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Black Masterbatch Price 2026 — What It Costs & What Moves It

We are the plant, so the number you get is ours to defend — there is no trading layer between you and the production cost. Here is what actually drives black masterbatch cost per kg, why two quotes for the same-sounding product can differ by a wide margin, and how to get a number you can plan on.

Factory-direct priceNo trading marginISO 9001 / 14001 / 45001Lot-by-lot CoAConfidential spec

Since 2016making black masterbatch

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What actually sets the price per kg — and the trade terms around it

Most price gaps between two quotes are not margin games. They come from a different specification of the same-sounding product.

Carbon black content	The single biggest driver. Higher loading costs more per kg but lets you run a higher let-down.
Carbon black type	Standard pigment black and specialty conductive or UV grades are priced very differently.
Carrier resin	PE, PP, EVA and PET carriers carry different raw-material cost.
Order volume	Trial lots, pallets and full containers are priced on different scales.
Packaging & logistics	Bag size, palletising and shipping terms are usually quoted separately from the resin price.
Lead time	Typically 10–15 days after spec confirmation; trial samples in 5–7 days. Stock grades ship faster than made-to-order specials.
Port of loading (Incoterms)	FOB Shenzhen, China — one named port, printed on every quotation. Our plant sits about 90 km inland, so inland trucking to the Shenzhen terminal is inside the FOB price; there is no second port to argue about later. CIF is quoted against a named destination port, and EXW or DDP on request where you would rather not handle customs yourself. Both cost more than FOB, and we show the difference as a line item instead of hiding it.
Payment terms	30% deposit, balance against a copy of the bill of lading. That is the structure we open with on a first order, and it is normal for a Chinese plant — the deposit is not posture: carbon black is bought and paid for before we compound. On contract volumes we will discuss open account or a longer tenor once we have three shipments behind us.
MOQ	500 kg per specification for a trial lot. One 25 kg bag of any stock grade can be sampled before you commit; the 500 kg figure applies to a compounded batch, not to a sample.
Certifications	ISO 9001 / 14001 / 45001, with certificate numbers and issuing bodies supplied with the quotation so you can check them yourself. For a regulated end use, ask us for the current listing status before you write the grade into a specification.

Send us your loading, carrier and monthly volume — we will send a firm price and the grade data, not a price range.

Reference FOB ranges for our standard grades

Indicative factory ranges so you can sanity-check any quote. Your firm number depends on loading, carrier and volume.

CM50 — film grade, 47% carbon — USD 2.10–4.50/kg
N4066 — thin mulch film, 46% carbon — USD 2.00–4.20/kg
Y07B — PP/PE compounding, 45% — USD 1.60–3.60/kg
AM4018 — food-contact film — USD 2.20–4.60/kg
AM3910 — food-contact tableware — USD 2.20–4.60/kg
PP103 — PP injection moulding, 40% — USD 1.90–4.10/kg
PP30F — 30% carbon, PP carrier — all-PP systems — USD 2.00–4.30/kg
508C — 13% carbon black, CaCO₃-filled PE carrier — sewer & drainage pipe (non-pressure) — USD 1.20–2.80/kg
6045 — 10% carbon black, unfilled PE (ash <1%) — water-supply pipe — USD 1.60–3.40/kg
H6045 — 45% carbon, unfilled PE — high-load UV protection — USD 2.30–4.80/kg
HP Wax Grade — universal 50% on wax — USD 2.50–5.00/kg
SY-65 — 65% carbon, carrier-free — USD 3.00–6.00/kg

Who you are contracting with — and what we will put in writing

A price is only useful if the entity behind it is checkable. These are the four details a purchasing or compliance desk asks for before the first container, so we put them on the pricing page rather than in an email.

Legal entity	Guangdong Yijuyuan Plastic Industry Technology Co., Ltd. (广东易聚源塑业科技有限公司), trading as E-LUCK / MasterbatchSource. Registered in China on 27 January 2016.
Unified Social Credit Code	91441322MA4ULT1D8T — searchable on the National Enterprise Credit Information Publicity System (gsxt.gov.cn). It is the number on our invoices, our export filings and our bank account, and it is the same entity that appears on your bill of lading.
Plant address	Huangxi Industrial Zone, Shiwan Town, Boluo County, Huizhou, Guangdong 516127, China. 20,000 m², 12 compounding lines, 60,000 t/yr capacity.
Port of loading	Shenzhen, China (FOB). Inland haulage from the plant to the terminal is inside the FOB price.
Who invoices you	The manufacturing entity above — not a trading company and not a sourcing agent. The same legal person compounds the lot and signs the certificate of analysis.

