We get a lot of questions from clients about barcodes and if you can tell where something is manufactured.
Barcode prefixes do not provide identification of origin for a specific product. They merely provide number capacity to different countries for the assignment of barcode prefixes by the GS1.
UPC Barcodes do not show the leading zero. A UPC Barcode that starts with 7 would have a country code of 070 – 079.
ALL UPCS (12-digit codes) have originated in the United States or Canada. Since UPCs do nor show country code, you can be certain that these originated in the US/Canada)
Here is the current list of country codes
- 000 – 019 U.S. and Canada
- 020 – 029 Restricted distribution
- 030 – 039 U.S. drugs (see U.S. National Drug Code)
- 040 – 049 Restricted distribution (MO defined)
- 050 – 059 coupons
- 060 – 099 U.S. and Canada
- 100 – 139 U.S.
- 200 – 299 Restricted distribution
- 300 – 379 France and Monaco
- 380 Bulgaria
- 383 Slovenia
- 385 Croatia
- 387 Bosnia and Herzegovina
- 389 Montenegro
- 400 – 440 Germany (440 code inherited from old East Germany on reunification, 1990)
- 450 – 459 Japan
- 460 – 469 Russia
- 470 Kyrgyzstan
- 471 Taiwan
- 474 Estonia
- 475 Latvia
- 476 Azerbaijan
- 477 Lithuania
- 478 Uzbekistan
- 479 Sri Lanka
- 480 Philippines
- 481 Belarus
- 482 Ukraine
- 484 Moldova
- 485 Armenia
- 486 Georgia
- 487 Kazakhstan
- 488 Tajikistan
- 489 Hong Kong SAR
- 490 – 499 Japan
- 500 – 509 United Kingdom
- 520 – 521 Greece
- 528 Lebanon
- 529 Cyprus
- 530 Albania
- 531 Macedonia
- 535 Malta
- 539 Ireland
- 540 – 549 Belgium and Luxembourg
- 560 Portugal
- 569 Iceland
- 570 – 579 Denmark, Faroe Islands and Greenland
- 590 Poland
- 594 Romania
- 599 Hungary
- 600 – 601 South Africa
- 603 Ghana
- 604 Senegal
- 608 Bahrain
- 609 Mauritius
- 611 Morocco
- 613 Algeria
- 615 Nigeria
- 616 Kenya
- 618 Côte d’Ivoire
- 619 Tunisia
- 621 Syria
- 622 Egypt
- 624 Libya
- 625 Jordan
- 626 Iran
- 627 Kuwait
- 628 Saudi Arabia
- 629 United Arab Emirates
- 640 – 649 Finland
- 690 – 695 China, The People’s Republic
- 700 – 709 Norway
- 729 Israel
- 730 – 739 Sweden : EAN/GS1 Sweden
- 740 Guatemala
- 741 El Salvador
- 742 Honduras
- 743 Nicaragua
- 744 Costa Rica
- 745 Panama
- 746 Dominican Republic
- 750 Mexico
- 754 – 755 Canada
- 759 Venezuela
- 760 – 769 Switzerland and Liechtenstein
- 770 – 771 Colombia
- 773 Uruguay
- 775 Peru
- 777 Bolivia
- 779 Argentina
- 780 Chile
- 784 Paraguay
- 785 Peru
- 786 Ecuador
- 789 – 790 Brazil
- 800 – 839 Italy, San Marino and Vatican City
- 840 – 849 Spain and Andorra
- 850 Cuba
- 858 Slovakia
- 859 Czech Republic
- 860 Serbia
- 865 Mongolia
- 867 North Korea
- 868 – 869 Turkey
- 870 – 879 Netherlands
- 880 South Korea
- 884 Cambodia
- 885 Thailand
- 888 Singapore
- 890 India
- 893 Vietnam
- 896 Pakistan
- 899 Indonesia
- 900 – 919 Austria
- 930 – 939 Australia
- 940 – 949 New Zealand
- 950 GS1 Global Office: Special applications
- 951 EPCglobal: Special applications
- 955 Malaysia
- 958 Macau
- 960 – 969 GS1 Global Office: GTIN-8 allocations
- 977 Serial publications (ISSN)
- 978 – 979 Bookland (ISBN) – 979 formerly used for sheet music
- 980 Refund receipts
- 981 – 983 Common Currency Coupons
- 990 – 999 Coupons
Prefix 950 (GS1 Global Office) is used for special applications and bi-lateral agreements.
