SONOCO PRODUCTS CO — Director's Dealing 2004

Nov 1, 2004

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: SONOCO PRODUCTS CO (SON)
CIK: 0000091767
Period of Report: 2004-10-29

Reporting Person: BOWEN JIM C (SR. VP-GLOBAL PAPER OPERATIONS)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2004-10-29	Common Stock	M	9009	$18.0736	Acquired	9009	Direct
2004-10-29	Common Stock	S	9009	$26.5	Disposed	0	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2004-10-29	Non-Qual. Stock Option(right to buy)w/tandem tax w/h right	$18.0736	M	9009	Disposed	2005-02-01	Common Stock (9009)	Direct
2004-10-29	Phantom Stock Units	$	A	44.4022	Acquired		Common Stock (44.4022)	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	5003.065	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: 1-for-1

F2: The reported phantom stock units were acquired under Sonoco Products Company's excess benefit plan and will be settled upon the reporting person's retirement or other termination of service.