Application Identifier (AI)

List of Application Identifiers

This list of Application Identifiers will give you an overview of the available AIs and how to apply them in barcodes.
The Application Identifiers can be applied with the following barcode symbologies:ActiveBarcode: Barcode with AIIf the AI has a fixed data length like (01) "Global Trade Item Number" you can simply use the AI in round brackets followed by the data: (01)01234567890128. If another AI is used next you can simply attach that directly as shown.

ActiveBarcode: Barcode with AI and FNCOnly if the AI has a variable data length like (30) "Count of items" the AI data has to be closed with <FNC1> or <GS> to signal the end of that specific AI. For the last application identifier in the barcode the closing can be omitted.
AI Description Data length <FNC1> or <GS>
required
00 Serial Shipping Container Code, SSCC 18
01 Global Trade Item Number, GTIN 14
02 GTIN of Contained Trade Items 14
10 Batch/Lot Number 1 - 20
11 Production Date 6
12 Due Date 6
13 Packaging Date 6
15 Best Before Date 6
17 Expiration Date 6
20 Product Variant 2
21 Serial Number 1 - 20
22 Secondary Data Fields 1 - 29
23n Lot number n 1 - 19
240 Additional Product Identification 1 - 30
241 Customer Part Number 1 - 30
242 Made-to-Order Variation Number 1 - 6
250 Secondary Serial Number 1 - 30
251 Reference to Source Entity 1 - 30
253 Global Document Type Identifier 13–17
254 GLN Extension Component 1 - 20
255 Global Coupon Number, GCN 13–25
30 Count of items 1 - 8
310d Product Net Weight in kg 6
311d Product Length/1st Dimension in meters 6
312d Product Width/Diameter/2nd Dimension in meters 6
313d Product Depth/Thickness/Height/3rd Dimension in meters 6
314d Product Area in square meters 6
315d Product Net Volume in liters 6
316d Product Net Volumein in cubic meters 6
320d Product Net Weight in pounds 6
321d Product Length/1st Dimension in inches 6
322d Product Length/1st Dimension in feet 6
323d Product Length/1st Dimension in yards 6
324d Product Width/Diameter/2nd Dimension in inches 6
325d Product Width/Diameter/2nd Dimension in feet 6
326d Product Width/Diameter/2nd Dimension in yards 6
327d Product Depth/Thickness/Height/3rd Dimension in inches 6
328d Product Depth/Thickness/Height/3rd Dimension in feet 6
329d Product Depth/Thickness/3rd Dimension in yards 6
330d Container Gross Weight in kg 6
331d Container Length/1st Dimension in meters 6
332d Container Width/Diameter/2nd Dimension in meters 6
333d Container Depth/Thickness/3rd Dimension in meters 6
334d Container Area in square meters 6
335d Container Gross Volume in liters 6
336d Container Gross Volume in cubic meters 6
340d Container Gross Weight in pounds 6
341d Container Length/1st Dimension in inches 6
342d Container Length/1st Dimension in feet 6
343d Container Length/1st Dimension in yards 6
344d Container Width/Diameter/2nd Dimension in inches 6
345d Container Width/Diameter/2nd Dimension in feet 6
346d Container Width/Diameter/2nd Dimension in yards 6
347d Container Depth/Thickness/Height/3rd Dimension in inches 6
348d Container Depth/Thickness/Height/3rd Dimension in feet 6
349d Container Depth/Thickness/Height/3rd Dimension in yards 6
350d Product Area in square inches 6
351d Product Area in square feet 6
352d Product Area in square yards 6
353d Container Area in square inches 6
354d Container Area in square feet 6
355d Container Area in square yards 6
356d Net Weight in troy ounces 6
357d Net Weight/Volume in ounces 6
360d Product Volume in quarts 6
361d Product Volume in gallons 6
362d Container Gross Volume in quarts 6
363d Container Gross Volume in U.S. gallons 6
364d Product Volume in cubic inches 6
365d Product Volume in cubic feet 6
366d Product Volume in cubic yards 6
367d Container Gross Volume in cubic inches 6
368d Container Gross Volume in cubic feet 6
369d Container Gross Volume in cubic yards 6
37 Number of Units Contained 1 - 8
390d Amount payable in local currency 1 - 15
391d Amount payable with ISO currency code 3–18
392d Amount payable per single item in local currency 1 - 15
393d Amount payable per single item with ISO currency code 3–18
400 Customer Purchase Order Number 1 - 30
401 Consignment Number 1 - 30
402 Bill of Lading number 17
403 Routing code 1 - 30
410 Ship To/Deliver To Location Code, Global Location Number 13
411 Bill To/Invoice Location Code, Global Location Number 13
412 Purchase From Location Code, Global Location Number 13
413 Ship for, Deliver for or Forward to Location Code, Global Location Number 13
414 Identification of a physical location, Global Location Number 13
420 Ship To/Deliver To Postal Code, Single Postal Authority 1 - 20
421 Ship To/Deliver To Postal Code with ISO country code 3–15
422 Country of Origin ISO country code 3
423 Country or countries of initial processing 3–15
424 Country of processing 3
425 Country of disassembly 3
426 Country of full process chain 3
7001 NATO Stock Number, NSN 13
7002 UN/ECE Meat Carcasses and cuts classification 1 - 30
7003 Expiration date and time 10
7004 Active Potency 1 - 4
703n Processor approval, with ISO country code
n indicates sequence number of several processors
3–30
8001 Roll Products: Width/Length/Core Diameter/Direction/Splices 14
8002 Mobile phone identifier 1 - 20
8003 Global Returnable Asset Identifier 14–30
8004 Global Individual Asset Identifier 1 - 30
8005 Price per Unit of Measure 6
8006 Identification of the components of an item 18
8007 International Bank Account Number, IBAN 1 - 30
8008 Date & time of production 8–12
8018 Global Service Relationship Number 18
8020 Payment slip reference number 1 - 25
8100 Coupon Extended Code: Number System and Offer 6
8101 Coupon Extended Code: Number System, Offer, End of Offer 10
8102 Coupon Extended Code: Number System preceded by 0 2
8110 Coupon code ID 1 - 30
8200 Extended Packaging URL 1 - 70
90 Mutually Agreed Between Trading Partners 1 - 30
91–99 Internal Company Codes 1 - 30


ActiveBarcode: Infod = The 'd' in the AI column is a place holder. Here you indicate the implied decimal point position.

Here is an example for AI 310d. Product Net Weight in kg.
(3100)123456 = 123456 kg.
(3101)123456 = 12345.6 kg.
(3102)123456 = 1234.56 kg.
(3103)123456 = 123.456 kg.
(3104)123456 = 12.3456 kg.
(3105)123456 = 1.23456 kg.
(3106)123456 = 0.123456 kg.

Date is given as YYMMDD. Here is an example for AI 15. Best Before Date.
(15)201231 = YY = 20, MM = 12, DD = 31.


A complete list of all Application Identifiers with documentation is published at gs1.org