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ISO 3166-1 (Codes for the representation of names of countries and their subdivisions – Part 1: Country codes) is a standard defining codes for the names of countries, dependent territories, and special areas of geographical interest.
The International Organization for Standardization defines its country codes in standard 3166-1. ISO codes also consist of three capital letters in the alpha-3 version. For example, Germany has the IOC code "GER" for the English country name "Germany."
ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 codes are two-letter country codes defined in ISO 3166-1, part of the ISO 3166 standard [1] published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), to represent countries, dependent territories, and special areas of geographical interest.
Allows you to download the most recent official lists of country codes and/or subdivisions, not to mention formerly used codes, in one convenient location. Using ISO Codes ISO allows free-of-charge use of its country, currency and language codes from ISO 3166, ISO 4217 and ISO 639, respectively.
The best known barcode is the GTIN (or EAN), certain numbers of which identify the country of origin (the one where the product was registered). Not all barcodes are GTINs and therefore not all barcodes contain the country code of the product. How to read a country code from a barcode?
In the United States, the marking statute, Section 304, Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (19 U.S.C. 1304) requires that, unless excepted, every article of foreign origin (or its container) imported into the U.S. shall be marked with its country of origin.
Apr 10, 2024 · Last Modified: Apr 10, 2024. Acceptable Terminology and Methods for Marking Every article of foreign origin entering the United States must be legibly marked with the English name of the country of origin unless an exception from marking is provided for in the law.
