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Sent: Saturday, October 25, 2008 10:09 AM
Subject: Remember if the first 3 digits are in the range 690-695,
then it is Made in China .
Chinese businessmen know that
American consumers don't prefer products 'Made in China ', so they don't show
from which country it originates any longer.
*However, you may now refer to the
barcode. Remember if the first 3 digits are in the
range 690-695, then it is Made in China
..
00 ~ 13 USA & CANADA
30 ~ 37 FRANCE
40 ~ 44 GERMANY
49 ~ JAPAN
50 ~ UK
57 ~ Denmark
64 ~ Finland
76 ~ Switzerland & Lienchtenstein
471 ~ Taiwan
480 ~
Philippines
628 ~ Saudi Arabia
629 ~ UAE (United Arab
Emirates)
740-745 ~ Central America
Please inform your family
and friends.
It is our human right to know, but its not the
government's job to educate the public, just to rake in the taxes.
Therefore, we have to protect ourselves & make everyone
aware.
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List
of bar codes vs country of origin
http://www.adams1.com/pub/russadam/upccode.html#countrycode
What are the country codes?
Lots of people
have requested the codes. Here is a partial list. Remember, it indicates the
country that issued the code, NOT THE COUNTRY OF ORIGIN OF THE PRODUCT.
The authoritative list is here.
000 - 019 USA & Canada
020 - 029 reserved for local use (store/warehouse)
030 - 039 USA & Canada
040 - 049 reserved for local use (store/warehouse)
050 - 059 Coupons
060 - 139 USA & Canada
200 - 299 reserved for local use (store/warehouse)
300 - 379 France
380 Bulgaria
383
Slovenija
385 Croatia
387 BIH (Bosnia-Herzegovina)
400 - 440 Germany
450 - 459 Japan
460 - 469 Russian Federation
470 Kyrgyzstan
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
490 - 499 Japan
500 - 509 UK
520 Greece
528 Lebanon
529 Cyprus
531 Macedonia
535 Malta
539 Ireland
540 - 549 Belgium & Luxembourg
560 Portugal
569 Iceland
570 - 579 Denmark
590 Poland
594 Romania
599 Hungary
600-601 South Africa
608 Bahrain
609 Mauritius
611 Morocco
613 Algeria
619 Tunisia
621 Syria
622 Egypt
624 Libya
625 Jordan
626 Iran
627 Kuwait
628 Saudi Arabia
629 Emirates
640 - 649 Finland
690 - 695
China
700 - 709 Norway
729 Israel
730 - 739 Sweden
740 Guatemala
741 El Salvador
742 Honduras
Nicaragua
744 Costa Rica
745 Panama
746 Republica Dominicana
750 Mexico
754 - 755 Canada
759 Venezuela
760 - 769 Schweiz, Suisse, Svizzera
770 Colombia
773 Uruguay
775 Peru
777 Bolivia
779 Argentina
780 Chile
784 Paraguay
786 Ecuador
789 - 790 Brasil
800 - 839 Italy
840 - 849 Spain
850 Cuba
858 Slovakia
859 Czech
860 YU (Serbia & Montenegro)
865 Mongolia
867 North Korea
869 Turkey
870 - 879 Netherlands
880 South Korea
884 Cambodia
885 Thailand
888 Singapore
890 India
893 Vietnam
899 Indonesia
900 - 919 Austria
930 - 939 Australia
940 - 949 New Zealand
950 Head Office
955 Malaysia
958 Macau
977 Serial publications (ISSN)
978 - 979 Bookland (ISBN)
980 Refund receipts
981 - 982 Common Currency Coupons
990 - 999 Coupons