Plastic Storage & Containers Manufacturers in China
Updated August 2026
Production is spread rather than clustered: the largest single concentration is Guangdong at 28%, followed by Zhejiang at 17%. They are spread across 164 cities. The average factory in this category was registered in 2006, and the longest-running dates to 1953. Median registered capital is ¥5.0m — the subscribed figure, which is not always the amount paid in.
A category spread this widely usually means visiting more than one province, or consolidating shipments through a forwarder rather than at the factory gate.
- Manufacturers
- 1,157
- Cities
- 164
- Avg. founded
- 2006
- Median capital
- ¥5.0m
Where these manufacturers are
Leading cities
Recorded credentials
- 23 recorded as customs-registered
- Registration with China Customs lets a factory export in its own name rather than through an agent. We hold this flag for part of the catalog only, so treat it as a positive signal where present rather than as a complete list.
- 424 recorded as High-Tech Enterprise
- A Chinese government status carrying tax benefits, granted on R&D spending and patents held. It indicates in-house development rather than assembly.
1,157 manufacturers
Ordered by how much of the factory's product line falls in this category — specialists first, not by who paid.
Buying plastic storage & containers from China
Written from the sourcing work we do, not from the suppliers listed above.
- How do you tell a real manufacturer from a trading company?
- Injection moulding tonnage on the floor, or wire forming and welding for shelving. The honest measure of a plastics factory is its machine count and clamping tonnage, both of which are easy to verify on site.
- What certification is needed to import plastic storage & containers into the EU or US?
- REACH and Prop 65 cover plastics and coatings, and food-contact rules apply to any container sold for food storage. Load-bearing shelving sold in the EU should follow EN 15635 practice for rated capacity.
- What order minimums and tooling costs should I expect?
- Around 2,000–10,000 pieces, with moulds from $3,000 to $30,000 dominating first-order economics.
- What goes wrong most often in this category?
- Recycled resin substituted for virgin material, producing brittleness, odour and colour variation. Specify the resin grade and require a material certificate per batch.
Related categories
Trade shows for consumer goods & gifts
Where this trade exhibits. A fair is still the fastest way to meet twenty plastic storage & containers suppliers in a day.
- MAISON SHANGHAIShanghai7 Sept 2026
- GUANGZHOU INTERNATIONAL ELECTRIC HEATING TECHNOLOGY AND EQUIPMENT EXHIBITIONGuangzhou16 Sept 2026
- CHINA LAUNDRY EXPOShanghai21 Sept 2026
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