SONOCO PRODUCTS CO — Director's Dealing 2004

Jan 7, 2004

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: SONOCO PRODUCTS CO (SON)
CIK: 0000091767
Period of Report: 2004-01-05

Reporting Person: HUPFER CHARLES J (Vice President & CFO)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2004-01-05	Common Stock	M	6121	$21.7533	Acquired	6365.5996	Direct
2004-01-05	Common Stock	S	900	$24.74	Disposed	5465.5996	Direct
2004-01-05	Common Stock	S	521	$24.67	Disposed	4944.5996	Direct
2004-01-05	Common Stock	S	2600	$24.66	Disposed	2344.5996	Direct
2004-01-05	Common Stock	S	200	$24.59	Disposed	2144.5996	Direct
2004-01-05	Common Stock	S	1900	$24.58	Disposed	244.5996	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2004-01-05	Non-Qualified Stock Option	$21.7533	M	6121	Disposed	2004-02-02	Common Stock (6121)	Direct
2004-01-05	Non-Qualified Stock Option	$21.7533	H	.5	Disposed	2004-02-02	Common Stock (.5)	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	3185.1844	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: Received $12.41 in payment of fractional share at rate of $24.82 per share.