Can Cost per 1,000 Calculator
Assemble cost per 1,000 metal cans from body, end or lid, decoration and freight contributions.
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Replace the example values with figures from your supplier sheet or measurements. Choose the unit beside each value. Results update as you type; fix any highlighted field before using the result.
GSM means grams per square metre. Net weight excludes the core and other packaging. MOQ means the minimum order quantity. An optional field can stay blank unless the result you need depends on it.
Prices keep the selected currency; changing its label does not convert an exchange rate. Save or export the result after checking your inputs.
Help with order quantity
Enter the usable quantity you actually need. Waste, pack rounding or minimum order effects are added separately where required.
Help with freight for this order
Enter the transport charge for the same shipment or order represented by the other fields. Use 0 only when the supplier has confirmed that freight is included.
Help with tooling allocated to this order
Enter one-time plates, dies, cylinders, moulds or setup charges for the first order. Keep this separate from repeat-order cost.
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These are only needed for additional result units or a more detailed estimate. Entered values still affect the result when this section is closed.
Cost per 1,000 cans
Only enter printing, decoration, finishing or components separately when they are not already included in the base quote.
Tooling is the amount allocated to this order; use lifetime amortization if the tooling serves multiple orders.
Cost/1,000 = (sum of unit component costs + (freight + allocated tooling) ÷ order quantity) × 1,000
(0.15 + 0.04 + 0.01 + (250 + 0) ÷ 10,000) × 1,000 = 225Saved calculations stay in this browser. No account or cloud backup is created.
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All other entered inputs stay fixed. Ranges are your scenarios, not statistical confidence or supplier performance predictions. This uses the same validated calculator engine.
The formula, made clear.
Metal packaging may be quoted as a complete container or as separately supplied bodies and ends. Enter only the components absent from the base quotation to avoid counting an included end twice. Decoration also needs a consistent scope, including whether the can price already covers external print or required internal coating.
How to use this calculator
- 01
Enter the can-body or complete-can price on its stated scope.
- 02
Add separately supplied end or lid and decoration costs.
- 03
Allocate freight over order quantity and review the thousand-can total.
A calculation you can check
The example combines separately quoted can and end components with decoration and transport into a common thousand-unit cost.
- Can body price per unit
- 0.15 EUR/unit
- End / lid per can
- 0.04 EUR/unit
- Additional decoration per can
- 0.01 EUR/unit
- Order quantity
- 10000 units
- Freight for this order
- 250 EUR
- Tooling allocated to this order
- 0 EUR
(0.15 + 0.04 + 0.01 + (250 + 0) ÷ 10,000) × 1,000 = 225Check the displayed formula and units against your quotation. Use measured GSM, net weight and actual layout dimensions where available. Default densities are planning assumptions, not certified material properties. Calculated cost does not certify strength, compatibility or safe loading.
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