# Barcode 489: which country is it from?

> Barcodes starting 489 are registered with GS1 Hong Kong, not always made there. Type the full number to see the product, brand and photo, and check it is valid.

Dashing (dashingerp.com) is a point-of-sale, inventory and double-entry accounting platform for retail shops in Iraq — Arabic-first, also in Kurdish (Sorani) and English — with a cashier that works offline and a built-in AI assistant called Dash.

Canonical: https://dashingerp.com/en/tools/barcode-country/489

Barcodes that start with 489 were issued by GS1 Hong Kong: the company registered its number there. That is where the brand is registered, not necessarily where the product was made; a 489 product can be manufactured in another country. Type or scan the full barcode below to see the product itself and check the number is valid.

## Registered in Hong Kong is not made in Hong Kong

A company gets its barcode numbers from the GS1 office in the country it chooses, usually where its head office or brand is. The factory can be in another country, and the prefix does not change. For the country of manufacture, read the "made in" line on the pack.

## Look up the product, not only the prefix

The first three digits only say who issued the number. The tool above looks the full number up in an open database and shows the product name, brand, size and photo, and checks the check digit.

## Common questions

### Does a 489 barcode mean the product is from Hong Kong?

Not necessarily. 489 means the company got its numbers from GS1 Hong Kong. Many companies register where their brand is and manufacture elsewhere; the country of manufacture is printed on the pack.

### How do I know the number is valid?

The last digit of a barcode is a check digit computed from the twelve before it. Type the full number into the tool: if the check digit does not match, the barcode was misprinted or misread. A valid number proves the barcode is well-formed; it does not prove the product is genuine.

### Why is the product not found?

The product name comes from an open database that people add products to. It has most well-known brands and misses many local products. If the product is not found, the number is not necessarily wrong; nobody has added it yet.

## Nearby prefixes

- 486 Georgia: https://dashingerp.com/en/tools/barcode-country/486
- 487 Kazakhstan: https://dashingerp.com/en/tools/barcode-country/487
- 488 Tajikistan: https://dashingerp.com/en/tools/barcode-country/488
- 490–499 Japan: https://dashingerp.com/en/tools/barcode-country/490-499
- 500–509 UK: https://dashingerp.com/en/tools/barcode-country/500-509
- 520–521 Greece: https://dashingerp.com/en/tools/barcode-country/520-521

## Other languages

- العربية: https://dashingerp.com/tools/barcode-country/489
- کوردی: https://dashingerp.com/ckb/tools/barcode-country/489

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