Price guide · Cosmetics Personal Care
Plastic Sunscreen Tube: wholesale price
A typical US business buyer pays a median of $0.48 per unit at small order quantities, falling to $0.10 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 size | Median /unit |
|---|---|
| 500–999 units | $0.48 |
| 1,000–4,999 units | $0.28 |
| 5,000–9,999 units | $0.16 |
| 25,000–99,999 units | $0.13 |
| 100,000+ units | $0.10 |
What moves the price
For plastic sunscreen tube, the drivers are capacity, tube diameter, wall layers, orifice size, cap style — the same item can land at either end of the band depending on how those are specified.
Real supplier quotes for sunscreen/cosmetic tubes cluster around $0.10-$0.22 at 5,000-10,000 units and around $0.18-$0.22 at 10,000 units for custom-printed oval sunscreen tubes, while broader cosmetic-tube guidance places standard mid-range custom tubes around $0.15-$0.35 and shows examples of about $0.35 at 5,000 units and $0.18 at 50,000 units. The main cost drivers are tube construction (PE vs laminated/barrier layers), diameter/cap style, printing complexity, and whether the tube is a simple squeeze tube or a specialty sunscreen format; the realistic sourcing routes are China-based tube manufacturers and US-facing importers/distributors, with landed-equivalent pricing often close to FOB quotes for larger runs.
Paying more than the median?
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