Chevron conveyor belts are quoted per square meter or per linear meter, and the cleat sitting on top is where most of the price difference hides. This guide gives the 2026 market bands, explains which basis you should compare on, and works through the factors that move the number: cleat profile and its practical incline limit, cleat height and pitch, continuous versus interrupted patterns, and the carcass underneath. It covers the first-order economics that buyers forget — mold charges, minimum order quantities, and why the second order off the same plate is far cheaper — and shows how a taller cleat adds rubber weight that has to be carried by the drive and every idler under the belt. A worked cost-per-ton-moved comparison shows when a cleated belt beats a sidewall belt, and an eighteen-parameter RFQ sheet plus eight common quotation traps close the guide.