Full company facts, certificate numbers and how to verify each one →

Forced-labour and origin: what we will state, and what we will sign

Carbon black is petroleum- or coal-derived, and US Customs treats it as a high-priority sector under the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA). If you import into the United States, this is the section your compliance team will read first.

Origin of carbon black and carrier resin: bought from suppliers in Guangdong and neighbouring provinces. On the basis of our suppliers' written declarations, no raw material in these grades originates in Xinjiang, and none of the supplying mills appears on the UFLPA Entity List.
What we issue with every shipment: a signed origin and forced-labour statement naming the carbon black mill and the production batch, so a Customs request is answered with documents rather than with a promise.
Mill names before you commit: we disclose the carbon black mill and its location to you under NDA before your first order, not on the shipping documents afterwards. The statement covers our own plant's labour practices as well as our material suppliers'.
If you need to go further: we supply a supply-chain map for the lot under NDA. A traceable batch is worth more to you than a reassurance.
On documents: commercial invoice, packing list, certificate of analysis, certificate of origin and the statement above travel with the shipment as one set.

This is a supplier statement based on our own supply chain and on our suppliers' declarations to us. Where your import requires a specific certification, tell us which one and we will confirm in writing whether we hold it before you commit.

Why buyers ask us for pricing

Price

No trading layer

You are quoting with the plant, so there is no middle margin sitting between you and the production cost.

Honesty

A number you can budget on

The ranges below are for sanity-checking somebody's quote, not for planning. Give us a real specification and volume and we quote a firm price with a stated validity window.

Stability

Steady across repeat lots

We hold pricing across repeat orders where the raw-material picture allows, and tell you early when it moves.

De-risk

Sample before you buy

Test the grade on your own line before committing volume. Your spec stays confidential.

Comparing quotes? Check these first

Before you compare two prices per kg, make sure you are comparing the same product:

The carbon loading

A 20% grade and a 45% grade are not the same product, however similar the bags look.

The let-down ratio

Compare cost per kg of finished product, not per kg of masterbatch.

The carrier resin

PE, PP and PET carriers are priced and behave differently.

What is included

Ask whether packaging, testing and freight are inside the number or on top.

Factory-direct pricing Free sample on request Your spec kept confidential 60,000 t/yr capacity 10–15 days typical lead time

Questions buyers ask

Can you just give me a price?

We need four things: carbon loading, carrier resin, monthly volume and destination. With those we send a firm price the same working day. Without them any number would be guesswork.

Why is another quote cheaper?

Usually a lower carbon loading, a different carrier or a different carbon black type. Compare the specification and the let-down ratio before you compare the price per kg.

Does price move with carbon black cost?

Carbon black is a commodity and its cost moves. We hold quoted prices for the validity window we state, and we tell you early when the raw-material picture is shifting.

Is there a minimum order for a quoted price?

We quote from 1 ton per specification upward. Give us a monthly volume as well as a first-order quantity and we can show the price step between trial and contract volumes.

Who is the legal entity behind this price?

Guangdong Yijuyuan Plastic Industry Technology Co., Ltd., Unified Social Credit Code 91441322MA4ULT1D8T, registered 27 January 2016, at Huangxi Industrial Zone, Shiwan Town, Boluo County, Huizhou, Guangdong 516127, China. The same entity compounds the lot, signs the certificate of analysis and issues the invoice. You can search that code on gsxt.gov.cn.

Can you support a UFLPA or forced-labour enquiry?

Yes, with documents rather than assurances. We issue a signed origin and forced-labour statement with every shipment, naming the carbon black mill and the production batch, and we provide a supply-chain map for the lot under NDA. Our raw materials come from suppliers in Guangdong and neighbouring provinces; on the basis of their written declarations to us, nothing in these grades originates in Xinjiang and no supplying mill appears on the UFLPA Entity List.