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00 ~ 13 USA & CANADA
30 ~ 37 FRANCE
) j9 @& `) l3 |- ]9 Z  P  @40 ~ 44 GERMANY
9 y7 I. N$ {& |# y9 [' l49 ~ JAPAN
50 ~ UK
57 ~ Denmark
, s/ b" H( `' q7 C$ J64 ~ Finland
8 h' F$ g/ j" ?! B; j76 ~ Switzerland and Lienchtenstein
471 is Made in Taiwan (see sample below)
628 ~ Saudi-Arabien
5 i, E- p* M3 E% B( Y; }/ B. b629 ~ United Arab Emirates
740 ~ 745 - Central America
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690-695  China
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All 480 Codes are Made in the Philippines.

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

Bar 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.
/ _) _: o- L! ~4 g4 ^9 \Bar 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.
5 d3 q0 r* I  V* [5 P( ?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.
- U/ J' H/ v+ I- i& G( A7 h) N+ PCurrently, 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.
# \% n' X7 x; ?7 t' m8 xThe 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 :

CODE \COUNTRY
00-13 USA & Canada
20-29 reserved for local use (shops/supermarkets)
30-37 France
$ n- g* u  b. u  z6 }380 Bulgaria
383 Slovenia
385 Croatia
387 Bosnia-Herzegovina
400-440 Germany
45 Japan
46 Russian Federation
471 Taiwan
474 Estonia
8 P4 t# ?/ ~; [; |1 s! L9 ?* S3 q6 K475 Latvia
" f& G8 Y& k- Q- Y476 Azerbaijan
477 Lithuania
! R/ G* U7 V+ p' B  b& I478 Uzbekistan
7 U% H2 C; Z# z$ [+ c479 Sri Lanka
480 Philippines
481 Belarus
- S8 {. w7 y; F  J+ E482 Ukraine
% |9 Y; c; D+ B484 Moldova
$ I% i6 G/ ^9 i) f7 E4 @* `: I485 Armenia
) u$ c5 R; u1 l* @& D1 d486 Georgia
5 b) Y# F, E! C6 y, g1 I487 Kazakhstan
6 u  O! \8 T8 t0 i- A489 Hong Kong
* w: Y' I* p: E1 L& U  A49 Japan
5 p8 u' S& w5 O" O! d! ?, Y50 UK
520 Greece
2 l! _3 G' c# m# y( x/ a& D528 Lebanon
529 Cyprus
531 Macedonia
535 Malta
% [; q; E! m+ C539 Ireland
54 Belgium & Luxembourg
& ?/ d# E5 l9 g5 g) J560 Portugal
+ w- m8 U# k5 F/ \, P569 Iceland
57 Denmark
" |- |/ |. z- Z! G590 Poland
& H. N5 Z# u' a/ I9 ^594 Romania
. H( [. y6 N# H3 }8 F7 {8 N% @' Z599 Hungary
# o( j: g# P# F% a) I0 p# ^( k600-601 South Africa
609 Mauritius
611 Morocco
& @' l' Q! W7 v613 Algeria
619 Tunisia
621 Syria
622 Egypt
$ p/ V. X4 z% Q( f0 q624 Libya
625 Jordan
626 Iran
627 Kuwait
$ S8 z" [9 p) M+ R9 [628 Saudi Arabia
629 United Arab Emirates
64 Finland
. _; L8 U) N% K5 O; \% o690-692 China
70 Norway
729 Israel
73 Sweden
3 V( [" R" b' s# O740 Guatemala
741 El Salvador
, a0 ?* ]9 r" a" ]. c+ w. ^742 Honduras
, D% h9 s2 W1 W& }6 A: i' A743 Nicaragua
/ c$ J! p7 P4 W1 E+ }  `9 A744 Costa Rica
745 Panama
746 Dominican Republic
/ g/ Q" [4 J$ u$ \1 R/ n& P750 Mexico
759 Venezuela
4 j% a; U! _) M5 |1 u& X76 Switzerland
770 Colombia
773 Uruguay
8 A/ c; P- n5 Y3 A3 R: P* m775 Peru
( U; Q8 q. G4 f( b777 Bolivia
779 Argentina
780 Chile
784 Paraguay
5 ]9 x7 O- |2 O+ r6 _9 |6 g6 v785 Peru
786 Ecuador
789 Brazil
80-83 Italy
84 Spain
850 Cuba
858 Slovakia
859 Czech Republic
% U5 V1 M0 O2 c7 v1 n% \+ K860 Serbia & Montenegro
869 Turkey
; H6 {( c9 V& p& j# u87 Netherlands
880 South Korea
* Z, [0 T, ?% r1 Q" R9 h885 Thailand
* w' O' a" y2 }/ @* X888 Singapore
, c! Y1 @( y3 m. c$ m! \2 M890 India
893 Vietnam
/ G# V2 h8 r6 o7 O# {899 Indonesia
90 -91 Austria
* J! K' M" u- [+ j. f! W! g- g* S93 Australia
94 New Zealand
955 Malaysia
958 Macau
6 v" O/ ]. o+ S+ h, ?977 ISSN (International Standard Serial Number for periodicals)
' m" \& i2 I4 M8 S2 ]; F. t* ^978 ISBN (International Standard Book Number)
979 ISMN (International Standard Music Number)
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More information and source : http://users.pandora.be/worldstandards/barcodes.htm


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