Price guide · Automotive

Aluminum Tube: wholesale price

A typical US business buyer pays a median of $3.20 per unit at small order quantities, falling to $1.50 at volume, on a typical 30-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 sizeMedian /unit
500–999 units$3.20
1,000–4,999 units$2.80
5,000–9,999 units$2.40
10,000–24,999 units$2.10
25,000–99,999 units$1.80
100,000+ units$1.50

What moves the price

For aluminum tube, the drivers are material, coolant compatibility, pressure rating, thermal conductivity, bend complexity, leak tightness, vacuum rating, temperature rating — the same item can land at either end of the band depending on how those are specified.

Published wholesale quotes for aluminum tube cluster around about $2.00–$4.50/kg, with lower landed-equivalent prices appearing at higher tonnage tiers and for simpler alloy/finish combinations. Price moves mainly with alloy/temper (for example 6061 vs 7075), wall thickness and OD, plus finishing such as anodizing or powder coating; custom automotive applications and tighter tolerances raise cost. Realistic supplier routes are industrial metal distributors (for stock tube) and China-facing OEM/ODM factories or trade marketplaces for custom-made tube, with the best breaks typically starting around ton-scale MOQs.

Also known as: aluminium tube, aluminum tubing, lightweight tube.

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