Paper Food-Grade Tube: wholesale price
A typical US business buyer pays a median of $0.78 per unit at small order quantities, falling to $0.25 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 | $0.78 |
| 5,000–9,999 units | $0.75 |
| 10,000–24,999 units | $0.40 |
| 25,000–99,999 units | $0.35 |
| 100,000+ units | $0.25 |
What moves the price
For paper food-grade tube, the drivers are cone fit, material, child-resistant closure, size, color, print method, plastic grade, clarity — the same item can land at either end of the band depending on how those are specified.
Pricing moves most with diameter/height, wall thickness, crash resistance, child-resistance features, and print complexity; the jump from stock-style tubes to custom-printed, food-grade, or specialty inserts is material. Realistic supplier routes are US-facing custom carton/tube vendors for small-to-mid runs, and China/India OEMs or importers for the lowest landed unit costs at 10k+ units. The strongest direct pricing signals in the results are custom paper tube quotes around $1.45/unit at 200+ and $0.90-$1.70/unit at 1,000+, plus bulk custom-printed paper tube FOB quotes at 500-999 and 1,000+ quantities, with generic paper tube benchmarks dropping below $0.50 at higher volumes
Paying more than the median?
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