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Plastic Shipping Crates in the US Procurement Price, Data and Insights
Plastic shipping crates are typically used for storing products or shipping goods from one location to another and to protect goods from damage or breakage. Plastic shipping crates are cleanable, reusable, and generally less expensive than wooden shipping crates. Key buyers include food product manufacturers, consumer product manufacturers, agricultural firms, and construction firms.
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What’s included in this market coverage
IBISWorld's research coverage on the Plastic Shipping Crates procurement and pricing environment in the United States includes market dynamics, buyer power scores, supply chain vendors with pricing trends and forecasts.
About this Market
What’s this procurement report about?
This procurement coverage of the Plastic Shipping Crates market in the United States includes Standard Plastic Shipping Crates, Collapsible Plastic Shipping Crates, Ventilated Plastic Shipping Crates, Heavy-Duty Plastic Shipping Crates and Attached Lid Plastic Shipping Crates. Standard coding in this coverage includes HS-3923-Plastic Articles For The Conveyance Or Packing Of Goods; Stoppers, Lids, Caps And Other Closures Of Plastics, ISIC-222-Manufacture of plastics products, NACE-22.29-Manufacture Of Other Plastic Products, NAICS-326199-All Other Plastics Product Manufacturing and UNSPSC-24112902-Plastic crate.
What common market terminology is included?
Common market terminology included in the Plastic Shipping Crates procurement coverage includes Injection Molding (A manufacturing process for forming objects by heating the molding material to a fluid state and injecting it into a mold.), Collapsible Plastic Shipping Crate (A crate that folds to reduce shipping costs and allow for ease of transportation.) and Channeled Bottoms (A design of a plastic shipping crate that allows forklifts or other industrial trucks to lift the crate.).
What companies are included as top suppliers?
The top companies covered in the Plastic Shipping Crates procurement report as suppliers are Us Plastic Corp., Uline, Inc., TranPak, Inc., Rehrig Pacific Company and Global Equipment Company Inc..
Opportunity Assessment
What’s included in the Opportunity Assessment chapter?
The Opportunity Assessment chapter provides a comprehensive market analysis of the Plastic Shipping Crates market in the United States category, including buyer power scoring, market pricing trends, vendor landscape, cost structure, and strategic negotiation levers.
The market pricing trends include the Market Price (2026) per crate, a five year price forecast and a supply chain risk score. Vendor coverage includes a market share and cost structure breakdown.
Analysis includes a comprehensive SWOT analysis of and recent developments impacting the Plastic Shipping Crates market environment.
Buyer Power Score
What’s included in the Buyer Power Score chapter?
The Buyer Power Score chapter assesses key components impacting Plastic Shipping Crates procurement including the recent price trend, forecast price trend, availability of substitutes, switching costs, product specialization, average vendor risk, market share concentration, supply chain risk, price driver volatility and recent price volatility.
These components generate a Buyer Power Score that ranges from -5 (strongly favoring sellers) to +5 (strongly favoring buyers) plus a recommended strategy for procurement specialists.
Price Environment
What’s included in the Price Environment chapter?
The Price Environment chapter covers detailed pricing analysis and datasets on Plastic Shipping Crates market environment. This includes insights into market pricing Market Price (2026), price forecasts, volatility, specialization, substitutes and switching costs.
Datasets in the Price Environment chapter include vendor cost structure, breakdowns of wage rates by geography and specialty, key external economic and labor drivers impacting the market and market pricing models.
Supply Chain & Vendors
What’s included in the Supply Chain & Vendors chapter?
The Supply Chain & Vendors chapter covers the concentration, risk and diversity of the Plastic Shipping Crates market. This includes datasets on the market’s top suppliers, detailed analysis on the key sourcing risks and supply chain dynamics, with environmental, social and governance (ESG) considerations and scores.
Business Requirements
What’s included in the Business Requirements chapter?
The Business Requirements chapter covers vendor relationships, qualifications, service level agreements and key performance indicators. These inputs provide insight into the planning process through the buying lead time, vendor relationship and vendor qualifications. The sourcing process include key RFP elements like an organizational overview, project budget, selection criteria, project schedule, proposal format, inventory control, cost containment, regulation, quality control, distribution and key contract clauses.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is the current market price for Plastic Shipping Crates?
The 2026 benchmark market price for Plastic Shipping Crates is $38.95 per crate. Prices have increased at a CAGR of 0.09 from 2023-26.
Who are the top vendors in the Plastic Shipping Crates market?
The top vendors in the Plastic Shipping Crates market include Us Plastic Corp., Uline, Inc., TranPak, Inc., Rehrig Pacific Company and Global Equipment Company Inc..
What industries supply the Plastic Shipping Crates market?
The top industries supplying the Plastic Shipping Crates market are Contract Injection Molding Manufacturing in the US, Electrical Equipment Manufacturing in the US, Metal Pipe & Tube Manufacturing in the US, Plastic & Resin Manufacturing in the US and Petroleum Refining in the US.
What is the supply chain risk for Plastic Shipping Crates?
Fragmented supplier landscape fosters competitive pricing and strong negotiation leverage for buyers. The plastic shipping crates market features a highly fragmented supplier base, minimizing buyer reliance on any single vendor. Procurement teams can leverage this broad supplier pool to drive price competition, routinely refresh sourcing options, and avoid vendor lock-in. By issuing competitive RFQs and performing regular supplier benchmarking, buyers can capture cost savings, continuously improve terms, and extract greater value without risking supply continuity.
What factors affect the price of Plastic Shipping Crates?
Pricing varies by crate design, with options such as collapsible, stackable, and ventilated models generally commanding higher prices due to greater material use or manufacturing complexity. Standard fixed crates tend to be less expensive, but options with specialized handling or storage features cost more.
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