barcode country of manufacture?

barcode country of manufacture?
does the first 3 digits signify what country the goods were manufactured?

Best answer:

No. The first three numbers of a bar code show the country of origin, not the country of manufacturing. In other words, the company can have an office in France and the item was made in China, but it could have the France code on it.

For more information see the following links:
food-info.net/uk/qa/qa-fp121.htm
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.

gs1.org/productssolutions/barcodes/support/prefix_list.html
GS1 Prefixes do not provide identification of country of origin for a given product. They simply provide number capacity to different countries for assignment from that location to companies who apply. Those companies in turn may manufacture products anywhere in the world.

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