How to retrieve Package/Tare Weight shown in Shopify Admin order shipping line?

Fulfillment & Inventory
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Hi everyone,

We are trying to get the Shopify Admin order summary view via the Admin API, including the detailed shipping line. In the Shopify UI, the shipping line shows something like:

(Location Name) (0.5 kg: Items 0.0 kg, Package 0.5 kg)

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Using the Shopify Admin GraphQL API (version 2025-10), we can retrieve almost everything except the Package Weight (the “Package 0.5 kg” part).

What we have successfully retrieved

  • Shipping title: from order.shippingLines.nodes[0].title

  • Items weight: calculated by summing order.lineItems.nodes[n].variant.inventoryItem.measurement.weight

The missing part

We cannot find Package Weight / Tare Weight anywhere in the API.

What we checked

  • order.totalWeight → returns 0 for this order, even though the UI shows 0.5 kg

  • order.shippingLines → no package or weight fields

  • order.fulfillments (GraphQL) → no packages field

  • order.fulfillmentOrders…fulfillments → same result

  • Fulfillment REST API → returns only line item grams, not package/tare weight

The question

Where does Shopify expose the Package/Tare Weight that appears in the Admin order UI?

Is there an API field, resource, or object that contains this 0.5 kg value?

Or is this value calculated internally and not accessible via API?

Thanks!
Manh N

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I imagine this is closely related to this recent post.

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Hi Luke,
Thanks for your comment and for sharing your experience - it’s definitely related to “packages” data in Shopify.

It’s slightly different in our case: we’re trying to retrieve the Package/Tare Weight shown in the Shopify Admin order shipping line, which is part of the fulfillment data for an order, while your mentioned ticket is about product or merchant-defined package dimensions.

Hopefully, Shopify Support will get back to us soon.

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I got the answer from Shopify Developer Support.

4. Package weight (0.5kg): This comes from your Admin settings is not exposed via any API
My apologies for the earlier confusion:

Fulfillment.packages field doesn’t exist

FulfillmentOrderLocationDeliveryMethod type doesn’t exist

Package weights from shipping settings are not accessible via API

This is a confirmed API limitation, not an error on your part.

If I can be of further assistance please let me know.

Regards,
Shopify Developer Support