Price guide · Automotive

Copper Tube: wholesale price

A typical US business buyer pays a median of $8.01 per unit at small order quantities, falling to $4.95 at volume, on a typical 45-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$8.01
1,000–4,999 units$6.80
5,000–9,999 units$6.25
10,000–24,999 units$5.90
25,000–99,999 units$5.40
100,000+ units$4.95

What moves the price

For copper 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.

Quoted wholesale prices for copper tube vary most by alloy/purity, outer diameter, wall thickness, and whether the tube is sold by kilogram, meter, or piece; automotive-grade, coated, or flared configurations usually price above plain tubing. Real supplier routes that are plausible for US-facing buying are Mueller Streamline wholesale price lists, Thomasnet-style distributors, and import/landed-equivalent offers from China marketplace suppliers; price bands here are anchored mainly to published per-meter, per-kg, and MOQ quotes for copper tubing and automotive-refrigeration tube listings. Lead times are typically driven by fabrication/spec verification and ocean freight when imported, so several weeks is normal for custom bulk runs.

Also known as: brass tube, copper alloy tube, copper tubing.

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