Imported Foreign
You might want to know as a buyer of goods where the product your are buying originated at. Can you as a shopper differentiate which goods are made in the Philippines, Taiwan or China, etc.?
The first 3 digits of the barcode is the country code wherein the product was made.
Example: All barcodes that start at 690 - 695 are ALL made in China and barcode 471 is Made in Taiwan.
BARCODES
00 - 13
USA and Canada
USA and Canada30 - 37 France
France40 - 44 Germany
Germany49 Japan
Japan50 UK
UK57 Denmark
Denmark64 Finland
Finland76 Lienchtenstein and Switzerland
Lienchtenstein and Switzerland471 Taiwan
Taiwan480 Philippines
Philippines628 Saudi-Arabien
Saudi-Arabien629 United Arab Emirates
United Arab Emirates690 - 695 China
740 - 745 Central America
In determining the country of origin of a product sold in the U.S., consumers should still look for "Made in {country name} labels on the packaging.
This page was last updated: February 20, 2012
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