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Product Bar Coding
The whole world is scared of China made 'black hearted goods'. Can you differentiate which one is made in the USA , Philippines , Taiwan or China ? For your Information ... the first 3 digits of the barcode is the country code wherein the product was made.
Sample: all barcodes that start with 690.691.692 until 695 are all MADE IN CHINA.
471 is Made in Taiwan
This bar code is 471 – Made in Taiwan
This is our human right to know, but the government and related department never educate the public, therefore we have to RESCUE ourselves.
Nowadays, Chinese businessmen know that consumers do not prefer products 'made in china', so they don't show from which country it is made.
However, you may now refer to the barcode, remember if the first 3 digits is 690-695 then it is Made in China .
00 ~ 13 USA & CANADA
30 ~ 37 FRANCE
40 ~ 44 GERMANY
49 ~ JAPAN
50 ~ UK
64 ~ Finland
76 ~ Switzerland and Lienchtenstein
471 ~ Taiwan
628 ~ Saudi-Arabien
629 ~ United Arab Emirates
690-695 ~ China
740 ~ 745 - Central America
All 480 Codes are Made in the Philippines
570 - 579 Denmark (i.e. 570, 571... 579)
| Prefix | GS1 Country |
| 000 - 019 | GS1 United States |
| 020 - 029 | Restricted distribution (MO defined, usually for internal use) |
| 030 - 039 | GS1 United States |
| 040 - 049 | Restricted distribution (MO defined, usually for internal use) |
| 050 - 059 | Coupons |
| 060 - 139 | GS1 United States |
| 200 - 299 | Restricted distribution (MO defined, usually for internal use) |
| 300 - 379 | GS1 France |
| 380 | GS1 Bulgaria |
| 383 | GS1 Slovenia |
| 385 | GS1 Croatia |
| 387 | GS1 BIH (Bosnia-Herzegovina) |
| 400 - 440 | GS1 Germany |
| 450 - 459 & 490 - 499 | GS1 Japan |
| 460 - 469 | GS1 Russia |
| 470 | GS1 Kurdistan |
| 471 | GS1 Taiwan |
| 474 | GS1 Estonia |
| 475 | GS1 Latvia |
| 476 | GS1 Azerbaijan |
| 477 | GS1 Lithuania |
| 478 | GS1 Uzbekistan |
| 479 | GS1 Sri Lanka |
| 480 | GS1 Philippines |
| 481 | GS1 Belarus |
| 482 | GS1 Ukraine |
| 484 | GS1 Moldova |
| 485 | GS1 Armenia |
| 486 | GS1 Georgia |
| 487 | GS1 Kazakhstan |
| 489 | GS1 Hong Kong |
| 500 - 509 | GS1 UK |
| 520 | GS1 Greece |
| 528 | GS1 Lebanon |
| 529 | GS1 Cyprus |
| 530 | GS1 Albania |
| 531 | GS1 MAC (FYR Macedonia) |
| 535 | GS1 Malta |
| 539 | GS1 Ireland |
| 540 - 549 | GS1 Belgium & Luxembourg |
| 560 | GS1 Portugal |
| 569 | GS1 Iceland |
| 570 - 579 | GS1 Denmark |
| 590 | GS1 Poland |
| 594 | GS1 Romania |
| 599 | GS1 Hungary |
| 600 - 601 | GS1 South Africa |
| 603 | GS1 Ghana |
| 608 | GS1 Bahrain |
| 609 | GS1 Mauritius |
| 611 | GS1 Morocco |
| 613 | GS1 Algeria |
| 616 | GS1 Kenya |
| 618 | GS1 Ivory Coast |
| 619 | GS1 Tunisia |
| 621 | GS1 Syria |
| 622 | GS1 Egypt |
| 624 | GS1 Libya |
| 625 | GS1 Jordan |
| 626 | GS1 Iran |
| 627 | GS1 Kuwait |
| 628 | GS1 Saudi Arabia |
| 629 | GS1 Emirates |
| 640 - 649 | GS1 Finland |
| 690 - 695 | GS1 China |
| 700 - 709 | GS1 Norway |
| 729 | GS1 Israel |
| 730 - 739 | GS1 Sweden |
| 740 | GS1 Guatemala |
| 741 | GS1 El Salvador |
| 742 | GS1 Honduras |
| 743 | GS1 Nicaragua |
| 744 | GS1 Costa Rica |
| 745 | GS1 Panama |
| 746 | GS1 Dominican Republic |
| 750 | GS1 Mexico |
| 754 - 755 | GS1 Canada |
| 759 | GS1 Venezuela |
| 760 - 769 | GS1 Switzerland |
| 770 | GS1 Colombia |
| 773 | GS1 Uruguay |
| 775 | GS1 Peru |
| 777 | GS1 Bolivia |
| 779 | GS1 Argentina |
| 780 | GS1 Chile |
| 784 | GS1 Paraguay |
| 786 | GS1 Ecuador |
| 789 - 790 | GS1 Brazil |
| 800 - 839 | GS1 Italy |
| 840 - 849 | GS1 Spain |
| 850 | GS1 Cuba |
| 858 | GS1 Slovakia |
| 859 | GS1 Czech |
| 860 | GS1 YU (Serbia & Montenegro) |
| 865 | GS1 Mongolia |
| 867 | GS1 North Korea |
| 868 - 869 | GS1 Turkey |
| 870 - 879 | GS1 Netherlands |
| 880 | GS1 South Korea |
| 884 | GS1 Cambodia |
| 885 | GS1 Thailand |
| 888 | GS1 Singapore |
| 890 | GS1 India |
| 893 | GS1 Vietnam |
| 899 | GS1 Indonesia |
| 900 - 919 | GS1 Austria |
| 930 - 939 | GS1 Australia |
| 940 - 949 | GS1 New Zealand |
| 950 | GS1 Global Office |
| 955 | GS1 Malaysia |
| 958 | GS1 Macau |
| 977 | Serial publications (ISSN) |
| 978 - 979 | Bookland (ISBN) |
| 980 | Refund receipts |
| 981 - 982 | Common Currency Coupons |
| 990 - 999 | Coupons |
With Thanks Abdul Jabbar Khan Khattak
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