Price guide · Cosmetics Personal Care
Aluminum Tube: wholesale price
A typical US business buyer pays a median of $0.95 per unit at small order quantities, falling to $0.22 at volume, on a typical 30-day lead time. These medians come from published supplier pricing. Treat them as a starting point, not a binding quote. Your spec and quantity set the final price.
Median price by order quantity
| Order size | Median /unit |
|---|---|
| 500–999 units | $0.95 |
| 1,000–4,999 units | $0.70 |
| 5,000–9,999 units | $0.50 |
| 10,000–24,999 units | $0.38 |
| 25,000–99,999 units | $0.30 |
| 100,000+ units | $0.22 |
What moves the price
For aluminum tube, the drivers are capacity, tube diameter, wall layers, orifice size, cap style — the spec them differently and the same item lands at either end of the band.
Published supplier listings show aluminum tube pricing moving primarily with tube diameter, wall thickness, alloy/temper, and whether the item is an industrial tube or a finished cosmetic squeeze tube with printing, lacquer, lining, and cap. The cosmetic-packaging route is usually through OEM/ODM packaging factories on B2B marketplaces or direct importers; landed-equivalent prices are typically much higher than bare metal-tube prices because decoration and closures add cost. Mid-range custom-printed cosmetic tubes in smaller runs are commonly quoted well above commodity aluminum tubing, while larger factory-direct programs compress toward the low end
Paying more than the median?
If you reorder aluminum tube 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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