail metal resellers, so this band should be treated as a landed-equivalent wholesale estimate rather than a finished branded tableware price.
Paying more than the median?
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