List of GS1 country codes explained

This is a list of country codes used by GS1.not to be confused with target-market-country-code https://gs1.se/en/guides/documentation/code-lists/t3783-target-market-country-code/

Source: GS1 Company Prefix

CodeCountry
001–019 UPC-A compatible - United States
020–029 UPC-A compatible - Used to issue restricted circulation numbers within a geographic region [1]
030–039 UPC-A compatible - United States drugs (see United States National Drug Code)
040–049 UPC-A compatible - Used to issue restricted circulation numbers within a company
050–059 UPC-A compatible - GS1 US reserved for future use
060–099 UPC-A compatible - United States
100–139 United States
200–299 Used to issue GS1 restricted circulation number within a geographic region
300–379 France and Monaco
380 Bulgaria
383 Slovenia
385 Croatia
387 Bosnia and Herzegovina
389 Montenegro
390 (EAN-imposed, no GS1 Member Organisation)[2]
400–440 Germany (440 code inherited from former upon reunification in 1990)
450–459 Japan (new Japanese Article Number range)
460–469 (barcodes inherited from the)
470 Kyrgyzstan
471
474 Estonia
475 Latvia
476 Azerbaijan
477 Lithuania
478 Uzbekistan
479 Sri Lanka
480 Philippines
481 Belarus
482 Ukraine
483 Turkmenistan
484
485 Armenia
486 Georgia
487 Kazakhstan
488 Tajikistan
489 Hong Kong
490–499 Japan (original Japanese Article Number range)
500–509 United Kingdom
520–521 Greece
528 Lebanon
529 Cyprus
530 Albania
531
533 Ayizo in August 2024
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
607 Oman
608 Bahrain
609 Mauritius
611 Morocco
612 Somalia
613 Algeria
615 Nigeria
616 Kenya
617 Cameroon
618
619 Tunisia
620
621
622 Egypt
623 "Managed by GS1 Global Office for future MO" (was until [3])
624 Libya
625 Jordan
626
627 Kuwait
628 Saudi Arabia
629 United Arab Emirates
630 Qatar
631 Namibia[4]
640–649 Finland
680–681 China
690–699 China
700–709 Norway
729 Israel
730–739 Sweden
740 Guatemala
741 El Salvador
742 Honduras
743 Nicaragua
744 Costa Rica
745 Panama
746 Dominican Republic
750 Mexico
754–755 Canada
759
760–769 Switzerland and Liechtenstein
770–771 Colombia
773 Uruguay
775 Peru
777
778–779 Argentina
780 Chile
784 Paraguay
786 Ecuador
789–790 Brazil
800–839 Italy, San Marino and
840–849 Spain and Andorra
850 Cuba
858 Slovakia
859 Czech Republic (barcode inherited from)
860 Serbia (barcode inherited from and)
865 Mongolia
867
868–869 Turkey
870–879 Netherlands
880–881
883 Myanmar
884 Cambodia
885 Thailand
888 Singapore
890 India[5]
893
894 "Managed by GS1 Global Office for future MO" ( Bangladesh?)
896 Pakistan
899 Indonesia
900–919 Austria
930–939 Australia
940–949 New Zealand
950 GS1 Global Office: Used to support territories & countries where no GS1 Member Organisation operates
951 Used to issue General Manager Numbers for the EPC General Identifier (GID) scheme as defined by the EPC Tag Data Standard
952 Used for demonstrations and examples of the GS1 system
955 Malaysia
958
960–9624 GS1 UK Office: GTIN-8 allocations
9625–9626 GS1 Poland Office: GTIN-8 allocations
9627–969 GS1 Global Office: GTIN-8 allocations
977 Serial publications (ISSN)
978–979 "Bookland" (ISBN) – 979-0 used for sheet music ("Musicland", ISMN-13, replaces deprecated ISMN M- numbers)
980 Refund receipts
981–983 GS1 coupon identification for common currency areas
990–999 GS1 coupon identification

Note GS1 member companies can manufacture products anywhere in the world and can license prefixes from the GS1 organisation of their choice, GS1 prefixes do not identify the country of origin for a given product.GS1 prefixes not listed above are reserved by GS1 Global Office for allocations in countries where no GS1 Member Organisation established and for future use within the GS1 system. These are:

References

  1. defined by GS1 Member Organisations
  2. https://eciks.com/agreement-on-barcode-for-kosovo-businesses/ Agreement on barcode for Kosovo businesses
  3. Web site: GS1 Company Prefix | GS1 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210509171240/https://www.gs1.org/standards/id-keys/company-prefix . 2021-05-09 .
  4. Web site: Namibia now has own barcode.
  5. Web site: Barcodes . 2021-07-21 . An item incorporating a barcode with prefix number ‘890’ signifies ownership by an Indian organisation. .

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