EXHIBIT 21

SONOCO PRODUCTS COMPANY AND CONSOLIDATED SUBSIDIARIES
SUBSIDIARIES OF THE REGISTRANT

Subsidiaries of Sonoco Products Company, pursuant to Item 601(21) of Regulation S-K, as of December 31, 2004 are:

1.	Paper Stock Dealers, Inc., 100%-owned domestic subsidiary, incorporated in the State of North Carolina.
2.	Sonoco-Crellin Holdings, Inc., 100%-owned domestic subsidiary, incorporated in the State of Delaware.
3.	SPC Management, Inc., 100%-owned domestic subsidiary, incorporated in the State of Delaware.

a.	SPC Capital Management, Inc., 100%-owned domestic subsidiary, incorporated in the State of Delaware.
b.	SPC Resources, Inc., 100%-owned domestic subsidiary, incorporated in the State of Delaware.
c.	Sonoco International, Inc., 100%-owned domestic subsidiary, incorporated in the State of Delaware, holder of securities in:

1.   Sonoco Luxembourg SARL, 100%-owned Luxembourg subsidiary.

a.   Sonoco Netherlands Holding II BV, 100%-owned Dutch subsidiary.

1.   Sonoco Canada Corporation, 100%-owned Canadian subsidiary.

b.	Sonoco-Alcore S.a.r.l., 64.5%-owned Luxembourg subsidiary.
c.	Sonoco Netherlands Holding III BV, 100%-owned Dutch subsidiary.

1.   Sonoco Mexico Holdings, BV, 100% owned Dutch subsidiary

a.   Sonoco Operadora, S.A. de C.V., 100% owned Mexican subsidiary

1.   Grupo Sonoco SA de CV, 100%-owned Mexican subsidiary.

2.	Sonoco Asia, L.L.C., 77%-owned limited liability company.
3.	Sonoco Australia Pty., Ltd., 100%-owned Australian subsidiary.
4.	Sonoco New Zealand, 100%-owned New Zealand subsidiary.
5.	Sonoco Participacoes Ltda., 100%-owned Brazilian subsidiary.

a.   Sonoco For-Plas do Brazil Ltda., 51%-owned Brazilian subsidiary.

6.   Inversiones Sonoco do Chile Ltda, 100%-owned Chilean subsidiary.

a.   Sonoco do Chile, 70%-owned Chilean subsidiary.

EXHIBIT 21

SONOCO PRODUCTS COMPANY AND CONSOLIDATED SUBSIDIARIES
SUBSIDIARIES OF THE REGISTRANT

4.	Sonoco do Brazil Ltda., 100%-owned Brazilian subsidiary.
5.	Southern Plug & Manufacturing Co., Inc., 100%-owned domestic subsidiary, incorporated in the state of Louisiana.
6.	Sonoco “SPG”, Inc., 100%-owned domestic subsidiary, incorporated in the state of Wisconsin.
7.	Sonoco Flexible Packaging Company, Inc., 100%-owned domestic subsidiary incorporated in the state of South Carolina.
8.	Sonoco Paperboard Group, L.L.C., 100%-owned limited liability company.
9.	Sonoco Development, Inc., 100%-owned domestic subsidiary incorporated in the state of South Carolina.
10.	Georgia Paper Tube, Inc., 100%-owned domestic subsidiary incorporated in the state of Georgia.
11.	Sonoco Hutchinson LLC, 100%-owned domestic subsidiary incorporated in the state of South Carolina.
12.	Hayes Manufacturing Group, Inc., 100%-owned domestic subsidiary incorporated in the state of Wisconsin.
13.	Sonoco Phoenix, Inc., 100%-owned domestic subsidiary incorporated in the state of Ohio.
14.	Sonoco U.S. Mills, Inc., 100%-owned domestic subsidiary incorporated in the state of Wisconsin.
15.	Sonoco CorrFlex, LLC, 100%-owned domestic subsidiary incorporated in the state of North Carolina.