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Corrugated Tube Carton: wholesale price
A typical US business buyer pays a median of $1.05 per unit at small order quantities, falling to $0.18 at volume, on a typical 35-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 | $1.05 |
| 1,000–4,999 units | $0.80 |
| 5,000–9,999 units | $0.42 |
| 10,000–24,999 units | $0.32 |
| 25,000–99,999 units | $0.25 |
| 100,000+ units | $0.18 |
What moves the price
For corrugated tube carton, the drivers are heavy-duty board, cake height, lamination, edge finish, print coverage, food-safe surface, acid-free board, stiffness — the same item can land at either end of the band depending on how those are specified.
Pricing for corrugated tube cartons is driven mainly by board construction (single-wall vs double-wall, flute grade, and burst/ECT strength), then by print complexity, size, and whether the quote is domestic or landed-import. Realistic supplier routes are US wholesale box distributors for small-to-mid runs, and overseas custom carton factories or importers for 10k+ volumes where landed cost can drop sharply. The widest price swings come from tube geometry and custom print/setup rather than the word 'carton' alone, so the quoted bands above are best treated as mid-range custom-printed corrugated shipping cartons rather than specialty rigid tubes.
Paying more than the median?
If you reorder corrugated tube carton regularly, run a free savings check — enter what you pay and see it against these researched medians, item by item. About three minutes, no card or account.
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