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00 ~ 13 USA & CANADA
30 ~ 37 FRANCE
$ p# A( f9 V$ r- D, N40 ~ 44 GERMANY
49 ~ JAPAN
50 ~ UK
9 N5 m% [1 o" p" t: T57 ~ Denmark
4 m! c! u8 v1 b; Z& _64 ~ Finland
76 ~ Switzerland and Lienchtenstein
! l1 W* S& L$ N, Z471 is Made in Taiwan (see sample below)
8 B8 L$ Q. T4 Q/ |& L" u628 ~ Saudi-Arabien
3 L/ Y' {* k1 s$ A7 L: M' m629 ~ United Arab Emirates
/ G' R+ Z$ I& q9 G# O' Y! D# }3 e1 B740 ~ 745 - Central America

0 P( M4 Q* Q  S( ^1 Q; c' T690-695  China

All 480 Codes are Made in the Philippines.

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Can you determine the origin (country) of a product from the barcode ?

; Y9 J  ^1 Z* P& h( HBar codes are something most of us never think about. If you look in your fridge or pantry right now, you will find that just about every package you see has a bar code printed on it. In fact, nearly every item that you buy in a grocery shop, supermarket or superstore has a bar code on it somewhere.
3 `7 ^8 S6 ]  L9 y/ YBar codes were first used commercially in 1966, but it was soon realised that there would have to be a common standard. By 1970, the Universal Grocery Products Identification Code (UGPIC) was written by a company called Logicon Inc. The standard was further improved and led to the Universal Product Code (UPC) symbol set. To this very day, this standard is used in the United States and Canada . In June of 1974, the first UPC scanner was installed at a Marsh's supermarket in Troy, Ohio, and the first product to have a bar code was Wrigley's Gum.
The Universal Product Code was the first bar code symbology widely adopted. Its birth is usually set at 3 April 1973, when the grocery industry formally established UPC as the standard bar code symbology for product marking. Foreign interest in UPC led to the adoption of the EAN (European Article Numbering) code format, similar to UPC, in December 1976.
Currently, the United States and Canada use UPC bar codes as their standard for retail labelling, whereas the rest of the world uses EAN. Since January 1, 2005 all retail scanning systems in the USA must be able to accept the EAN-13 symbol as well as the standard UPC-A. This change will eliminate the need for manufacturers who export goods to the US and enjoyedmontoncts.
The first 2 (sometimes 3) digits, which are called the “flag”, indicate in what country the bar code was issued. This “flag” does not tell you, however, in what country the product was produced.
The country codes used are :
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3 i" l7 w& e7 ACODE \COUNTRY
! n7 j( R8 Y3 A00-13 USA & Canada
  S8 q& \3 n" G! y  [8 C20-29 reserved for local use (shops/supermarkets)
30-37 France
380 Bulgaria
383 Slovenia
; k9 l" W! Q) u3 |, W: l: J385 Croatia
8 X) m" j) Q1 K5 v2 ^387 Bosnia-Herzegovina
400-440 Germany
45 Japan
46 Russian Federation
471 Taiwan
8 D9 D9 [+ L$ s, [" @9 \0 U474 Estonia
475 Latvia
" g9 p- I8 [  ~; S* o1 R$ F" u476 Azerbaijan
477 Lithuania
) l8 T8 n9 a( Y$ O478 Uzbekistan
* p7 s5 C9 E7 T479 Sri Lanka
480 Philippines
481 Belarus
482 Ukraine
0 J2 T. V  K4 T9 M. U* G484 Moldova
5 {" r  M) j& [) ~0 K) R# @485 Armenia
  {/ g' C3 f& m8 W' p# t8 ~486 Georgia
487 Kazakhstan
' c! c& a5 _/ |/ b2 E" P5 @489 Hong Kong
7 _" C: I2 P- I3 h( }# [% C49 Japan
1 m5 j, G6 C$ u' J50 UK
. t9 r7 V# i- \* h8 g1 M' b' p520 Greece
0 {1 Z4 H1 d( @  y5 w$ D8 I9 @528 Lebanon
529 Cyprus
531 Macedonia
535 Malta
4 {. W+ o) S4 S5 i$ I0 a: D539 Ireland
54 Belgium & Luxembourg
2 g& V  E* p1 r0 a% f* O560 Portugal
569 Iceland
$ l: F! ?0 H5 \$ P1 U$ D57 Denmark
" j- Y1 ~- |0 A1 H- h590 Poland
1 ^8 n1 O6 h. w" W, z. |8 l; H594 Romania
( q* l! `6 k& l+ x0 T599 Hungary
2 R# c& g% B: h+ Y600-601 South Africa
2 B# V, N; t, S( i% m. f609 Mauritius
611 Morocco
  U) P5 S) m8 O6 r613 Algeria
619 Tunisia
: C3 o9 r+ b# r2 d6 S: N5 ]621 Syria
  m8 t! v, Y/ C* O5 ]622 Egypt
624 Libya
2 ~0 N( [" u3 a% ^5 p625 Jordan
! `" I' m0 H! f/ ^" n626 Iran
627 Kuwait
. c( g5 B2 B8 D% G1 x$ Q, \628 Saudi Arabia
, n4 w6 E' Y$ U) M" B' Z8 K629 United Arab Emirates
64 Finland
690-692 China
70 Norway
2 l' v6 G+ Y/ c1 [% p" T729 Israel
73 Sweden
" K6 p) I  S$ D2 {2 r740 Guatemala
741 El Salvador
742 Honduras
743 Nicaragua
744 Costa Rica
745 Panama
746 Dominican Republic
) ^1 K3 [1 n' j3 m# B* [$ e- @750 Mexico
759 Venezuela
- H  q6 r; l+ i, n76 Switzerland
770 Colombia
9 _% Y# `; y/ g/ d1 [- H773 Uruguay
" X2 n3 G9 i) m6 [2 }775 Peru
777 Bolivia
. F6 Y- k# \8 t. y2 k1 F* S779 Argentina
& X! r/ P1 o1 \' q! Q780 Chile
784 Paraguay
+ o- F3 S' y& v. E3 o9 n; ~2 k4 r785 Peru
786 Ecuador
789 Brazil
- u- k# T, {* {: ^0 z* ]) Q80-83 Italy
84 Spain
850 Cuba
8 i2 Z; l8 o6 `' u8 d$ N( Q% g858 Slovakia
- P! Z3 g( G2 U' g7 d859 Czech Republic
860 Serbia & Montenegro
9 t+ o6 ~! u) x& L# \* Y( O' d5 c2 t# N869 Turkey
87 Netherlands
# ?0 Z2 V4 g& W& `- i$ r( k880 South Korea
# t+ q% G/ k" b$ P: g3 E/ {885 Thailand
888 Singapore
& V& J* _; D1 ~$ F) l890 India
893 Vietnam
899 Indonesia
' n( N/ |$ ?6 J90 -91 Austria
# X+ n/ O: n8 B0 _! X93 Australia
( N8 v" g5 g; T94 New Zealand
955 Malaysia
958 Macau
2 k6 p7 o8 c+ H% k6 L977 ISSN (International Standard Serial Number for periodicals)
& d; o1 _! l( ?& ]$ j978 ISBN (International Standard Book Number)
979 ISMN (International Standard Music Number)

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