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Knife: wholesale price
A typical US business buyer pays a median of $0.022 per unit at small order quantities, falling to $0.005 at volume, on a typical 21-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 | $0.022 |
| 1,000–4,999 units | $0.018 |
| 5,000–9,999 units | $0.015 |
| 10,000–24,999 units | $0.012 |
| 25,000–99,999 units | $0.009 |
| 100,000+ units | $0.005 |
What moves the price
For knife, the drivers are bamboo type, finish, coating, individual wrap, length, print, size, material — the same item can land at either end of the band depending on how those are specified.
Published wholesale and import listings show standard-weight polypropylene/polystyrene plastic knives around $0.038–$0.055 each at 1,000-unit cases from US-facing distributors, with lower landed-equivalent factory quotes dropping into the low cents and thousandths of a dollar at very high MOQs. The main price drivers are resin/material (PS vs PP vs compostable PLA), weight/grade (medium vs heavy/extra heavy), and whether the knife is plain bulk, wrapped, or custom printed; custom logo or engraving usually pushes buyers toward contract manufacturing rather than stock-distributor pricing. Realistic supplier routes are US disposables wholesalers for 500–5,000 units and import/Alibaba/Made-in-China factory sourcing for 5,000+ units, with the latter best matching custom-manufactured specifications.
Paying more than the median?
If you reorder knife 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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