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    <periodOfReport>2023-11-01</periodOfReport>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0000091767</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>SONOCO PRODUCTS CO</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>SON</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001793205</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>Tomaszewski Jeffrey S</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>ONE NORTH SECOND ST</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>P O BOX 160</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>HARTSVILLE</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>SC</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>29551-0160</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
            <officerTitle>Pres., Diversified Business</officerTitle>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

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                <value>Dividend Equivalents on Restricted Stock Units</value>
            </securityTitle>
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                <value>0.0000</value>
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            </conversionOrExercisePrice>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2023-11-01</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>F</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>9.0000</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F2"/>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>54.1700</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>D</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <exerciseDate>
                <footnoteId id="F3"/>
            </exerciseDate>
            <expirationDate>
                <footnoteId id="F3"/>
            </expirationDate>
            <underlyingSecurity>
                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
                    <value>Common Stock</value>
                </underlyingSecurityTitle>
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                    <value>9.0000</value>
                </underlyingSecurityShares>
            </underlyingSecurity>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>746.1300</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </derivativeTransaction>
        <derivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Restricted Stock Units</value>
            </securityTitle>
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                <value>0.0000</value>
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            <transactionDate>
                <value>2023-11-01</value>
            </transactionDate>
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                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
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                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
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                <transactionShares>
                    <value>60.0000</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F5"/>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>54.1700</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
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                    <value>D</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
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            <exerciseDate>
                <value>2022-11-01</value>
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            <expirationDate>
                <value>2040-11-30</value>
            </expirationDate>
            <underlyingSecurity>
                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
                    <value>Common Stock</value>
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                    <value>60.0000</value>
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                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>5077.0000</value>
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        </derivativeTransaction>
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Each share of Dividend equivalents on Restricted Stock units is the economic equivalent of one share of Sonoco Products Company common stock</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Each share of Dividend Equivalents on Restricted Stock Unit is the equivalent of one share of Sonoco Products Company common stock. The shares were cashed out to account for withholding taxes.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">Vested shares will be paid to the reporting person six months following retirement or termination of service.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F4">Each restricted stock unit represents a contingent right to receive one share of Sonoco Products Company common stock.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F5">Each share of Restricted Stock Unit is the equivalent of one share of Sonoco Products Company common stock.  The shares were cashed out to account for withholding taxes.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>By Elizabeth R. Kremer-Power of Attorney for Jeffrey S. Tomaszewski</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2023-11-03</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
