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11/7/2011 10:22:45 AM EDT
Got this from an unknown source but thought I'd pass it on.

If the first 3 digits of the barcode are 690 691 or 692, the product is MADE IN CHINA.
471 is Made in Taiwan .
11/7/2011 10:24:14 AM EDT
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Got this from an unknown source but thought I'd pass it on.



If the first 3 digits of the barcode are 690 691 or 692, the product is MADE IN CHINA.

471 is Made in Taiwan .


good, means not made by union workers in the USA.  Thanks for the tip



 
11/7/2011 10:27:36 AM EDT
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Prefix
GS1 Country

000 - 019GS1 United States
020 - 029Restricted distribution (MO defined, usually for internal use)
030 - 039GS1 United States
040 - 049Restricted distribution (MO defined, usually for internal use)
050 - 059Coupons
060 - 139GS1 United States
200 - 299Restricted distribution (MO defined, usually for internal use)
300 - 379GS1 France
380GS1 Bulgaria
383GS1 Slovenia
385GS1 Croatia
387GS1 BIH (Bosnia-Herzegovina)
400 - 440GS1 Germany
450 - 459 &

490 - 499
GS1 Japan
460 - 469GS1 Russia
470GS1 Kurdistan
471GS1 Taiwan
474GS1 Estonia
475GS1 Latvia
476GS1 Azerbaijan
477GS1 Lithuania
478GS1 Uzbekistan
479GS1 Sri Lanka
480GS1 Philippines
481GS1 Belarus
482GS1 Ukraine
484GS1 Moldova
485GS1 Armenia
486GS1 Georgia
487GS1 Kazakhstan
489GS1 Hong Kong
500 - 509GS1 UK
520GS1 Greece
528GS1 Lebanon
529GS1 Cyprus
530GS1 Albania
531GS1 MAC (FYR Macedonia)
535GS1 Malta
539GS1 Ireland
540 - 549GS1 Belgium & Luxembourg
560GS1 Portugal
569GS1 Iceland
570 - 579GS1 Denmark
590GS1 Poland
594GS1 Romania
599GS1 Hungary
600 - 601GS1 South Africa
603GS1 Ghana
608GS1 Bahrain
609GS1 Mauritius
611GS1 Morocco
613GS1 Algeria
616GS1 Kenya
618GS1 Ivory Coast
619GS1 Tunisia
621GS1 Syria
622GS1 Egypt
624GS1 Libya
625GS1 Jordan
626GS1 Iran
627GS1 Kuwait
628GS1 Saudi Arabia
629GS1 Emirates
640 - 649GS1 Finland
690 - 695GS1 China
700 - 709GS1 Norway
729GS1 Israel
730 - 739GS1 Sweden
740GS1 Guatemala
741GS1 El Salvador
742GS1 Honduras
743GS1 Nicaragua
744GS1 Costa Rica
745GS1 Panama
746GS1 Dominican Republic
750GS1 Mexico
754 - 755GS1 Canada
759GS1 Venezuela
760 - 769GS1 Switzerland
770GS1 Colombia
773GS1 Uruguay
775GS1 Peru
777GS1 Bolivia
779GS1 Argentina
780GS1 Chile
784GS1 Paraguay
786GS1 Ecuador
789 - 790GS1 Brazil  
800 - 839GS1 Italy  
840 - 849GS1 Spain  
850GS1 Cuba
858GS1 Slovakia
859GS1 Czech
860 GS1 YU (Serbia & Montenegro)
865GS1 Mongolia
867GS1 North Korea
868 - 869GS1 Turkey
870 - 879GS1 Netherlands
880GS1 South Korea
884GS1 Cambodia
885GS1 Thailand
888GS1 Singapore
890GS1 India
893GS1 Vietnam
899GS1 Indonesia
900 - 919GS1 Austria
930 - 939GS1 Australia
940 - 949GS1 New Zealand
950GS1 Global Office
955GS1 Malaysia
958GS1 Macau
977Serial publications (ISSN)
978 - 979Bookland (ISBN)
980Refund receipts
981 - 982Common Currency Coupons
990 - 999Coupons

11/7/2011 10:28:05 AM EDT
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I hear only 3% of things we buy are made in China...

