Cost of PTH vs SMT assembly?

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For a small circuit like a 2W xenon flash lamp say, which is the cheapest method of manufacture for 1000's of boards?

...is it PTH or single-sided SMT?
 

Sorry i should explain, -when i ask for the cost comparison, i mean the labour cost of assembly staff doing the surface mount vs the through hole.

Its just that we are doing a small 5W lamp circuit which has three 22uF , 250V electrolytic capacitors in it, and surface mount versions are $0.7 each, whereas through hole equivalents are $0.19.

-So from a components cost point of view, Through hole technology is far cheaper.
-however, we are wondering if the labour cost of through hole assembly is simply far more than SMT assembly labour costs?
 

Please answer True or False to the following statement concerning small PCBs with relatively few components......


*Assembly costs for a PTH board is at least five times as much as for single sided SMT boards*.
 

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