SEC Form 3

FORM 3

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* OKEN MARC D (Last) (First) (Middle) ONE NORTH SECOND STREET (Street) HARTSVILLE SC 29550 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year) 02/01/2006	3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol SONOCO PRODUCTS CO [ SON ]
		4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) X Director 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)	5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)
			6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) X Form filed by One Reporting Person Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 4)	2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4)	3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)

Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares

Explanation of Responses:

Remarks:

Exhibit List Exhibit 24 - Power of Attorney

No securities are beneficially owned.

	By: George S. Hartley - Power of Attorney For: Marc D. Oken	02/01/2006
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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Exhibit 24


SPECIAL POWER OF ATTORNEY


	Know all men by these presents, that the undersigned
director or officer, or both, of Sonoco Products Company
constitutes and appoints Charles J. Hupfer, Ritchie L. Bond and
George S. Hartley, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact
and agents with full power of substitution and resubstitution,
and each of them with full power to act without the other for
him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and
all capacities, to execute and file, or cause to be filed, with
the Securities and Exchange Commission Forms 3, 4 and 5 pursuant
to Section 16 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, (the "Act") and any amendment to the foregoing, on his
or her behalf, or on behalf of any trust or other entity that is
required by the rules under Section 16 of the Act, to file
reports under Section 16 because of the fact that said director
or officer is a trustee, fiduciary or otherwise, granting unto
said attorneys-in-fact and agents, full power and authority to
do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and
necessary to be done as fully to all intents and purposes as he
or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents may
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.  The authority
granted by this Special Power of Attorney shall remain in effect
as long as the undersigned is required to file Forms 4 and 5
under the reporting requirements of Section 16.  The undersigned
acknowledges that no attorney-in-fact of the undersigned
pursuant to this Special Power of Attorney, by serving in such
capacity, is assuming any of the undersigned's responsibilities
to comply with Section 16 of the Act.

	IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this
Special Power of Attorney this 18th, day of October, 2004.


S/ Marc D. Oken
Marc D. Oken