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Tea Carton: wholesale price

A typical US business buyer pays a median of $0.65 per unit at small order quantities, falling to $0.12 at volume, on a typical 35-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$0.65
1,000–4,999 units$0.40
5,000–9,999 units$0.29
10,000–24,999 units$0.21
25,000–99,999 units$0.18
100,000+ units$0.12

What moves the price

For tea carton, the drivers are carton board, insert style, print method, finish, line count, pod count, board grade, print coverage — the same item can land at either end of the band depending on how those are specified.

For a mid-range custom tea carton, the main cost drivers are board grade/caliper, print coverage, coating/lamination, and whether a window patch or special finishing is added; rigid or heavily finished cartons price materially above simple folding cartons. Realistic supplier routes are US-facing custom packaging brokers, direct China/Asia factories selling FOB or landed-equivalent, and wholesale packaging suppliers quoting tiered MOQs; simple folding cartons tend to sit near the low end, while premium printed or rigid formats sit much higher. Lead times commonly run about 4-8 weeks depending on tooling, proofing, and shipping, with higher-volume offshore programs trending toward the longer end.

Also known as: paperboard tea carton, tea folding carton, tea retail carton, tea sleeve carton.

Paying more than the median?

If you reorder tea carton 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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