Price guide · Beverage Alcohol
Empty Can: wholesale price
A typical US business buyer pays a median of $0.28 per unit at small order quantities, falling to $0.08 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 | $0.28 |
| 1,000–4,999 units | $0.22 |
| 5,000–9,999 units | $0.14 |
| 10,000–24,999 units | $0.11 |
| 25,000–99,999 units | $0.09 |
| 100,000+ units | $0.08 |
What moves the price
For empty can, the drivers are capacity, lining, end diameter, decoration method — the same item can land at either end of the band depending on how those are specified.
Published U.S.-facing wholesale listings show palletized 12oz brite blank cans around the low-$0.10s per can at full-truckload scale, while China/B2B marketplace quotes for 12oz printed or plain aluminum beverage cans cluster from about $0.05 to $0.17 per piece at 100k+ quantities. The biggest price drivers are decoration method (blank vs printed/labeled/sleeved), minimum order size, and whether the quote is domestic palletized stock versus factory-direct import FOB. Realistic supplier routes are domestic beverage-packaging wholesalers for small-to-mid orders and import/B2B platforms or factory direct for 25k+ and especially 100k+ units.
Paying more than the median?
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