Folding Carton Cost per 1,000 Calculator
Assemble a thousand-carton cost from the carton quotation, printing, finishing and order-level charges. Keep variable services separate from fixed tooling and freight allocations.
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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.
Unit label only. No currency conversion.
Additional measurements (optional) — some values entered
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 cartons
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
(0.1 + 0.02 + 0.01 + (250 + 0) ÷ 10,000) × 1,000 = 155Saved calculations stay in this browser. No account or cloud backup is created.
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Vary one input and inspect cost per 1,000 cartons
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.
Variable costs belong to each carton, while tooling and shipment charges are shared across the order. Converting both to a common per-unit basis makes their contributions visible. Check whether the quoted carton price already includes printing or finishing before adding those services, particularly for quotations that bundle die cutting, coating and gluing.
How to use this calculator
- 01
Enter the base carton price and any separately charged printing and finishing per unit.
- 02
Enter order quantity and fixed freight and tooling amounts.
- 03
Review unit and thousand-unit cost on the same commercial scope.
A calculation you can check
The example builds a comparable thousand-carton cost from separately quoted production services and order-level charges.
- Carton base price per unit
- 0.1 EUR/unit
- Additional printing per carton
- 0.02 EUR/unit
- Additional finishing per carton
- 0.01 EUR/unit
- Order quantity
- 10000 units
- Freight for this order
- 250 EUR
- Tooling allocated to this order
- 0 EUR
(0.1 + 0.02 + 0.01 + (250 + 0) ÷ 10,000) × 1,000 = 155Check 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.
Method, units and material assumptions ↗