Very useful shopping informat

This mail is very useful to know about BAR-CODE

00-13: USA & Canada

20-29: In-Store Functions


30-37: France

40-44: Germany


45: Japan (also 49)


46: Russian Federation

471: Taiwan


474: Estonia


475: Latvia

477: Lithuania


479: Sri Lanka


480: Philippines

482: Ukraine


484: Moldova


485: Armenia

486: Georgia


487: Kazakhstan


489: Hong Kong

49: Japan (JAN-13)


50: United Kingdom


520: Greece

528: Lebanon


529: Cyprus


531: Macedonia

535: Malta


539: Ireland


54: Belgium & Luxembourg

560: Portugal


569: Iceland


57: Denmark

590: Poland


594: Romania


599: Hungary

600 & 601: South Africa


609: Mauritius


611: Morocco

613: Algeria


619: Tunisia


622: Egypt

625: Jordan


626: Iran


64: Finland

690-692: China


70: Norway


729: Israel

73: Sweden


740: Guatemala


741: El Salvador

742: Honduras


743: Nicaragua


744: Costa Rica

746: Dominican Republic


750: Mexico


759: Venezuela

76: Switzerland


770: Colombia


773: Uruguay

775: Peru


777: Bolivia


779: Argentina

780: Chile


784: Paraguay


785: Peru

786: Ecuador


789: Brazil


80 - 83: Italy

84: Spain


850: Cuba


858: Slovakia

859: Czech Republic


860: Yugoslavia


869: Turkey

87: Netherlands


880: South Korea


885: Thailand

888: Singapore


890: India


893: Vietnam

899: Indonesia


90 & 91: Austria


93: Australia

94: New Zealand


955: Malaysia


977: International Standard Serial Number for Periodicals (ISSN)

978: International Standard Book Numbering (ISBN)


979: International Standard Music Number (ISMN)


980: Refund receipts

981 & 982: Common Currency Coupons


99: Coupon

With more and more milk products from China and Taiwan having problem. We really got to check where the things are produced. Here is a way to differentiate Taiwan made products and China made products : by looking at first three digits of its Bar Code.

If the 1st 3 digits are 690, 691 or 692 - China made
If the 1st 3 digits are 471 Taiwan made



Nowadays, China businessmen know the consumers do not prefer products "made in China ", so they won't show made from which country.
However, you may now refer to the barcodes, if the first 3 digits is 690-692 then it is made in China .