{"id":1191,"date":"2014-03-27T02:40:01","date_gmt":"2014-03-27T02:40:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/internationalbarcodes.net\/barcodesnigeria_com\/?page_id=1191"},"modified":"2025-09-29T08:15:26","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T01:15:26","slug":"upc-ean13","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/barcodesindonesia.com\/en\/upc-ean13\/","title":{"rendered":"Barcode Format"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Barcode Format<\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"stcpDiv\">\n<p>We normally supply barcode numbers in 13 digit <a title=\"EAN-13 Specifications\" href=\"https:\/\/barcodesindonesia.com\/ean-13-specifications\/\">EAN-13<\/a> format, with a leading 0 (eg 0799439112766 ). However, these numbers can also be used in 12 digit UPC-A format without the leading 0 (eg\u00a0 799439112766 ). The actual bars produced for both of these are identical (see the picture below).<\/p>\n<p>Outside of North America\u00a0it is common to print the barcode on products in the EAN-13 format. But keep in mind that some retailers have software systems that don\u2019t like numbers with a leading 0, and hence they will prefer to use your barcode in the 12 digit format (eg 799439112766 ). This is still fine \u2013 the number is still the same and still unique and will work OK. You can let the retailer work out which version of your barcode number they will use.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1363393\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/barcodesindonesia.com\/en\/difference-upc-ean-13-barcodes\/difference-ean-13-and-upc-a-2-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/barcodesindonesia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/122\/2021\/06\/Difference-EAN-13-and-UPC-A.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"482,412\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;PC&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1383746222&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Difference-EAN-13-and-UPC-A\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Difference EAN 13 and UPC A&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/barcodesindonesia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/122\/2021\/06\/Difference-EAN-13-and-UPC-A.jpg\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1363393 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/imagedelivery.net\/WqAl6muh7RUCdAv19QoG6A\/87d253e3-49e9-49cf-14a9-114dc281df00\/public\" alt=\"Perbedaan UPC-A dan EAN-13\" width=\"482\" height=\"412\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a title=\"Contact Us\" href=\"https:\/\/barcodesindonesia.com\/contact-us\">Contact us<\/a> if you would like any clarification o n this.\u00a0You can purchase <a href=\"https:\/\/barcodesindonesia.com\/retail-barcodes\/\">barcodes <\/a>in either format here<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Barcode Format &nbsp; We normally supply barcode numbers in 13 digit EAN-13 format, with a leading 0 (eg 0799439112766 ). However, these numbers can also be used in 12 digit UPC-A format without the leading 0 (eg\u00a0 799439112766 ). The &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/barcodesindonesia.com\/en\/upc-ean13\/\">Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1191","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>EAN-13 &amp; UPC Barcodes | Barcodes Indonesia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Difference Between EAN-13 and UPC Barcodes for Barcodes Indonesia. 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