# Barcode 977: which country is it from?

> A barcode starting 977: magazines and journals (ISSN), not a country. What it means, and a free lookup for any full barcode.

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/977

Prefix 977 is for serial publications: magazines and newspapers. It carries the publication's ISSN and points to no country.

## Check a full barcode

Type or scan any thirteen-digit barcode below: see who issued it, check the check digit, and look the product up in an open database.

## Common questions

### 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

- 955 Malaysia: https://dashingerp.com/en/tools/barcode-country/955
- 958 Macau: https://dashingerp.com/en/tools/barcode-country/958
- 960–969 GS1 Global Office (GTIN-8s): https://dashingerp.com/en/tools/barcode-country/960-969
- 978–979 Books (ISBN) and printed music (ISMN): https://dashingerp.com/en/tools/barcode-country/978-979
- 980 Refund receipts: https://dashingerp.com/en/tools/barcode-country/980
- 981–984 Common-currency coupons: https://dashingerp.com/en/tools/barcode-country/981-984

## Other languages

- العربية: https://dashingerp.com/tools/barcode-country/977
- کوردی: https://dashingerp.com/ckb/tools/barcode-country/977

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