It's unusual to even run across a bar-code from China or so I'm told here on ARFCOM
11/7/2011 10:37:50 AM EDT
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Or you could read the "Made in _____" label.
11/7/2011 10:41:05 AM EDT
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This is not true. The prefixes used to designate countries refers to where the bar code originated, not the product itself. Depending on the distribution and supply chains of a company, this may or may not accurately tell you where a product was made.

For example, I have a Nikon scope box and mount on my desk. Both barcodes start with 018. The mount was made in the US. The scope is from the Philippines.

ETA: Furthermore, a lot of smaller companies with limited distribution chains will use a shorter bar code, or none at all.
11/7/2011 10:43:15 AM EDT
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11/7/2011 12:39:34 PM EDT
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This thread might have been relevant to my interests.
11/7/2011 12:40:22 PM EDT
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Or you could read the "Made in _____" label.


Uhhhh that is so 1980s



 
11/7/2011 12:40:24 PM EDT
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Quoted:

Quoted:
Got this from an unknown source but thought I'd pass it on.

If the first 3 digits of the barcode are 690 691 or 692, the product is MADE IN CHINA.
471 is Made in Taiwan .

good, means not made by union workers in the USA.  Thanks for the tip
 


+1

I'd rather support capitalism in China over communism in America.
11/7/2011 12:48:03 PM EDT
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Quoted:
Got this from an unknown source but thought I'd pass it on.

If the first 3 digits of the barcode are 690 691 or 692, the product is MADE IN CHINA.
471 is Made in Taiwan .

good, means not made by union workers in the USA.  Thanks for the tip
 


+1

I'd rather support capitalism in China over communism in America.


Yep.  Every time I see a Made in the US sticker, I try to find out where in the US it was made.  Michigan?  Gotta be union so let's buy the Chinese version.

Thank god for those "Proudly made by Union labor" labels on stuff.  I might have mistaken it for something I want to buy.
11/7/2011 12:59:37 PM EDT
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Or you could read the "Made in _____" label.


Uhhhh that is so 1980s

 










 
11/7/2011 1:12:43 PM EDT
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11/7/2011 6:38:01 PM EDT
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Quoted:
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Quoted:
Got this from an unknown source but thought I'd pass it on.

If the first 3 digits of the barcode are 690 691 or 692, the product is MADE IN CHINA.
471 is Made in Taiwan .

good, means not made by union workers in the USA.  Thanks for the tip
 


+1

I'd rather support capitalism in China over communism in America.


Yep.  Every time I see a Made in the US sticker, I try to find out where in the US it was made.  Michigan?  Gotta be union so let's buy the Chinese version.

Thank god for those "Proudly made by Union labor" labels on stuff.  I might have mistaken it for something I want to buy.


I wonder how many of the Union bashers have ever done an actual days work.
11/7/2011 7:09:52 PM EDT
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Got this from an unknown source but thought I'd pass it on.

If the first 3 digits of the barcode are 690 691 or 692, the product is MADE IN CHINA.
471 is Made in Taiwan .

good, means not made by union workers in the USA.  Thanks for the tip
 


+1

I'd rather support capitalism in China over communism in America.


Yep.  Every time I see a Made in the US sticker, I try to find out where in the US it was made.  Michigan?  Gotta be union so let's buy the Chinese version.

Thank god for those "Proudly made by Union labor" labels on stuff.  I might have mistaken it for something I want to buy.


I wonder how many of the Union bashers have ever done an actual days work.


40-70 hours a week for the last 16 years uninterrupted.

Fuck unions, fuck their socialist propaganda, and fuck unions hacks.  I can email you my latest USW email or any of the emails they've been sending daily for the last 5 years if you have questions about the political agenda of unions.