Can barcodes tell you country of manufacture?
Answers:
No, bar codes contain 2 pieces of data. The first part is the
manufacturer and the 2 part is the part number.
Not directly. The barcode is normally made up of a manufacturer code and a product code.
Whilst it's quite likely that manufacturers will have different product codes for the same product in different countries - there isn't a 'Country Number' embedded in a standard bar code.
They could...barcodes are just codes for letters or numbers.
So a barcode could say "Made in Canada" if it was long enough.
They can say anything you want them to.
No, only the country that issued the code.
What are the country codes?
Here is a partial list. Remember, it indicates the country that issued the code, NOT THE COUNTRY OF ORIGIN OF THE PRODUCT. The authoritative list is here.
000 - 019USA & Canada
020 - 029 reserved for local use (store/warehouse)
030 - 039 USA & Canada
040 - 049 reserved for local use (store/warehouse)
050 - 059 Coupons
060 - 139 USA & Canada
200 - 299 reserved for local use (store/warehouse)
300 - 379 France
380 Bulgaria
383 Slovenija
385 Croatia
387 BIH (Bosnia-Herzegovina)
400 - 440Germany
450 - 459 Japan
460 - 469 Russian Federation
470 Kyrgyzstan
471Taiwan
474Estonia
475Latvia
476 Azerbaijan
477Lithuania
478 Uzbekistan
479Sri Lanka
480Philippines
481 Belarus
482Ukraine
484Moldova
485Armenia
486Georgia
487Kazakhstan
489Hong Kong
490 - 499 Japan
500 - 509UK
520Greece
528Lebanon
529Cyprus
531Macedonia
535Malta
539Ireland
540 - 549 Belgium & Luxembourg
560Portugal
569Iceland
570 - 579 Denmark
590Poland
594Romania
599Hungary
600-601South Africa
608 Bahrain
609Mauritius
611Morocco
613Algeria
619Tunisia
621 Syria
622Egypt
624 Libya
625Jordan
626Iran
627 Kuwait
628 Saudi Arabia
629 Emirates
640 - 649 Finland
690 - 695 China
700 - 709 Norway
729 Israel
730 - 739 Sweden
740 Guatemala
741 El Salvador
742 Honduras
Nicaragua
744 Costa Rica
745 Panama
746 Republica Dominicana
750 Mexico
754 - 755 Canada
759 Venezuela
760 - 769 Schweiz, Suisse, Svizzera
770 Colombia
773 Uruguay
775 Peru
777 Bolivia
779 Argentina
780 Chile
784 Paraguay
786 Ecuador
789 - 790 Brasil
800 - 839 Italy
840 - 849 Spain
850 Cuba
858 Slovakia
859 Czech
860 YU (Serbia & Montenegro)
865 Mongolia
867 North Korea
869 Turkey
870 - 879 Netherlands
880 South Korea
884 Cambodia
885 Thailand
888 Singapore
890 India
893 Vietnam
899 Indonesia
900 - 919 Austria
930 - 939 Australia
940 - 949 New Zealand
950 Head Office
955 Malaysia
958 Macau
977 Serial publications (ISSN)
978 - 979 Bookland (ISBN)
980 Refund receipts
981 - 982 Common Currency Coupons
Barcodes are quite simply a computer recognised numeric code. They are a sequence of numbers and that is all. The scanner's interpretation of the code is at the discretion of the individual that inputs the original information into the companies system, ie product name, produce, cost etc .
no, they contain two parts -- but country of manufacturer is not contained in the data.
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