SONOCO PRODUCTS CO — Director's Dealing 2004

Jan 9, 2004

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: SONOCO PRODUCTS CO (SON)
CIK: 0000091767
Period of Report: 2004-01-07

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

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2004-01-07	Common Stock	M	4966	$21.7533	Acquired	4966	Direct
2004-01-07	Common Stock	S	166	$24.39	Disposed	4800	Direct
2004-01-07	Common Stock	S	4800	$24.38	Disposed	0	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2004-01-07	Non-Qualified Stock Option	$21.7533	M	4996	Disposed	2004-02-02	Common Stock (4966)	Direct
2004-01-07	Non-Qualified Stock Option	$21.7533	H	.5	Disposed	2004-02-02	Common Stock (.5)	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	4912.5089	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: Received $12.24 in payment of fractional share at rate of $24.49 per share.