الاثنين، 14 يوليو 2014

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.
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.
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 Canada to double-label their products.
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 :

CODE
COUNTRY
00-13
USA & Canada
20-29
reserved for local use (shops/supermarkets)
30-37
France
380
Bulgaria
383
Slovenia
385
Croatia
387
Bosnia-Herzegovina
400-440
Germany
45
Japan
46
Russian Federation
471
Taiwan
474
Estonia
475
Latvia
476
Azerbaijan
477
Lithuania
478
Uzbekistan
479
Sri Lanka
480
Philippines
481
Belarus
482
Ukraine
484
Moldova
485
Armenia
486
Georgia
487
Kazakhstan
489
Hong Kong
49
Japan
50
UK
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
621
Syria
622
Egypt
624
Libya
625
Jordan
626
Iran
627
Kuwait
628
Saudi Arabia
629
United Arab Emirates
64
Finland
690-692
China
70
Norway
729
Israel
73
Sweden
740
Guatemala
741
El Salvador
742
Honduras
743
Nicaragua
744
Costa Rica
745
Panama
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
Serbia & Montenegro
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
958
Macau
977
ISSN (International Standard Serial Number for periodicals)
978
ISBN (International Standard Book Number)
979
ISMN (International Standard Music Number)
 
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