Price guide · Agriculture Garden
Flat Tray: wholesale price
A typical US business buyer pays a median of $0.35 per unit at small order quantities, falling to $0.04 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 | $0.35 |
| 1,000–4,999 units | $0.22 |
| 5,000–9,999 units | $0.14 |
| 10,000–24,999 units | $0.09 |
| 25,000–99,999 units | $0.06 |
| 100,000+ units | $0.04 |
What moves the price
For flat tray, the drivers are basket count, lip profile, material, drainage, stackability, UV resistance, tray depth, food contact grade — the same item can land at either end of the band depending on how those are specified.
Published pricing for flat trays spans from low-cost printed flat-pack food trays at about $0.20-$0.25/unit from 1,000 units, down to very low import-style quoting near $0.01-$0.10/unit at very large MOQs, while domestic finished trays can be far higher. The biggest price drivers are material (paperboard vs. plastic vs. aluminum), whether the tray is custom printed, and whether it is a simple flat-pack design or a heavier reusable/nursery style with drainage, stackability, or food-contact requirements. Realistic sourcing routes are packaging printers for paperboard flat trays, nursery/ag-garden supply distributors for molded flats, and import/Alibaba-style custom factories for the lowest landed-equivalent unit costs.
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